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Fareea Lara

1970 - 1998


 


 



In Bangladesh, Fareea Lara is a well known name. She was born on the 16th of April, 1970. She gained a masters in English Literature from Dhaka University in 1993. Lara began her pilot training in 1996 and in 1998 she received her commercial flying license. Six months later a freak accident ended Lara's life. On the 27th of September, 1998, at 10:23 the Cessna-150 Training Aircraft suddenly caught on fire and crashed Lara and her colleague. She was 28 years old when she died. After the accident, not only Fareea Lara's family but the whole nation was filled with shock and grief. Her mother, writer Selina Hossain and Lara's family did not allow her dreams to end with her life. They took the responsibility of establishing the Fareea Lara Foundation.

The Fareea Lara Foundation, located in a village called Haldoba in the Gazipur district, has been running since 1999. The foundation supplies Mother and Childcare services for 100-125 people 6 days a week and on an average treats 300-400 people on Saturdays. There is no other health clinic of its kind in the area so the foundation treats patients from all over the region. Check-ups, treatment and medicines are free of cost and they also provide health-education for patients. In the future, the Fareea Lara Foundation hopes to create a hospital.


Courtesy: Ranu Ferdous

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