A journey of child rights activism
What incident happened with Sadat?
An incident during School Bengali Debate Competition 2022-2023 acted as a driving force for Shahi’s decision to be an advocate for children’s rights.
What was the incident?
In the incident, Shahi, the leader of his school’s debate team, was silenced and humiliated by an audience of five hundred people when they started laughing at him one and all simply because he uttered the English word ‘so’ in a Bengali debate competition.
Incident turn into Bullying & Harassment *
However, the incident later turned into cyber bullying and face-to-face harassment when many of those audiences started mocking him on social media and public places.
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"A 15 year old Bangladeshi Changemaker- Shahi Al Sadat Leads the Charge for Child Rights & all types of child Safety."
-The Asian Age
Published: 29 June 2024
"Shahi Al Sadat fighting against teenage rape & advocates for child safety"
-Nigerian National daily -'daily times Nigeria.
Published: 27 May 2024
Besides being an advocate of online safety, Shahi Al Sadat extends his contribution by writing books on the subject – with two influential books to his credit: 'The Quantum Enigma' and 'Cyber Sentinel.
- Daily Times Nigeria
Published: 27 May 2024
Besides being an advocate of online safety, Shahi Al Sadat extends his contribution by writing books on the subject – with two influential books to his credit: 'The Quantum Enigma' and 'Cyber Sentinel.
- Daily Times Nigeria
Published: 27 May 2024
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"Sadat & Soha Stand Against Teenage Rape in Bangladesh"
-The Times Beats
"Already Shahi Al Sadat has been recognized by several international media outlets. In Bangladesh, numerous media platforms have highlighted Shahi Al Sadat as a symbol of hope for the nation."
-The Times Beats
“A grade 10 student at Meherpur Government High School, Shahi is a highly sensitive youth always aware of his rights as an individual, and the collective rights of his fellow classmates. His love for children and strong desire to save them from all kinds of online bullying and harassment led him to found an organization that would fight not only for children’s online safety but also educate them how to protect themselves from cyber-related crimes.”
“A grade 10 student at Meherpur Government High School, Shahi is a highly sensitive youth always aware of his rights as an individual, and the collective rights of his fellow classmates. His love for children and strong desire to save them from all kinds of online bullying and harassment led him to found an organization that would fight not only for children’s online safety but also educate them how to protect themselves from cyber-related crimes.”
সাদাত এর The Startup IO এবং এর সাব অর্গানাইজেশন সমূহ এর কার্যক্রম বিস্তারিত একটি নিউজ নিম্নে প্রদান করা হলো :
Shahi Al-Sadat is a 15-year-old changemaker from Bangladesh. At the age of 13, he founded The Startup IO, Bangladesh’s first company that channels all of its profits towards protecting child rights.
Born on March 22, 2009 at a small village in the Meherpur district of Khulna, Shahi Al Sadat is a Bangladeshi children’s rights activist. Shahi Al-Sadat’s company- ‘The Startup IO’ has earned over 7 lakhs Bangladeshi Taka in profit in the past five months. All proceeds have been spent by Sadat himself to ensure child rights through the organizations Startup Cyber,Kids Helplink, Girls TeenSafe, and Teen X.
Born on March 22, 2009 at a small village in the Meherpur district of Khulna, Shahi Al Sadat is a Bangladeshi children’s rights activist. Shahi Al-Sadat’s company- ‘The Startup IO’ has earned over 7 lakhs Bangladeshi Taka in profit in the past five months. All proceeds have been spent by Sadat himself to ensure child rights through the organizations Startup Cyber,Kids Helplink, Girls TeenSafe, and Teen X.
A grade 10 student at Meherpur Government High School, Sadat is a highly sensitive youth always aware of his rights as an individual, and the collective rights of his fellow classmates. His love for children and strong desire to save them from all kinds of online & ofline bullying and harassment led him to found an organization that would fight not only for children’s online safety but also educate them how to protect themselves from cyber-related & every types of crimes.
His dream came true when he met Mr. Mohammad Shameem Hasan, the Deputy Commissioner of Meherpur district. Mr. Hasan saw in this young boy a spirit of goodwill and he extended his helping hand. He treats Sadat as his own son. Inspired and supported by the District Administrator, Sadat embarked on his mission to address children’s safety concerns. He founded -Kids Helplink, Startup Cyber, Girls TeenSafe & Teen X organizations whose aim are to safeguard children’s online & ofline experiences . The Startup IO, despite earning a significant amount of money but it is considered a non-profit organization cause it spends all of its earning & revenues in organizing awareness-raising seminars, printing posters, making banners and online & ofline security videos. So far The Startup IO has organized 157 seminars in 5 other districts of Bangladesh besides Meherpur & Sylhet . In order to reach wider audience, it also held an online seminar and hoping to hold more in future.
Besides being an advocate of online safety, Shahi Al Sadat extends his contribution by writing books on the subject – with three influential books to his credit: ‘The Quantum Enigma’ , ‘Cyber Sentinel’ ans ‘ Fall in Love’. As both an author and a junior programmer, Sadat bridges the realms of academia and practical application, enriching discourse on digital security and technological advancement. Despite Sadat’s young age, his remarkable proficiency in computer science has earned him an offer of nearly 70% scholarship from IU International University of Applied Sciences to pursue a BSc.
*It can be said that Shahi Al Sadat is the new sunshine of Bangladesh*
*It can be said that Shahi Al Sadat is the new sunshine of Bangladesh*
- The Asian Age
"How can we advance Bangladesh if we don't work together? Remember, you have to improve Bangladesh by staying here and working hard. Also, I like that your name is Sadat; it's quite nice."