Desher Kaj
A printable A4 poster from a guide
An A4 poster of a guide’s five most important points, which anyone can download, print at a shop and put up at a mosque, a school or a market.
Area
Nationwide
People
2 people
Time
About 5 hours
Difficulty
Easy
About this task
Choosing a guide’s five most important points and designing an A4 poster: large letters, short sentences, the emergency numbers clear. At the end a print-ready PDF that any photocopy shop can print, in black and white too.
Why it matters
Field teams often lose time making posters, and in a hurry a wrong number gets printed. With one checked design, teams across the country can print the same one.
What changes after
A checked A4 PDF and its editable file that anyone can download and print.
Who can join
Anyone with a little design skill; free tools are enough.
Step by step
- 1Done
Choose five points60 min
From the guide, the most important points, no more than five; each one line, as something to do.
- 2Done
Design150 min
In any free tool, A4 portrait; large letters, and colours that still read when printed in black and white.
- 3Done
Check45 min
A second person checks every point and number against the guide and previews it once in black and white.
- 4Done
Hand it in30 min
A print-ready A4 PDF, with a link to the editable file.
When it counts as done
- An A4 PDF with no more than five points
- Every point and number matches the guide
- Readable in black and white; the guide named at the foot
Proof required: Document
⚠ Safety
Use no government office’s or organisation’s logo. If you use someone else’s image, check its permission or licence.
What it costs
| Mobile data or internet (nothing if you already have it) | 1 month | ৳0–500 |
| Software: free (LibreOffice, Google Docs or Sheets) | — | ৳0 |
| Total (about) | ৳0–500 | |
Getting ready, step by step
Day one
Choose the guide and write the five points.
Agree a checker.
Day two
Design at A4 portrait: a large heading, five lines, the emergency numbers below.
Day three
The checker matches points and numbers; a black-and-white preview.
Hand in the PDF and the editable file.
Who does what
- Designer (1): Chooses the points and designs the poster. — ____________
- Checker (1): Checks against the guide or source, asks questions, accepts. — ____________
The day, hour by hour
- 20:00Write the five points on one page.
- 20:30Lay out the heading and lines on an A4 page.
- 21:30The emergency numbers large, the guide’s name at the foot.
- 22:00Make the PDF and check the Bangla letters.
What can go wrong, and what to do
- Bangla conjuncts breaking in the PDF → Use a Unicode Bangla font; open the PDF and look at every word.
- A wrong number printed → Two people check every number against the guide.
Questions people ask
- Can I do this from outside the country?
- Yes. All of it is done on a phone or a computer; internet is enough. Hand it in on the task page.
- Which tool should I use?
- Whatever you are at home in: LibreOffice, Google Slides or a free online design tool. Just check once in the PDF that the Bangla letters do not break.