DanChurchAid: Bangladesh

New technologies and new entrepreneurs

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:29:14 GMT

In rural Bangladesh, the problems faced by the poor are changing. Where once a small plot of land was enough to pull a family out of poverty, nowadays there are different opportunities as technologies adapt and markets widen, a principle grasped by Zohra Begum and her family.

Disaster response to the cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:23:05 GMT

Dushtha Shasthya Kendra and DanChurchAid's disaster response to the cyclone Sidr that hit Bangladesh in November 2007.

Nobi's account

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:29:06 GMT

29 year old fishermen Nobi Hussein from the village Rayenda Bazar located in the Sarankhola area in Bangladesh tells his story about that fateful night when the cyclone Sidr struck.

Not giving in

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:56:29 GMT

In Mandir Mouza village, Rajarhat, Bharati Rani and Binod Chandra are bringing up their two sons in a thatched house built on the embankment of the Teesta River. It is a hard life, for the river has washed away the family home many times and swallowed up the 10 decimals of land they had bought using micro-credit from RDRS. They hope to move on soon, however, to a better life as entrepreneurs.

Joss stick production

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:36:51 GMT

Roksana Begum is not just poor, she is also homeless in the country of her birth. One of thousands of Biharis, she lives in a camp of 280 households just outside Saidpur with her husband Mohammad Ibrahim and five children. For over thirty years, this community has lived outside mainstream society, ostracised because they took they losing side in the 1971 War of Independence.

Standing firm

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:08:33 GMT

Salma Begum is an industrious, ambitious and respected resident in her village, a member of local Federation committees. She is even planning on standing for the Union Parishad, an elected member representing the poor of her village. But this was not always the case.

Renu's account

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:35:00 GMT

35 years old Renu lives in Bokultolla village in Bangladesh. Her husband has some land and does farming most of the year, but at the time of the cyclone Sidr, he was away working in Chittagong, so she was alone with her daughter when the cyclone struck.

Looking back, looking ahead

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:02:08 GMT

Purnima Rani is a firm believer in hard work as the way to success in life. Ten years ago, she was just an ordinary housewife but then she joined RDRS, and her life was turned around. Offered training in income-generating skills, Purnima opted for tailoring, went on a course and acquired a free sewing machine.

After the storm

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:36:56 GMT

The destruction and lost of livelihoods after cyclone Sidr is still evident in Southern Bangladesh

Rehabilitation of livelihood structures

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:37:37 GMT

DanChurchAid (DCA) has received Euro 250.000 from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department in response to the situation in Bangladesh after the Cyclone SIDR.