Projects
Give Back to Bangladesh 2025
This is a forum86 signature project to help underprivileged families in Bangladsh during and after Ramadan. Forum memebers can donate money as Zakaat or non-zakaat and the member can select the families he/she wants to help. Our Bangladesh counterparts make sure money goes to the right person. We have helped around 300 families last year and we target to help 500 families this year. So please come forward and help in this noble cause.
Forum86 KDC (Kidney Dialysis Center)
Please help building Forum86 Kidney Dialysis Center at Gaibandha, Bangladesh. We need to raise 100K for this project to make it functional. Land and building is donated by a family and Forum86 is responsible to bear the expenses on Dialysis equipments, doctors, nurses and operational costs. This would be a self sustaining project which will self-sustain gradually in 3 years. We are parnering with Sonar Bangla Foundation (who has vast experience in setting up 23 KDC in Bangladesh).
Charitable Projects
Please donate on our Charitable Projects generously. Forum86 directly supervises charitable projects in Bangladesh. We do consult with Islamic scholars before we spend any money from Zakaat/Charitable fund. Every year Forum86 buys and donates winter clothing to poor people of Bangladesh using this charitable projects fund
ALIVE Project
We initiated this project to help poor and meritorious students in Jhenidah Town Area. Your donation can help these students go long way and get established in their live. This is a zakaat eligible project.
Kormir Hath
A non-profit, non-political and a charitable project funded by forum86usa and spaandanb Provides basic healthcare for free to the people who can not afford Existing health services include Eye care, Diabetic center, Pediatric department and pregnant mother’s care dept. This is a zakaat eligible project.
Projects
Help Friends In-need
There are forum86 members who are constantly in need for financial help to bear medical expenses to cover treatment (especially cancer and terminal diseases) cost. Also some friends are in dire need for financial help to get by due to different circumstances. We request our forum members to come forward and lend hand to help our friends.
Yearly Subscription
Your yearly subscription of $100 helps Forum86 USA to maintain a general fund to help forum members incase of emergency need as well as cover website maintenance, and 501c maintenance cost. We appreciate you pay your subscription amount every year.
News & Events
Reunion 2024 - Seattle (July 19-20)
Thanks to Seattle and Portland friends for arranging an awesome and memorable reunion. Kudos to the organizers. Also thanks to all our friends who joined the reunion and made it successful. Pls stay tuned for the reunion pictures.
New Executive committee
Thanks to the election commission lead by Zafarullah for moderating the selection/election of new executive committee for the year 2025-2026. We congratulate the new committee and looking forward to a great leadership from them to take Forum86USA to next level. Below is the selected/elected committe:
- President: Fouzia Parveen Dina (CSE)
- General Secretary: Ataur Rahman Shuman (EEE)
- Vice Presidents: Sabbir Chowdhury (EEE), Sabia Sultana Mimi (CE)
- Technical Secretary: Rubaiet (CSE)
- Publication Secretary: Mahfil Ali (ARCH)
Forum Family
We lost our beloved friends Delwoar (CE), Hasan (EE), Quddus (CE), Rouf Babu (ME) in recent years. May Almighty rest their souls in peace. Keeping our friends informed on Forum86’s engagement with their families.
Delwoar's Family
Forum 86 USA completed Delwoar's family help pledge collections from North America and Australia forum members. Helped family buy apartments in Bangladesh with that money and put those to rental. Currently family doing ok. Kids going to colleges and schools. Family able to support themself financially with revenue they are getting from rental and few other sources. IEB is also providing some monthly expenses for the school going kids.
Hasan's Family
Forum86 USA Dallas members are keeping constant contact with Hasan's family and tying to help as needed. Currently Hasan's Family is doing ok financially. His daughter going to UTD with full scholarship and son is going to high school.
Quddus's Family
Forum86 is in constant contact with Quddus family. Enough fund raised to buy an apartment for Quddus famaily. Our BD Forum members working diligently on buying an apartment for the family
Rouf Babu's Family
Forum86 is currently working with Rouf Babu's family to identify the need. Financially family is doing ok, but may need help of kds education. Forum86 working on funding need for Babu's two sons.