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Why are we in Bangladesh? Bangladesh is one of the world’s most densely populated countries; home to over 160 million people in a country just over twice the size of Ireland. Economic crisis, resulting from the Ukraine war, is threatening to roll back years of remarkable progress in poverty reduction.
Strong economic growth in recent years significantly improved the lives of Bangladeshis, but the the fallout from the Ukraine war has threatened to push millions of people back into extreme poverty.
Rising fuel prices have slowed economic growth and pushed inflation to nearly 10%.
Extremely high rates of malnutrition affect tens of millions of people in Bangladesh
Nearly 35 million Bangladeshis suffer moderate or severe food insecurity.
Compounding these problems, flash flooding in 2022 impacted more than 7.2 million people, leaving 4 million in need of humanitarian assistance.
Bangladesh hosts approximately 900,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled from persecution in Myanmar to live in Cox’s Bazar - the world’s largest refugee camp.
Latest achievements
Emergency response
Responding to flash flooding in Sylhet region, Concern provided 5,000 households with food packages and water purification tablets. Once the markets recovered, Concern provided another 2,085 households with cash grants to enable them to recover and rebuild.
Urban poverty
Rohingya response
Bangladesh Strategic Plan 2022 - 2026
Concern Worldwide Bangladesh’s Country Strategic Plan 2022 - 2026 aims to contribute to bringing sustainable, positive changes in the lives of people living in extreme poverty in Bangladesh.
We will achieve this through working on five particular pillars – ensuring sustained change from our programmes (predominantly in the health, nutrition and livelihoods sectors); climate change; humanitarian action; working through partnership; and equality, diversity and inclusion.
We deliver programmes following five strategic objectives, aligned with the Government priorities outlined in the 8th Five Year Plan of the Government and with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Our proud history in Bangladesh
We have been fighting extreme poverty in Bangladesh since 1972. For 50 years, we have worked with the most vulnerable people to reduce extreme poverty.
Further resources
You can find out a lot more about our work in Bangladesh - including the areas of Climate Change and Flood Resilience - by clicking on the following documents.
How we're helping Bangladesh
We are working hard to combat suffering and build resilience in Bangladesh. We are doing this by establishing programmes which will reduce poverty, respond to emergencies and improve health and nutrition.
Minister Simon Coveney's visit to Concern Bangladesh office
To celebrate St Patrick’s Day 2024 and the opening of the Irish Consulate in Bangladesh, Simon Coveney, the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, visited the Concern Worldwide officer in Dhaka - highlighting the strong partnership between Concern and the Irish government.
Minister Coveney addressed the Irish Government’s support of Concern’s programmes in Bangladesh, including long-term developmental work, building climate resilience, and response to emergencies. He also expressed an interest in extending collaboration into health and nutrition, and discussed the protracted Rohingya refugee crisis.
With the continued support of the Irish Government, Concern Bangladesh continues to work on the improvement of food security, health and nutrition of those living in extreme poverty, and reducing the impacts of climate change in Bangladesh.
Latest from Bangladesh
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