Bangladesh Food Distribution 2012

“65 percent of the world’s hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and

Ethiopia.”(Source: FAO news release, 2010)

The Bangladesh Journey

Our arrival in Bangladesh began in a town called Sunamganj . Further on in the trip we were fortunate to make it to Coxs Bazaar which is located at the Burmese Boarder.

SunamgunjIn Sunamgunj, there was a new development Madressah that took care of 125 students. This town has

been affected by a lot of poverty and long term projects are essential.

In Pictures - Left: Madressah of 125 students. Right Top: A child can not get away fast enough with his gift of coconut. He could not even carry it in the first place. Right Bottom: An elderly woman who has been deprived of nourishment.

Food Parcels We personally prepared the food parcels assisted by other brothers and students.

The parcels contained: 10 KG rice2 KG Lentils2 Litres of Oil 2 KG of Channa1 KG of Sugar1 Kilo of Local Dish

This is how the parcels were given, once packed

Food

Distribution

The distribution of parcels was administered in a very organised manner. In the villages surrounded Sunamgunj Aleems selected to pick locals that were eligible for zakaat .The system used, was very efficient

and professionally executed.

You can see the poverty is strife, this woman is picking up individual grains from the floor that was left during the preparations of the parcels

Prepared sweet parcels and gift parcels as a treat for the local children and students as an Eid treat

Pictures: Gifts brought for students (Top Left). Zak distributing sweet parcels to the Madressah students (Top Right). Students assisting in compiling the parcels (Bottom Left). Sweets brought

to be put into the parcels(Bottom Right).

Cox Bazaar Bangladesh side, Burmese Boarder

The view of Burma from across the water.

Refugee Camps

We travelled to the southern tip of Bangladesh, located close to the Bangladesh-Burmese

boarder. We did not see mass volumes of new refugees as described within the news, however there were many families which originated from Burma, living in harsh conditions for the last 20 years. There is no doubt that there are serious

problems within Burma.

A Woman With A Tale. A Victim of the Burma

Crisis. A tragic tale to tell, this lady escaped from Burma after her house was burnt down. She managed to flee with her husband and her son, loosing her other two children in the fire.

Fortunately, a brother from Birmingham became aware of her existence within the refugee camps and realised how vital it was that she gets immediate medical attention. He registered her into a private hospital.

Cox Bazaar Food Distribution

We did organise food parcels for these refugees, unfortunately we ran out of time and were unable to distribute them. We have left this duty in the hands of other responsible brothers to complete the task. The above are examples of another group distributing their supplies (ours would be executed in a similar way).

Our Intention is that in the future we will form a charity and persist our efforts to

assist and help out our brothers & sisters. We appreciate your support and pray that you are blessed with Barakat so that your generosity can continue to help those less

fortunate and in need. In sha Allah.

...One Day, Not Too Far Into The Future...