In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty
New York Times October 4, 2016 KAKHIN BIMILE, Bangladesh — Kismat Ali is a 33-year-old mason living in Kakhin Bimile, a village a few hours drive from Dhaka, Bangladesh’s crowded […]
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Bangladesh Tanneries Fined, Ordered to Move
Voice of America June 21, 2016 DHAKA— Amid rows of low buildings in this corner of Dhaka, the stench of flesh hangs in the air. On the street, a man pushes […]
In Bangladesh, a Half-Century of Saving Lives With Data
New York Times November 17, 2015 NABAKALASH, Bangladesh — Sufia Khatun wears a green sari around her thin 76-year-old frame. Round gold-rimmed glasses perch on her wizened face. When she […]
Micro-insurance offers families in poorer countries protection from destitution
The Guardian September 1, 2015 As day labourers in India’s Maharashtra state, Ayesha Begam and her husband couldn’t afford healthcare, and did not have access to doctors and hospitals. GO […]
Exporting Clothes, Importing Safety
Roads and Kingdoms In an unprecedented campaign, thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factories are struggling to become safe places to work GO TO ARTICLE At a garment factory on the outskirts […]
An Artificial Limb Can Bring Hope — But Who’s Going To Make It?
NPR July 23, 2015 Sultan Mahmud’s pink shorts revealed his new prosthetic leg made of plastic and metal. The boyish 20-year-old gripped a railing and stepped forward with feet in […]
Bangladesh volunteers learn to make a life-or-death difference in a disaster
The Guardian July 14, 2015 In April 2013, Redowan Ahmed Srabon, a university student, watched in shock as news of the Rana Plaza factory collapse broke on television. Instead of […]
Disaster training in Bangladesh: What to do when the earth starts shaking
Christian Science Monitor July 12, 2015 DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Students like Eidia Zaman grew up knowing about the threat of cyclones and floods to her coastal country. Now a pilot […]
Ordinary Heroes: Urban Volunteers To The Rescue
NPR June 19, 2014 Shahjahan Selim was a supervisor at a garment factory in Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh. On April 24, 2013, he remembers a huge crash when the […]
Bangladesh Remembers Survivors of Rana Plaza Disaster
Voice of America June 15, 2015 DHAKA—In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh’s capital city collapsed, killing 1,100 garment workers. More than 2,500 were injured. As survivors struggle […]
