Watery Bangladesh Works to Prevent Child Drowning Deaths
Amy Yee Voice of America DHAKA— In Bangladesh, the largest cause of death of children above age one is not malnutrition or disease — it’s drowning. To combat this threat, […]
Category Archives: Water
This Will All Be Underwater
Roads and Kingdoms July 30, 2014 Khulna, Bangladesh One afternoon three years ago, a tiger attacked Kamal Gazi as he was fishing on a riverbank in the mangrove forests of […]
A riverboat cruise into the mangrove forest of Bangladesh
Boston Globe February 15, 2014 KHULNA, Bangladesh — The riverboat nosed through the narrowing inlet as darkness descended. Inky masses of trees on the riverbank reached out over the water […]
The Low-Lying Country Where Drowning Is the No. 1 Killer of Kids
TheAtlantic.com December 30, 2013 DHAKA, Bangladesh — Water is everywhere in Bangladesh. The South Asian nation squats on one of the world’s largest deltas, and rivers run through this low-lying […]
In Bangladesh, More Shelter From the Storms
New York Times, Fixes July 23, 2013 KHULNA, Bangladesh — In May 2009, Cyclone Aila swept over the southwestern coast of this country and lashed the small village where Rashida […]
Precarious Lives, Rising Threats
New York Times Weekly May 25, 2013 Khulna, Bangladesh On a recent hot spring morning, Israfil Gazi went alone into the Sunderbans, the mangrove forests in southwest Bangladesh, in search […]
Conservation Pays Off for Bangladeshi Factories
International Herald Tribune March 22, 2012 DHAKA, Bangladesh — At the factories of DBL Group, one of the largest Bangladeshi textile and garment makers, tons of fluffy imported cotton are […]
Microhydro Drives Change in Rural Nepal
International Herald Tribune June 20, 2012 BAGLUNG, NEPAL — In Rangkhani, a remote mountain village in western Nepal, a 12- hour walk on steep dirt roads from Baglung, the district’s […]
Liter By Liter, Indians Get Cleaner Water
International Herald Tribune March 22, 2012 In the developing world, providing safe drinking water remains a major infrastructure and public health challenge. In 1990 about 34 percent of Indians lacked […]
Biogas Offers Poor Countries a Cleaner, Safer Fuel
International Herald Tribune October 27, 2011 NEPALGANJ, NEPAL — Here’s an unlikely starting point for clean energy: No toilets, and plenty of dung. In developing countries where domestic animals are […]
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