TWBS Dhaka 2024

The Wellbeing Summit Dhaka 2024

The Wellbeing Summit Dhaka 2024

Awakening wellbeing worldwide.

The Regional Wellbeing Summits, supported by The Wellbeing Project, are an opportunity for changemakers and their communities to explore and embrace the wellbeing for social change movement around the world.

About the Summit

Building on the success of The Wellbeing Project’s first global Wellbeing Summit for Social Change, the Regional Wellbeing Summits bring the wellbeing movement to communities around the world! Hosted by members of the Project’s international network, RWS creates culturally grounded spaces for changemakers to explore wellbeing solutions to social challenges through their own languages, contexts, and lived realities.

Guided by the belief that wellbeing inspires welldoing, the summits offer a transformative experience—combining learning, reflection, and connection—to strengthen individual and collective capacity for social and systems change. Participants engage with diverse perspectives from fellow changemakers and thought-leaders, fostering creativity, shared understanding, and a strong sense of community.

Each summit also celebrates local culture, welcoming artists, musicians, dancers, and creatives to help participants experience wellbeing in meaningful and unique ways. Together, the Regional Wellbeing Summits are expanding a global movement—cultivating a culture of wellbeing for changemakers everywhere and inspiring lasting impact that begins from within.

About the Dhaka Summit

The Wellbeing Summit Dhaka was the first Regional Wellbeing Summit in Asia! This pioneering event, hosted by the Innovation for Wellbeing Foundation in partnership with the Wellbeing Project and in collaboration with BRAC IED, Heroes for All, Map Photo Agency, 4M TV USA brought together 230 delegates from 96 organizations, featuring insights from 36 distinguished speakers and artists over two monumental days who collectively worked toward developing a national platform for cultivating a culture of wellbeing in social change sectors.

 The Wellbeing Summit Dhaka 2024, stands as a testament to the power of collaboration and innovation in promoting wellbeing at individual, community, and societal levels. The Summit was more than a gathering—it was the beginning of a movement. Bringing together diverse voices and bold ideas, the summit connected land, language, and life to catalyse transformative wellbeing strategies that will shape communities across Bangladesh for generations.

Meet the Speakers

Meet the Speakers

Key Highlights

Key Highlights

Inspiring Plenary Sessions
  • Inaugural Ceremony: Featured distinguished guests including guest from of DGHS, NIMH

  • Critical Dialogues: Expert panels explored the intersections of "Body, Mind, and Spirit".

  • Intergenerational Healing: Powerful storytelling sessions addressing trauma, resilience, and finding purpose in challenging times

Inspiring Plenary Sessions
  • Inaugural Ceremony: Featured distinguished guests including guest from of DGHS, NIMH

  • Critical Dialogues: Expert panels explored the intersections of "Body, Mind, and Spirit".

  • Intergenerational Healing: Powerful storytelling sessions addressing trauma, resilience, and finding purpose in challenging times

Interactive Workshops
  • Tea n Talk (Chayer Adda): Intimate discussions on "Life is an Art," "Looking Beyond Yourself," "Financial Wellbeing," and "Food and Wellbeing"

  • Therapeutic Experiences: Hands-on sessions in breathwork, mindfulness, meditation, clay therapy, and sound healing

  • Creative Expression: Dedicated spaces for art, play, reading, and writing as pathways to wellbeing

Interactive Workshops
  • Tea n Talk (Chayer Adda): Intimate discussions on "Life is an Art," "Looking Beyond Yourself," "Financial Wellbeing," and "Food and Wellbeing"

  • Therapeutic Experiences: Hands-on sessions in breathwork, mindfulness, meditation, clay therapy, and sound healing

  • Creative Expression: Dedicated spaces for art, play, reading, and writing as pathways to wellbeing

Immersive Cultural Elements
  • Kalpataru Tree: Participants expressed their wellbeing wishes on this symbolic tree

  • Baul Music Performance: The summit culminated with a mesmerizing cultural performance by Tutun Shah Fakir

  • Art Installations: Visual representations of wellbeing concepts throughout the venue

Immersive Cultural Elements
  • Kalpataru Tree: Participants expressed their wellbeing wishes on this symbolic tree

  • Baul Music Performance: The summit culminated with a mesmerizing cultural performance by Tutun Shah Fakir

  • Art Installations: Visual representations of wellbeing concepts throughout the venue

Wellbeing Exhibition & Showcases
  • Innovation Showcase: Organizations displayed cutting-edge mental health product and services

  • Mon Niye Counseling Corner: Dedicated space offering immediate counseling services

  • Knowledge Hub: Resource materials, research publications, and practical tools were made available

Wellbeing Exhibition & Showcases
  • Innovation Showcase: Organizations displayed cutting-edge mental health product and services

  • Mon Niye Counseling Corner: Dedicated space offering immediate counseling services

  • Knowledge Hub: Resource materials, research publications, and practical tools were made available

TWBS2024 in Numbers

TWBS2024 in Numbers

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Participants joined The Wellbeing Summit Dhaka 2024

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Different speakers conducted various sessions and workshops over 2 days

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Impactful session including plenary, workshops and theraputic activities

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Participants joined The Wellbeing Summit Dhaka 2024

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Different speakers conducted various sessions and workshops over 2 days

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Impactful session including plenary, workshops and theraputic activities

Impact & Outcomes

TWBS24 achieved significant milestones:

National Wellbeing Strategy

Laid the groundwork for Bangladesh's first comprehensive wellbeing strategy

Wellbeing Ecosystem Network (WEB):

Established in September 2024 as a direct follow-up to create a safe space where changemakers and frontline workers can connect, share experiences, and build capacity

Policy Integration

Ministry of Health representatives announced plans to expand wellness centers nationwide based on summit insights

Cross-Sector Collaboration

Fostered unprecedented partnerships between government, NGOs, private sector, and grassroots organizations

100% Sustainable and Ecological

Ensured all aspects of the summit met our standards of 100% egological and sustainable practices

About The Wellbeing Project

The Wellbeing Project is a network of more than 1,200 organisations dedicated to:

Advancing inner wellbeing as a foundation for social change by building networks, accelerating initiatives, hosting summits, and mainstreaming a wellbeing-centered narrative

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