There is one proverb that says: “When poverty comes in at the door, love/friendship flies out of the window” and no one could understand better this proverb than Swapna. With 32 years, right now Swapna lives in a village called Nilua which is part of the Daulatpur sub-district and also the Manikganj district. “I decided at the age of 17 that I wanted to get married to Jobbar Ali, and all I can say is that starting our lives together was not easy. Soon after getting married, m

I’ve visited a number of projects where ADRA Bangladesh is operating its different types of activities to empower women in our society. I’ve seen the endeavor that ADRA Bangladesh has to encourage women to come forward and take initiatives so they can bring significant changes in their life. Ismot Ara is one of them. “I had a deep interest in education from the childhood,” said the 31-year-old Ismot who lives at Thamish Para of Fulbaria Upazilla in Mymensingh district with he

“I want to be a doctor; and I’ll treat the poor who doesn’t have the money to get better treatment…” a low voice was heard around the house. It was someone dreaming about helping people. Mahmuda Akter Sima, a student of CSCDP center who reads in class IV, was expressing her dream with her parents. She is 11 years old and currently lives in a rented house at Chalantika slum in Mirpur, Dhaka. Her father Md. Abbas is a cook by profession and her mother Shahnaj is a housemaid who

Since Bangladesh is an agricultural country, people of rural areas of this country are engaged in farming. I went to visit different village areas of this country and saw the techniques of their cultivation. In rural areas, people cultivate different types of vegetables in empty areas around their homesteads. Most of the people of Bangladesh are landless farmers. And in order to improve the living standards of these poor farmers, ADRA Bangladesh has introduced various modern