Late Shamsunnahar Rahman Paran, the founder of Ghashful was an icon, trailblazer woman in the development sector of Bangladesh. She was popularly known as “Paran Apa”. In newly independent country Bangladesh, she started informal social work in urban slum areas of Chattogram, through relief work, women’s empowerment, family planning and in rehabilitation of War heroines (women freedom fighters) to give them a life free of agony, a life with dignity.
Paran Rahman was a passionate social change maker. She contributed in path-breaking roles in working with untouchables, marginalized communities. In 2009, she was the Founder of Lions Club of Chittagong Parijat Elite, Lions Club International, District 315- B4, Bangladesh and a Melvin Jones Fellow of the Lions International Foundation for humanitarian works too. We uphold the values ingrained in our heart by our Founder Shamsunnahar Rahman, our dear Paran Apa. We, “Ghashful family” promise to be worthy of her legacy.
