About Restless Beings

Who Are We?

Restless Beings was set up on the 31st of October 2007 to create a network of like-minded multi-national professionals and students from all backgrounds, cultures and creeds. The organisation was founded by strong minded individuals. The project came to life after years of anger and frustration at acts of marginalisation that were and are occurring across the globe. Restless Beings officially launched in the public sphere on the 1 of May 2008.

The organisation is headed by Mabrur Ahmed and Rahima Begum who co-founded the organisation. To meet our team and for more information, click here. Alongside our dedicated in-house team we have many volunteers who work hard to push our campaigns and echo our projects.

Why Us?

We have a holistic approach to dealing with and diluting social causes so any changes made have a rippling effect on surrounding community and enable us to develop our projects organically. We have extensive links and contacts with small NGO's across the globe which enables us to reach the most silenced and forgotten of communities. Mixed with an unnerving desire to reach out to communities that are struggling with basic human rights, we are well positioned to raise awareness for these communities.

Our organisation has a flat structure which means should you wish to volunteer your time and effort or should you have an idea for the direction of the organisation, you will have a platform to do so. This enables us to be a bubbling hot pot of ideas and fresh approach and creativity and we love to hear from other restless volunteers who want to use their time and skills to make a difference in intimate, hands on and bold method.

We believe in keeping administrations costs at zero which means every penny you donate will go to the cause and project we work are working on.

Restless Beings is a platform for you, me and all our volunteers and supports to discuss ideas on how to heighten awareness, raise funds and participate in projects for the underprivileged. These ideas we then deliver with a shared passion for serving humanity and the environment by striving towards a goal to erase the struggles of the silent/silenced communities and providing aid to those who lack basic human requirements.

How Do We Choose Our Projects?

Restless Beings works on two key fronts; the prevention or relief of poverty through development over a sustained period of time and the active promotion of human rights and to raise awareness of human rights violations of silenced communities.

As an organisation our objects are:

• Restless Beings seeks the prevention or relief of poverty (or financial hardship) anywhere in the world by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient. Also to prevent or relieve poverty through undertaking and supporting research into factors that contribute to poverty and the most appropriate ways to mitigate these
• Restless Beings seeks to promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) throughout the world by all or any of the following means:
  • Monitoring abuses of human rights
  • Obtaining redress for the victims of human rights abuse
  • Relieving need among the victims of human rights abuse
  • Research into human rights issues
  • Providing technical advice to government and others on human rights matters
  • Contributing to the sound administration of human rights law
  • Commenting on proposed human rights legislation
  • Raising awareness of human rights issues
  • Promoting public support for human rights
  • Promoting respect for human rights among individuals and corporations
  • International advocacy of human rights
  • Eliminating infringements of human rights

You may view the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with which we measure a violation of human rights.

For your ease, we have summarised the declaration and you can download this summary.

To date we have established our first project in Dhaka, Bangladesh working with street children to provide, education, nutrition, accommodation, medical aid, vocational support and psychological counselling.

We are currently in the research stages of establishing a second project which will look at the Human Rights violations, the Rohingya community on the Bangladesh Burma border face as well as the Uighur community on the China Kyrgyzstan border.

Our Work

Our approach is to create campaigns using the most creative means possible; working closely with artists, models, actors, film makers and musicians. Not only does this keep us connected with fresh unsigned talent but it works in enabling us to reach out in the most creative appealing way possible. Art is accessible to everyone and open to individual interpretation which excites us when devising campaigns.

Restless Beings is not affiliated with any political organisation, we are an open organisation for open minded, out of the box thinking volunteers who are concerned with human rights issues and providing for the unfortunate; regardless of their age, background, creed or colour.

Our Vision of Change is:

• Permanent
• Consistent
• Egalitarian