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About Hashi Ekshathe
A student-led organisation built for practical community action.
Founded in April 2024, Hashi Ekshathe gives young people a way to organize around immediate needs with local knowledge, shared responsibility and open records.
Our name
Hashi Ekshathe
হাসি একসাথে
The name means “smile together.” It reflects an idea present from the beginning: progress is built alongside people, not delivered from a distance.
The work started with direct activities in Dhaka and Rangpur. Student teams have since responded to floods, fires, extreme heat, winter cold and food insecurity, while also supporting education and sharing useful public information.
The organisation remains grounded in student energy, regional coordination and documentation that distinguishes completed outcomes from targets or estimates.
Working principles
Four standards for the work.
Protect dignity
Recipients are people, not content. Documentation must never come first.
Be useful
Design each activity around a clear, practical outcome.
Show the record
Publish what is known and be explicit about what is not yet measured.
Since 2024
A young organisation,
growing through the work.
Founded by a group of students in Bangladesh.
Early education, food and heatwave activities begin in Rangpur and Dhaka.
A partnership-led flood response reaches communities in Cumilla.
Battling the Cold distributes more than 200 blankets in Saidpur and Rangpur.
Food-security, emergency-response and public-information work expands through new partnerships.
The Ramadan programme reaches nearly 400 people across eight institutions in Rangpur.
Our team
The students organising Hashi Ekshathe.
Roles are presented as listed in the organisation’s current public records.
Leadership
Mostafa Tahmeed Foysal Planck
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Tajrian Tahmin An Nafi
Administrative Director & Co-Founder
Meah Zarif Ahmed
Head of Strategy & Co-Founder
Shah Muhammad Sindid
Head of Human Resource & Co-Founder
Sadman Nadid
Head of IT & Co-Founder
Shafeen Alam
Head of Public Relations & Co-Founder
Department leads
Prantik Biswas
Head of Finance
Zafir Imtiaz
Director of Human Resource
Nusaibah
Head of Public Relations
Afif Al Sami
Fieldwork Lead
Sifat Ahmed
Writing Lead
Swakshor Sarkar
Media Lead