“We lost everything. I didn’t have any dress left to wear. I was managed to rescue only my books!” said Habiba Siddika Yasmin, a 14-year-old girl. Yasmin was a student of the Chalantika Slum Children Development Project (CSCDP). She lived with her family (comprised of six members) in the Chalantika slum. She was born in a small village called Elisha, located in the Bhola district. Bhola is located in the southern part of Bangladesh which is renowned as the largest island of B

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