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Flood leads to UN agency providing food relief in BD

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up relief efforts aimed at reaching tens of thousands of Bangladeshis stranded by a spate of flash floods which struck the South Asian country last week. According to a WFP press release issued earlier this morning, the UN agency is now targeting over 150,000 people in the coastal village of Cox’s Bazar and surrounding areas with over 100 food reliefmetric tons of emergency food supplies transported by boat and truck. Among the food assistance being distributed are vitamin and mineral...

Stampede at Maymensing clothes handout kills 25

At least 25 people have been killed in a stampede during a handout of free clothes in the northern Bangladeshi city of Mymensingh, police said. The stampede erupted on Friday when hundreds of people tried to force their way into a factory compound through a small gate after massing outside the building before dawn, local police chiefs told the AFP news agency. [caption id="attachment_18023" align="alignright" width="643"]-Mymensing Stampede Photo Courtesy: Prothom Alo[/caption] “We have so far recovered 23 bodies. Most of the dead are p...

Food for Hungry makes lasting impact in Bangladesh

“Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach him to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” That’s a philosophy Food for the Hungry follows in their various programs, and so far, they’ve been proven right. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, a community called Dumni has been continuing the work started by FH five years ago, including various savings and care programs. Since 2010, when the community was graduated from the program, locals have been able to sustain and expand each program within the community. food for hungryCurrently there are 43 ...