There are people who bring beauty in the world, and I’m so thankful for them. I met a lady in Dhunot, a community in Bangladesh, who had a knack for creating loveliness. Her name is Jahanara. She’s the president of her neighborhood savings group. With FH staff, she’s helping to organize a group of 20 women [...]
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“The river moved so quickly … all we could do was run”
The road is not wide, but it winds through communities of several thousand people. Even here, close to the 2 kilometer-wide Jamuna river, every inch of land is precious in highly-populated Bangladesh. We’re in the community of Chondonbaisha, home to 200 families who have lost their homes to river erosion this month. River erosion [...]
Back to school at 40 something
Henry Ford once said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
It’s What You Don’t See
It’s a common sight for those that visit developing countries. The city is crowded, hot, ripe with life and decay at the same time. Thousands of people walk around, barter, converse and live life on these streets. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, the story is no different. Rickshaws and busses play an endless game of leapfrog through [...]
Child sponsor rejoices in child’s new hope
One of the joys of being a child sponsor is seeing your child’s world change over the years. For Heidi Hatch, a Food for the Hungry staff and child sponsor, her journey began with her sponsored child Rhaki four years ago in Bangladesh. Rhaki’s community is Hindu and is walled off from the greater population, [...]
Child Marriage: Savings Groups Bring Hope for Change
Preventing child marriage is not just a “good idea” from the West, but rather it supports the desires of women living in extreme poverty who want to see change in their communities.
Joined in prayer
I keep a photo of my sponsored child, Rani, by my desk. It helps me remember to pray for her. Rani is from Bangladesh. When I decided to sponsor a child I asked our staff to find a child who had languished in the system without a sponsor. Rani was 12 at the time; sponsors [...]
Mothers creating social change
The sounds of car horns, bird calls, bike bells and the stench of the open sewers surrounded me as I walked through a Dhaka slum in flip-flops. Wandering through a labyrinth of alleyways and small streets, my guide was leading me to meet a group of mothers who were game changers. Social influencers. Women [...]
The link between domestic violence and child development
A recent study in the APHA Journal shows a strong link between intimate partner violence (IPV) and child stunting and underweight. In Bangladesh, 29% of women had experienced IPV in the past year. Those who had experience IPV (as compared to those who had not) were 59% more likely to have a stunted child and 33% more [...]
Becoming a wife and a mother, while still a child – Part 1
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be born a girl — a girl born into poverty versus one born into wealth — and how incredibly different their paths can be. We’ve examined in recent posts how gender-based injustice inhibits a girl’s chances at getting education, having a voice in society, protecting her own [...]
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