Riya Moni, Tanya Akhtar and Sadia Akhtar, three underprivileged students of PHALS-Bani Academy, who won gold medals in the Victory Day Kwon Do Competition-2022 held in Dhaka on Friday. Riya Moni, Tanya Akhtar and Sadia Akhtar, three underprivileged students of PHALS -Bani Academy who won gold medals at the Victory Day Kwon Do Competition-2022 held in Dhaka on Friday Photo PHALS -Bani Academy next to bypass road of Cox’s Bazar city. For almost two years, 32 underprivileged children have been taught Taekwondo as a self-defense technique along with free education. Players of this academy won five gold, three silver and four copper medals in the National Victory Day Taekwondo Competition 2022 held in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. Earlier, the academy girls won 1 gold and 7 copper medals in the 2022 National Taekwondo Competition on 26 December. Abu Morshed Chowdhury, executive director of Cox’s Bazar Pulse-Bani Academy, said, “This outstanding achievement of the underprivileged children in the month of victory has brightened the faces of the people of Cox’s Bazar. A gold and a silver medal were won by Ria Moni, a student of class 12 of the Academy, of Dakkhin Adarshagram, Cox’s Bazar, in the Victory Day Taekwondo competition. Tanya Akhtar of the same village got two copper medals. He is studying in class 9. A gold medal was bagged by Sadia Akhtar, a student of Class IX and from South Mithachari village in Ramur. A gold medal was won by Razia Akhtar, a student of class 10 and from Dakshin Adarsha village, while Rekha Moni, a class 10 student from the same village, got a gold and a silver medal. Apart from this, fifth grade student Adiba, third grade student Riyad Hossain and student Reshmi Aktar got a silver medal each and seventh grader Shahed Hossain got a copper medal. Underprivileged children of Cox’s Bazar’s PHALS -Bani Academy won gold, silver and copper medals in the Victory Day Taekwondo competition held in Dhaka. Underprivileged children of Cox’s Bazar’s PHALS -Bani Academy won gold, silver and copper medals in the Victory Day Taekwondo competition held in Dhaka. Apart from this, Riya Moni, a student of the academy, won a gold and a copper medal in the National Taekwondo Competition 2022. Tania Akhtar three, Sadia Akhtar one, Razia Akhtar one and Rekha Moni one copper medal from the same academy. Taekwondo instructor. Abdullah said, if there is a will, there is a way, the children of the academy are proof of that. To eliminate the shortage, the children are also eager to take Taekwondo training in addition to education. Tanya Akhtar (15), a teenager, used to sell snail and oyster products on Cox’s Bazar beach. Business came to a standstill when tourist traffic stopped due to the Corona epidemic. Tanya’s father is also sick. So there is no income in the family. He used to collect firewood from the forest and sell it to find an alternative source of income. On March 1, 2021, he was admitted to Pulse-Bunny Academy. Along with studying for free, he also trained in the self-defense technique of Taekwondo. Now his reputation is everywhere. Tanya wants to become a taekwondo instructor in addition to pursuing a higher degree. Riya Moni also once took up the responsibility of running the household by selling snail and oyster necklaces to the hawkers on the beach. He joined the academy in March last year and is learning self-defense techniques along with his studies. Riya Moni, who is very happy after getting gold, silver and copper medals at the national level, says, ‘I will study and become an engineer. Then there is a desire to open a training center to teach self-defense techniques to girls. French private organization Bunny Street Academy and Cox’s Bazar local non-governmental organization Pulse jointly launched the Pulse-Bunny Academy. Abu Morshed Chowdhury, executive director of the academy, said humanitarian activities are going on with 32 orphans and underprivileged children. Here they are learning cultural activities and self defense techniques along with study and residential facilities. In a few days, 16 more children will be admitted here.