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Bangladesh
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Statistics:
Capital: Dhaka
Population: 153.3 million
Concern started work in: 1972
Life expectancy: 63.1 years
Literacy rate: 47.5%
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Capital: Dhaka
Population: 153.3 million
Concern started work in: 1972
Over the past two years, there have been several emergencies in Bangladesh: a cold wave in January and mudslides in June 2007 killed 246 people; devastating floods throughout the summer destroyed c
Award for nutiriton in Bangladesh
20 August 2009Concern Bangladesh is one of several organisations from across South Asia that have won a grant from the World Bank’s Development Marketplace. This is a highly competitive grant programme that identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with potential for impact in development.
Protecting the Sundarbans area
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Shushilan, one of Concern's partners, is a small NGO which has been operating in the area of the Sundarbans for 15 years.
Getting the banks to lend a hand: video
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 21 May 2009 |
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Microfinance has helped transform the lives of some of the poorest people in Bangladesh.
Preparing for disaster: video
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 21 May 2009 |
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On average, people in Bangladesh face six large-scale disasters every year.
"Appalling suffering for people on the brink"
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 20 May 2009 |
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Fintan O’Toole, writing in the Irish Times, has said that “we are currently taking a scythe to the aid budget for the poorest counties.”
Pavement dwellers in Bangladesh: video
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 6 May 2009 |
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Concern, along with local partners, is working to address the needs of 10,000 pavement dwellers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Watch the video to find out more.
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Miles and Myles
There were plenty of exhausted Concern employees in the Dublin office last week. On Thursday, a group of us swam a mile in the pool in Trinity College to raise money.
We are people too: video
We put this video on our YouTube channel last year; since then it’s had a regular stream of viewers. We’d like to draw your attention to it again.
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Concern Country Director dies in tragic accident
18 September 2008Concern Worldwide Country Director Shahnewaz Alam Khan has died tragically in a car accident in Sierra Leone in West Africa.
