by Sean Reilly | Apr 14, 2008
Aid agencies are warning of a housing crisis as Bangladesh approaches the monsoon season. Five months after Cyclone Sidr killed 4,000 people and destroyed nearly 1.5 million homes, millions of Bangladeshis remain in dire need of housing assistance say the agencies....
by Sean Reilly | Jan 30, 2008
News that Dr Atiq Rahman, executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), will receive the United Nations Environment Programme’s Champions of the Earth Award 2008 for the Asia Pacific region has been welcomed by Christian Aid, which works...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 28, 2007
Young people, including survivors of trafficking, from Nepal, Bangladesh and India have gathered in Kathmandu to call on their governments to better protect children from commercial sexual exploitation [CSE] and trafficking. Following a three-day meeting early this...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 22, 2007
Shelter is the most immediate need as up to one million people face homelessness after Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh leaving thousands dead, Christian charity World Vision has said. As families start returning home after the cyclone, the full extent of devastation to...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 21, 2007
Churches in Bangladesh have launched a massive relief effort for victims of the devastating cyclone that has claimed thousands of lives along the country’s southwestern coast – writes Atto Ankkara. “The casualty figures do not reflect the extent of...
