Bangladesh Local Guides Celebrate 50th Meet-Up

[HelloJess]

Today we’d like to celebrate Bangladesh Local Guides who recently hosted their 50th meet-up at Fantasy Kingdom amusement park in Dhaka. @MahabubMunna has led this unofficial community since it was founded in 2015, so we asked him to share more about the community and its meet-ups over the past three years.

Mahabub (left) founded the Bangladesh Local Guides community in 2015.

How did you get involved with Local Guides?

I was involved with the Google Map Maker community and learned about Google Local Guides from a Googler. She inspired me to get into Local Guides and contribute more to the Maps community.

How did you grow the Bangladesh community?

We started involving university students and also took help from the Google Developer Group Dhaka and the Google Women Techmakers community. We started hosting small Local Guides sessions in tech community events all over Bangladesh. Community members were very interested in Local Guides and the community grew really fast. I am very overwhelmed with the support I get from community members here.

Why do you enjoy organizing meet-ups?

I love to travel and to meet new people. Events help me to meet new people every time. It also helps me to learn from other members and increase my horizons. As we get more contributors involved, it helps my country also by getting our places reviewed and putting them on the global map. Another angle is that we can also contribute to the society in different ways with community events. For example, for Local Guides Volunteer Day we helped 20 doctors provide medical treatments to 638 villagers for free.

How do you make a meet-up successful?

I believe community events can be only successful if everyone feels ownership and support to make the events happen. I try to engage everyone by dividing the tasks. My community members are always encouraged to suggest venues, themes and agenda of the events. We constantly try to reach rural areas and diverse audiences. For example, we have collaborated with the Women Techmakers community and organized events in remote parts of the country like Dinajpur, Rangpur, Sylhet and Chittagong.

Bangladesh Local Guides celebrate their 50th meet-up

Bangladesh Local Guides at Fantasy Kingdom amusement park

What are tips you can share for other meet-up organizers?

My suggestion for other communities is to be as open as possible. Bringing youth, and members from diverse communities can make the whole journey more energetic and vibrant. Everyone will love to be a part of events that are fun and engaging. 

Here are highlights from some of Mahabub's favorite meet-ups:

Bangladesh Local Guides celebrate International Women’s Day at the Asian University for Women.

Bangladesh Local Guides explore Bandarban Hill Tracts and Saint Martin Island

Local Guides met up to watch migratory birds bird visiting Bangladesh in the winter.

Local Guides collected and distributed clothes for winter in Pachagarh.

Local Guides helped doctors provide free medical treatments to more than 600 villagers on Local Guides Volunteer day.

Inspired to host your own meet-up? Check out this post to learn how you can organize your own, and don't forget to search through the Let’s Meet-Up board to find other Local Guides in your city who’d like to meet-up. You can find additional meet-up resources on our Help Center and submit your meet-up for promotion.

[madhuvyr]

khilgoan c blok

[AtmaR]

 Wow.... This is really great... Good feelings from my heart to you. Keep growing. 

[NirajBhusal]

@MahabubMunna Keep it up bro.

Go ahead . 

[amils]

Will be lucky to be a part of Google Bangladesh Local Guide. 🙂

[LuizDeFreitas73]

Parabéns!!! 

O seu trabalho é muito inspirador e motivador para os Guias Locais de todo o Mundo!!! 

Um forte abraço do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil !!! 😉

[HassanA]

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[SulemanO]

Wish to get invite for Meet in Mumbai😎

[SalmaanN]

Well done, Bangladesh Local Guides.. Thanks for sharing @HelloJess..

[PhenixH]

Wow!! I just ran across your page and what can I say but "Wow."

I so want to do something like this in NYC (New York City). I'm in the process of hosting a meetup tomorrow and Ive received so few RSVP that it has me a little down in dumps.

How exactly did you find other local guides in Bangladesh on this site?

Also, do you recruit friends to become local guides?

[Kamalhasnainee]

Thanks to Google First, Then @MahabubMunna & all member of "Bangladesh Local Guide Community" who are working for our Motherland ! Very impressive & appreciatable !

Thanks again

[Hasan_Shahed]

@MahabubMunna great accivment for you this post 

[BudiFXW]

Congratulations Bangladesh Local Guides.

Keep up the good work and make rest of the world know Bangladesh even better.

Regards

Budi

[MahabubMunna]

Thanks a lot @BudiFXW

[BahauddinS]

so nice.... 

Congratulations to All

[OSAMA]

Bro @MahabubMunna this is huge real achievement 50 Meetup and now you arrange more this is inspiring 😊😊😊

You are a good example of ideal Local guide 😊

and we celebrate badges here 😒😒😒🤐🤐

[MahabubMunna]

@OSAMA hahah . we just try to give something my nation 😛 

[Md Atiq- Ur-R]

Nyc job......carry on..........

[AnisTarekBabul]

best of luck @MahabubMunna vai

[MahabubMunna]

@AnisTarekBabul @Md Atiq- Ur-R thank you brother . 

[SajolKDas]

Still, this memory is one of golden memory for me. Enjoyed a lot. I couldn't forget those persons and the time.

[Iftekhar]

Congratulations to Bangladesh Local Guides and also Congratulations to @MahabubH who has led this unofficial community.

@MahabubH I was very glad to hear the news about your achievements In the Prothom-alo magazine.

For many days I am very excited About the Google Local Guide. I would like to work with you as a local guide.

[Polash0001]

missing this

[Saiful_Azam_Kafi]

Great Brothers!

[MahabubMunna]

@SajolKDas  @zoburaz  @anazizullah  মনে কি পরে সেই দিন গুলোর কথা 

[MahabubMunna]

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