Lamppost volunteers believe that a community protects itself best when its own people speak up. Since 2016 the organisation has taken the message against drugs, corruption and extremism to markets, roads and public gatherings, running every programme with its own volunteers.
At A Glance
- Who we reach: students, shopkeepers, drivers, families and local leaders
- Where: Pirganj upazila, Thakurgaon
- Methods: banners, billboards, stickers, documentary screenings and public pledges
Our Campaigns
- August 2016: during a three-day programme, banners with anti-drug, anti-corruption and anti-extremism slogans were hung in twenty busy markets and public places across the ten unions of Pirganj, alongside a documentary screening at schools and colleges. Read the report
- 30 April 2017: Lamppost’s long-term anti-drug campaign began with the unveiling of a billboard, put up by volunteers themselves. Read the report
- July 2017: waterproof awareness stickers on drugs and the environment were fixed to about 300 three-wheelers, as well as rickshaws, microbuses, motorcycles, shops and ATM booths. Read the report
- 31 May 2018: for the first time, local people stood together against drugs at Senua Chourasta, with the slogan “Let a drug-free Senua be our shared pledge”, joined by the local Member of Parliament, the Upazila Nirbahi Officer and the District Narcotics Control Officer. Read the report