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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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