Bangladesh
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Abdur faces discrimination due to his disability, but our partner has helped him gain confidence and challenge opinions.
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Pobitra (left) works with a local team to ensure everyone gets to storm shelters during a cyclone.
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Bandana tending her vegetable garden. She had training from our partner, Caritas Bangladesh.
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Nitu, like one in ten people in Bangladesh, is registered disabled. But through our partner she is growing in confidence.
Densely populated Bangladesh faces many challenges, including rising sea levels and frequent cyclones.
Most of Bangladesh’s 144 million people live on less than $2 a day. They depend on agriculture to make a living and feed their families. But the low-lying geography of the country makes it extremely vulnerable to flooding and the effects of climate change.
Food insecurity now means the country has two million malnourished children and the highest rate of underweight children in South Asia. Frequent natural disasters such as floods and cyclones and continuous river erosion cause families to lose their homes and crops.
Stigma and discrimination against women and the country's large disabled population worsen the levels of extreme poverty. Abdur Rahim has faced discrimination because of his disability. Our partner, Action on Disability and Development brings disabled people together in groups to talk about the problems they are facing and to demand change.
