Mr. Shahidul Alam, Master Mariner, a Cadet from the 17th batch of Marine Academy, Chittagong, a brilliant student from  Mirzapur Cadet College, Mymensingh, a gentle and nice mariner is totally paralysed for last ten years due to a spinal cord injury. He can not move any part of his body except very slightly his right arm and head, not even his fingers.
 
His wife left him after five years of his injury, then on he is managing himself with the help of two attendants and his aging parents. He can not be cured with available medical know how. His life is getting more and more difficult as he is approaching mature age. We need your kind help to raise a fund to provide him with an Electrical Wheel Chair. Please help and encourage others to help a fellow mariner. We are all counting on YOUR help.

Customised Electrical Wheel Chair and accessories are expensive and is not available in Bangladesh. Plan is to procure and customise the chair and accessories from Singapore or USA.

Wheel Chair for Alam (WC4Alam) Project

Goal:
Once completed Mr. Shahidul Alam will have a rechargeable battery powered electronically controlled quality Wheel  Chair, a lifting arrangement, projected maintenance resources and affordable supports.

Approach:
Eleven or more Coordinators from different parts of the world will organise, collect and hold the fund for final aggregation and disbursement. Coordinators will declare and appoint Deputies to facilitate the fund raising as needed. However, Coordinators will remain responsible for any collection by their Deputies.

Requested minimum contribution amount:
Mariners are requested to contribute as much as they can, upholding the generous nature of mariners. Will be requested to avoid contributing less then US $100.00 or its equivalent.

Contributions from Non-mariners:
Contributions from declared individual non-mariners are welcome. Coordinators on their own judgment may request and accept funds from socially acceptable organisations.

Please contact any one of the following persons to contribute to this noble cause

Confirmation of contributions:
If the contributor do not object, name and location of the contributor will be published in a list in this site. Contributors who does not want to see his name published may substitute a phrase for his own identification on the list. Name or identification will only be published once a coordinator actually accepts the responsibility of receiving the contribution. A separate list of higher amount contributor will also be published without the mention of actual amount.

Real time balance:
Coordinators will be able to see the whole balance sheet continuously on a password protected webpage for clarity of transactions, progress and suggestions.

Project Coordinators:

Canada	Mr. Mir Aslam Azhar (17th)	+1905 574 4158		aslam.azhar@sympatico.ca
USA	Mr. Refayet Amin (20th)	+14198613695		refayet@yahoo.com
Ireland	Capt. Badiul Alam (14th)	+353214979903		badiul@cit.ie
UK	Capt. Ehsan Baig (16th)	+441914215464		ezbaig@hotmail.com
UAE	Capt. Mehdi Billah (17th)	+97150 4547838		mehdib@emirates.net.ae
Kenya	Capt. Abid Choudhury (11th)	+6567547267		achoudhury@alalmsa.com
Dhaka	Mr. Aminur Rahim (16th)	+88011 859279		an@global-bd.net
Chittagong	Mr. Muztaba Reza (14th)	+880171723877		muztaba.reza@lr.org
Singapore	Mr. Sanowar Dito (14th)	+6564897414		sdito@singnet.com.sg
Australia	Mr. Abdul Hannan (11th)	+6126259 2591		abdul.hannan@amsa.gov.au
Korea	Mr. Kutub Chowdhury (14th)	+82522500232		kutub.chowdhury@dnv.com

Project Ombudsmans:

Canada	Mr. Mafizur Rahman (13th)	+1905 575 3974		mrahman@sympatico.ca
Singapore	Capt. Shaidul Islam (14th)	+656 7547267		shahid@promship.com

Timeframe for Fund Raising:
Fund raising will come to a close once enough fund is raised to meet the goal comfortably.

Project Retreat Plan:
If by 31 December 2003, it appears that acceptable amount is not achievable, after a small waiting period, Coordinators will arrange to return all contributions to original contributors deducting expenses. This step will remain open for discussion and deliberations among Coordinators.

Avoid Contacting Mr. Shahidul Alam:
Please avoid contacting Mr. Shahidul Alam directly on this Fund Raising initiative. Also request contributors not to contact him in this issue.

This Web site & Capt. Abdullah:
Capt. Abdullah will centrally manage the fund raising. Capt. Shahidul Islam (14th) and Mr. Mafizur Rahman (13th) will act as Ombudsman for this project. This web site will not be responsible for any contribution.

Please contact any one of the above persons to contribute to this noble cause

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Send your comments, complaints and suggestions to: Capt. Shaikh M. Abdullah 94 Fillmore Street, 2nd Floor, Staten Island, NY 10301 USA Tel: +1 (718) 720 5845    Fax: +1 (718) 816-0140 Email: smabdullah@yahoo.com (C) Capt. Shaikh M. Abdullah, 1998