The Young Hardworking Poor of Rural Bangladesh
The poor aren’t lazy.
In this video I meet 30 kids who were forced to choose between either putting food on the table or getting an education. They are able to study part-time (for two hours each day) because local community members in this rural village pooled their money to form an informal school. The school teacher teaches these children English, Bengali, and Math all for a salary of $15 a month.
Part Two is Available Here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=83edvBwXJKI
For more information about what I’m doing in Bangladesh, check out my blog at:
http://uncultured.com
In the video, one of the kids said he sells “paan”. Here is some info on what that is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paan
By request, I am including a link for more information on Bangladesh:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a small country with over 150 million people (half the population of the USA) in South Asia. It is not Mexico (!?).
About My Reaction to the Various Names: This video isn’t scripted – those were my genuine reactions at the time. I still have problems pronouncing the various Muslim names in this country. The regional accent made it even harder to understand the names. One of the reasons I asked “You’re Muslim and your name is Johnny?” is because Western/European names are usually common with the Christian community that lives in an adjacent town.
The music in this video (in order used) are:
“How Far” – Jamison Young
“Love” – The Umbrellas
“Goodbye to Spring” – Josh Woodward
“Thinking of You” – The Umbrellas
Music by Jamison Young and Josh Woodward are used under a Creative Commons license. You can download their music for free at:
Jamison Young:
http://jamyoung.net/music.html
Josh Woodward:
http://www.joshwoodward.com/music/
Music by The Umbrellas is copyright of The Militia Group. Used with written permission.
This video is free for you to use and share under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA).
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lmao
lmao
Aww… I miss my …
Aww… I miss my mother country…
haha – OR he was …
haha – OR he was thinking “That’s a valid question, because there is a Christian community five minutes away full of villagers with Western sounding names”
Johny was thinking …
Johny was thinking in his head, “What a dick. Whats you name asshole? ” LOL
How can their …
How can their population be intelligent, when they have little to no access to education?
And the reason why they can’t afford any education in the first place, is because Europe and the US is harvesting every single penny of out Africa. Greedy cunts.
the poor not always …
the poor not always lazy completely true..but how about intelligent? the world is fair on the base of evolution regulations.
alota american …
alota american names cam from bangladesh or other countries jhonny did too
Thanks for the shoes
Thanks for the shoes
I wanna brush up on …
I wanna brush up on my Swahili first
MAN you gotta …
MAN you gotta improve your bangla.
Johny lol
Johny lol
MY DADDY LIV DER
MY DADDY LIV DER
I added this …
I added this wonderful video to my playlist “My Friends”!!!
I am very happy …
I am very happy that there are people like you on this planet who take the initiative to make this World a better place for the less fortunate. Good on you.
lol, johnny.
if …
lol, johnny.
if only bangladesh could help the poor more.
lol johnny… when …
lol johnny… when i went to bangladesh i started filming cuz i didnt wanna forget my country and all the kids on the streets started to show off and stuff… and u can easily tell thier showing off lol
true, kids in the …
true, kids in the US complain if you ask them to wash dishes…
fuck man.
some of …
man.
some of these kids are the most well behaved little angels ever.
youle never hear a peep of complain from any of them no matter what u ask them.
their parents should be proud.
God bless.
thank you…… …
thank you…… this is the same thing i was gonna say….. by bakground is from bangladesh, and i care for the poor…..
al tho my family is in US now i still care for the poors and im happy that u care a lot for them…
I wonder what the …
I wonder what the people in these countries are like, maybe less greedy and deluded than us so called fortunate ones..
Who gives a shit?
Who gives a shit?
LOL at your more ” …
LOL at your more “serious note” CrunkWithASkunk. If you were serious at all you wouldn’t have spammed so many videos with the same comment.
Judging by your knowledge of Bengali (better than mine as you point out) – I take it you’ve got a Bengali background and come from a rich enough family to have access to high speed internet.
So instead of commenting on the poverty – what do you do? Comment on my weight & Bengali. And people wonder why I say rich Bengladeshis don’t care about the poor…
on a more serious …
on a more serious note…I kinda hate to point it out *(because he’s obviously trying his best) but his bangla sucks!
dookan=shop, beton=salary
just brush up on some basic vocab homie…:-/
FAKE! if he was …
FAKE! if he was REALLY in Bangladesh then he wouldn’t still be such a chubster
RESPECT.
God …
RESPECT.
God bless them <3