poor peoples in bangladesh

Bangladesh Cyclone Relief: Fund-raising dinner
Vulnerable people have been hit hard by the cyclone ....

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At the Kashmir Curry Centre, Spital Hill, Sheffield.
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At 6pm on Sunday 16th December 2007.

The poorest of the poor communities in Bangladesh have had the misfortune of experiencing a second major natural disaster in the space of less than five months this year. Thousands have been made homeless and entire communities have been wiped out. People desperately need your help to be able to get basic medicines, shelter and clothing. The situation of children, women and the elderly is particularly desperate.

The management of the Kashmir Curry Centre has kindly agreed to host this fundraising meal. The cost of the meal (a three course Thali meal with meat and vegetarian options) is £12 per head and the curry centre will donate half of this (ie £6 per meal) to the relief fund. The money will be given to the Oxfam South Yorkshire Bangladesh Cyclone Relief Fund.
Entire communities have been devastated by the cyclone

Please come and join us in the support of vulnerable communities and the suffering people of Bangladesh. Bring friends and families along. Also, this is an opportunity to network with other like-minded persons.

Please let us know on 0114 275 6815 or 0114 281 2320 and speak to Juthsna Begum or Yasmin Ahmed or Amineh Salehi to confirm. A pre-booking by phone or e-mail will be greatly appreciated. E-mail spatc@hotmail.com

The event is sponsored by Sheffield Positive Action Training Consortium (SPATC) in partnership with the local Bangladeshi community and SHEBEEN (Sheffield Black and Ethnic Minority Environmental Network).

Bangladesh Cyclone Relief fundraising dinner
6:00pm to 9:30pm Sunday 16 December 2007

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Poor sanitation practices are more than unsightly, they have major health impacts. Diarrhoea, typhoid and other diseases are often caused by bacteria from faeces. Diarrhoea is the fourth biggest killer of children aged from 1 to 4, and across the country incidence of diarrhoea is high, with children younger than 5 experiencing three to five episodes annually. Awareness about arsenic contamination of water from tube wells is also low and presents an obstacle to prevention of poisoning.

These are some of the findings of the Health Impact Study Baseline Survey, conducted by Institute of Cholera and Diarrhoeal Diseases and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) over the last year.

UNICEF and the Bangladesh Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) organised the survey conducted under the Sanitation, Hygiene, Education and Water Supply in Bangladesh (SHEWAB) project. The Bangladesh government and UNICEF have been jointly implementing the SHEWAB project in association with DFID.

Some simple behaviour changes and resources could have profound effects on health. Less than 1 percent of people in SHEWAB study areas were found to wash hands with soap before preparing and eating food, and only 17 percent of people washed hands with soap or ash after defecation. According to Paul Edward, chair of the water, environment and sanitation division of UNICEF, The number of diarrhoea and respiratory tract infection patients would be halved if the practice of hand washing before preparing and eating food and after defecation could be ensured.

More information:

* Background on Sanitation, Hygiene Education and Water Supply in Bangladesh (SHEWAB)
* Daily Star, Bangladesh: Washing hands before eating food can halve diarrhoea
* See details of DFID’s core funding of this initiative in the project record on R4D for the ICDDR,B Grant 2006-11

Source: UNICEF, Bangladesh Daily Star, CIMRC
Web Link: http://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/RURAL_Water_Sanitation_and_Hygiene.pdf
Categories: Health, Infrastructure
Date Added: 29 May 2008