Shahi Al Sadat Leads the Charge for Child Rights & all types of child Safety

 

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.

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.