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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
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
Organisations with HQ in Bangladesh
- Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB)
- Koinonia, Bangladesh
- Lutheran Health Care, Bangladesh
- Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service, RDRS
- Social Health and Education Development (SHED)
International organisations in Bangladesh
Organisations funding work in Bangladesh
- Act for Peace
- Bread for All
- Bread for the World
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- Church of Sweden
- DanChurchAid
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Diakonie, Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- ICCO
- Kerk In Actie
- Lutheran World Relief
- Norwegian Church Aid
- Presbyterian World Service & Development
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The
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)