Bangladesh Archives

How We’re Fighting Coronavirus: Highlights from 8 Countries

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Here’s how we’re fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in eight countries, while working in solidarity with local leaders and communities to strengthen[...]

2018 Year in Review

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We welcome 2019 and all the opportunities it brings to strengthen our impact and accelerate our progress toward improving the health of the world’s most vulnerable[...]

Homestead Food Production Featured as Nutrition Success Story

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Helen Keller International’s homestead food production programs have been featured in a new book called “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition.” Published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the book uses[...]

Gardening: A Sustainable Solution for Malnutrition?

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Over three million children die every year due to causes related to malnutrition—most of them in low-income countries. The situation is particularly serious in Bangladesh where 40 percent of children suffer from chronic undernutrition, leaving their growth[...]

Examining Impact of Gender Relations Curriculum

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“One day I returned from the field and found that [my husband] had gone to draw the water and fill the cask. He had also made the fire, and told me to go wash up before coming to cook…the women in our village, seeing a man do all this for[...]

Suchona Chakma’s Healthy Family

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Suchona Chakma's Healthy FamilySuchona Chakma lives in Nobin Chandra in the Khagrachari district of Bangladesh with her two daughters and husband. They do not have any land or a house of their own so they are living with another household. Her husband is a[...]

Working to Combat Blindness from Diabetes in Bangladesh

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382 million people worldwide have diabetes and 80% of them are living in the developing world, with blindness being just one of its potential[...]

Nurturing Connections in Bangladesh

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Nurturing Connections offers a participatory approach to challenging gender norms and building equality and constructive communications skills with every member of a community to create the best environment for improving[...]

From Sponsor Child to Country Office Veteran: My 27 Years with Helen Keller Intl

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The world of NGOs has always been a big part of my life. I grew up in Bangladesh as a “sponsor child” of Save the Children USA, and went on to volunteer with them as a youth, where I did everything from[...]

From Darkness and Despair to a Life of Hope

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Dhanalata Chakma is a mother of three girls in central the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh. This region is home to ethnic and religious minorities that are among the most disenfranchised in the country. Most do not own land and have limited access to[...]