On 27th September Volunteer for Bangladesh along with the support of Beximco Pharma and BD Cyclists celebrated World Heart Day 2013 by a cycling rally and a marathon walk and another special segment. Youths appreciated senior citizens who exercise regularly in the parks. It was a daylong event where around 200 volunteers participated.

World Heart Day is a global awareness day, celebrated on 29th September 2013, aims to promote preventative measures that reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. This year, together Volunteer for Bangladesh and BDCyclists celebrated the day with the support from BEXIMCO Pharma under the global slogan: Take the road to a Healthy Heart, to make people, especially women, children and youth aware about the significance of healthy heart. 

The morning segment started at 5.30 and continued till 7.30 at Ramna Park and Gulshan Park where the volunteers presented the elder citizens with a badge as an appreciation and distributed leaflets where different health related tips were given. The cycling rally started form Manik Mia Avenue to Gulshan Tank Park via hatirjheel where around 150 cyclists including notable guests were present with their cycles. The marathon rally was an exciting part of the day where more than 50 people walked together from Manik Mia Avenue to Gulshan Tank Park. The cycling rally and the marathon started at 3.30 pm and ended at 5.30 pm. The event ended with a closing speech from Mohammad Ashfaque Uddin, Senior Manager, Marketing, Beximco Pharma and the volunteers receiving their prestigious certificate.

Khaled Mahmood Mustafa, General Secretary of the National Board of Volunteer for Bangladesh said, ?In recent research it has been found that not only elderly people but people of all ages ranging from infant to youths suffer from heart diseases. Thus this year, we tried to promote this message among the youths and children and encouraged them to do healthy activities such as walking and cycling?