Bangladesh, May 4 -- At a time when crimes like murder, abduction, rape, drug addiction etcetera are rocking the very foundation of society everywhere, some youths are silently dedicating themselves to the service of the wretched humanity. Their noble ventures at times surpass the so called formal corporate social responsibility (CSR) as rendered by the financial institutes or business houses. One such initiative organised by some students of a private university is called Prochesta (endeavour). The youths have undertaken the task of teaching children in their spare time. In Alkatrar slum sprawling along the rail tracks at Tejgaon near Kawran Bazar, a good number of rootless, neglected and hapless people live a subhuman life.

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