Bangladesh: Living on the Edge in a Flood

Despite the risks, Sona Bhan Bibi will very likely move back to the chars. The chairman of Baghutia’s village committee says that there is no free land for her to live where she is now, and literally nowhere else for her to go. The question is how she will manage to eat and to feed her large extended family. CARE and other humanitarian organizations are trying to provide seeds to get families up and farming again, and they also want to provide work for cash to enable people who have lost almost everything to buy food. In addition, CARE is sending medical teams to villages that are too far away to reach a doctor. But the amount of help that is available depends directly on donations. With so many crises competing for worlds attention, it is relatively likely for a widow like Sona Bhan Bibi, to be overlooked. CARE is trying to see that that does not happen.

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