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GYSD 2006
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Trees help stabilize soil and reduce dust during the long, dry season
each winter in Bangladesh. Dust is the enemy of computers.
It gets into the moving parts and causes critical components like
drives and fans to fail. Without the fans, the computers cook in
their own juices, leaving behind a puddle of plastic and metal.
For GYSD 2006, students thought about this issue, and decided that
their next computer upgrade would be green. They planted trees
around their computer lab to both cut down on dust, and in the long
term, to provide the lab with shade.
After
a
brainstorming session in the classroom, the students at the Rani Bilash
Moni Government Boys High School in Gazipur came up with many project
ideas, but they chose what they considered to be
the most
important project since every student in the school needs to cross that
road in order to come to school. In addition to students, many
townspeople also cross at that point. Students raised money to
buy paint and brushes to draw a zebra crossing
(pedestrian crossing) on busy road beside their school. 
Students at the Rani Bilashmoni Government Boys High School in Gazipur
decided that their 1200 students regularly produce more trash and dust
than their school's lone janitor can clean up at a time. For Global
Youth Service Day, they began their activities in their own school --
picking up garbage, dusting, cleaning the windows, floors, and cobwebs.
They also decided to appoint captains so the school remains in top
shape throughout the year.Citizenship & Youth Philanthropy Program and has been made possible with major funding from the United States State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Global Catalyst Foundation.