The United Nations' (UN) World Children's Day, which was established in 1954, is celebrated on November 20 each year to uphold international togetherness and awareness among children globally. UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, promotes and coordinates this special day, which also works towards improving children's welfare. The current theme of International children day 2020 is, “Investing in our future means investing in our children” Initially launched in 1954, Wo

World Toilet Day is eventfully observed on November 19th around the world. To maintain the decorum of our resource management services and manage the Earth by tolerating pollution, we have to address a very critical issue – sanitation and building toilets. Every country faces social, economic, and environmental challenges in maintaining good sanitation infrastructure. This year, World Toilet Day focuses on ‘sustainable sanitation and climate change’, according to United Natio

ADRA in Bangladesh has inaugurated an innovative medical service for the underprivileged community people in the coastal areas of the country. The intervention introducing Boat Clinic services to the villagers of four Wards of Tildanga Union under the Dakop sub-district of Khulna District. Dr. Myun Ju Lee, President of Bangladesh Adventist Union Mission (BAUM) and member of ADRA Bangladesh Board inaugurated the Boat Clinic. ADRA Bangladesh Board Chairman and BAUM Executive Se

Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) are playing significant roles in maternal health care in rural communities in developing countries such as Bangladesh. TBAs are saving many lives in remote areas where people have no access to maternal healthcare services. ADRA in Bangladesh is empowering women in rural areas by providing TBA training through its Community Empowerment Project (CEP). In the Mymensingh district, CEP is playing an inevitable role in terms of motivating and empo

There are a number of farmers in the rural areas of Bangladesh who have small pieces of land and they don’t know how to utilize their fellow lands. But by using this land they can change their destiny. ADRA Bangladesh is assisting and encouraging farmers to adopt modern agrarian technologies and innovative methods of cultivation for decades. Nasima Begum a poor housewife lives in Damgaw village under Gouripur Upazila of Mymensingh district. Her husband Abdul Jolil Mia is a po