Following a weeklong series of astronomy and space outreach and education activities held in Bangladesh in October 2011 for the United Nations-declared World Space Week, the UNAWE Bangladesh programme was born.
For World Space Week 2011, which is celebrated 4-10 October annually, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and UNESCO organised a capacity-building workshop on astronomy for secondary teachers in Bangladesh. The workshop was led by Robert Hill from the Northern Ireland Space Office, who is a long term supporter of UNAWE. This event attracted space and astronomy enthusiasts from around the country, and with astronomy and space outreach at the forefront of everyone’s minds, it provided a perfect opportunity to establish a UNAWE Bangladesh programme.
The UNAWE Bangladesh team is led by Farseem Mohammedy from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. In just a few months, Mohammedy has done an incredible job of building a UNAWE programme in Bangladesh. One of the most successful UNAWE Bangladesh activities to date is a series of workshops held in Dhaka, where students learn about the basics of astronomy and meet distinguished astronomers.
UNAWE Bangladesh activities rely on the support of the Bangladesh Astronomical Society and the Science Popularization Society of Bangladesh.
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