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Nepal training advances local and global tactics to tackle climate change
Apr 24, 2013
Members from eight Asian countries met last week in Nepal to share their experiences and develop strategies on how to better influence governments to address climate change.
Back donors enhance capacity of aid and development work
Jan 16, 2013
The benefits of working with back donors go beyond funding relief and development work.
Women farmers take on climate change
Sep 18, 2012
A new study, “Women Farmers Adopting to Climate Change,” highlights how the phenomenon affects men and women differently – and can exacerbate already existing gender inequalities.
Midwives Improve Lives for Mothers and Children
Apr 20, 2012
ACT member PWRDF supports maternal and child health and preventive health programs in Bangladesh as part of PWRDF’s CIDA-funded health sector program
COP17: ACT member awarded best climate film in Durban
Dec 06, 2011
COP17: ACT member awarded best climate film in Durban
COP17: ACT member awarded best climate film in Durban
Dec 06, 2011
A humorous take on the serious consequences of climate change
Tornado in India
Apr 19, 2010
Devastating tornado in Bihar and Bengal destroys thousands of homes and kills more than 130
Bangladesh: a volatile life on a volatile island
Mar 08, 2010
At any moment, a severe storm could wash away the land of small island-dwellers.
ACT in Bangladesh
Organisations with HQ in Bangladesh
- Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB)
- Koinonia, Bangladesh
- Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS)
- Social Health and Education Development (SHED)
International organisations in Bangladesh
Organisations funding work in Bangladesh
- Act for Peace
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR)
- Church of Sweden (CoS)
- DanChurchAid (DCA)
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D)
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The (PWRDF)
- The Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK)
About Bangladesh
- Population: 162.2 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital and largest city: Dhaka
- Area: 143,998 sq km (55,598 sq miles)
- Major language: Bengali
- Major religions: Islam, Hinduism
- Life expectancy: 65 years (men), 67 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 taka = 100 paisa
- Main exports: Garments, fish, jute goods, leather products
- GNI per capita: US $520 (World Bank, 2008)