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Knowledge Fair
The Gyaan Mela
(Knowledge Fair) was already taken over by the villagers and their all-out
participation,
The Bus to Rampal
Knowledge Fair left the hotel premise sharp at 8-30 P.M. as scheduled. The
Bus carrying the representatives from govt. and civil society organizations
(at local and national level) followed some other cars with special guests
and dignitaries, crossed the river Rupsha and arrived at Sreefaltola Fair
ground after 40 minutes Journey. The Play ground of Sreefaltola High School
was transformed into a colorful fair ground with a welcome-gate and the
decorated stalls around the whole field. A high-rise colorful
The Amader Gram office
complex, nearby to the Fair ground was a place worth to visit. In fact, its
the knowledge Center- where the village women could touch computer first and
learn the know-how to transform their daily information into knowledge. They
are keeping information on their group savings, business, and profit and
loss and monitor the improvement of their livelihood status. They termed the
center Magic World! This knowledge center acted as a breeding place
in the area stimulated to install some other centers, particularly among the
school children of the area. The
Knowledge Fair at Sreefaltola truly broke the years of silence. It turned silence into knowledge at Sreefaltola. Every one demands the fair should be their local Annual event.
Syed Kamrul Hasan |
by crossing the limits of scheduled end-time made the
technology fair into a musical panorama. As if such a program took back
their tiring life into a thrilling magic world. This was so happened while
our bus left Sreefaltola School ground the fair venue at 5 PM on the 15th
of December 2004. The Bus, leaving back an inflamed community gathering,
carried the invited visitors, experts from NGOs and Government, Agencies,
Poets & Artists returned to the city.
stage was also
built at one side of the field to host all the scheduled programs. Several
class rooms including BFES-Japan Friendship Auditorium at Sreefaltola High
School were selected as venues for different competition-events. Those
events include Math Test, Chess, Keram, painting and cultural competition.
The students of different schools of the area took part in those competitive
events. 
visitors after having the exposure of Amader Gram office complex - the breeding place - joined in the Inaugural
session of the Knowledge Fair at Sreefaltola High School Ground. The Fair
was inaugurated by Syed Marghub Murshed, where Karar Mahmudul Hassan,
Mahmudul Haque, Upazilla Nirbahi Officer and the Head Master of Sreefaltola
High school delivered valuable speech. The Inaugural session was marked by
the amazing performance of village singers .The Cultural Team of Rupantar (a
reputed NGO in the area) staged musical drama on abolishing species of
Medicinal plants and expressed their concern through a local form Pat
Gan (Music on Canvass!). 
Visit through the
stalls were the most attractive part of the day. The BFES stalls on
handicrafts, sweetmeat, and knowledge center, all exhibited the process how
technology and information could be handled and utilized so that those could
be transformed into assets and sustainable knowledge. There were other
stalls from different educational institutions, supported by BFES, came up
with their knowledge and skill in computer handling .The educational stalls
also served the archival role by keeping systematic information on asset,
wealth, history and culture in their area. Other than BFES and institutional
stalls, local vendors also installed their stall and sold their products.
The Merry-go-round, the traditional symbol of a village fair at the
other side of the field attracted the children of the area. 
The lunch break made a
short pause over the series of events, which again started to roam at 2 P.M.
The program schedule included a Review of the Program by the visitors and
guests, which was followed by the Prize giving ceremony to the winners of
Intellect competition and cultural events. However, this was not a very long
program. Soon the stage was occupied by the inspired participants and
started a spontaneous cultural program leaving aside all the formalities.
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