August Updates Are Below
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In Pakistan, we installed another tube well to supply drinking water to the inhabitants of Jomma Got, Karachi. This will serve about 150 families - the cosmetic work will complete in a few days time. In October, we plan on doing a project in Lahore, Pakistan.
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In Bangladesh, we commenced our orphan feeding program (more info under our "Appeals" menu). Ten orphans have been provided with lunch daily. Some of these orphans are also our students in our free school. Furthermore, in September, we will be helping an orphange in South Africa with its dinner for 30 days, feeding upto 150 orphans (signup to our newsletter so you can stay posted - see the top right of this page)
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A refugee student of ours, Badsha, was nearly blind in his right eye. After two complex and expensive operations in August, he can see again. Here he is with his father and our project officer.
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In addition to the above, generous donations meant we were able to perform catarct operations including hospital stay and medicines, for eight extremely poor people in Bangladesh. They are doing well and can now see again. Thank you
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Our free school for Burmese refugee children (in Bangladesh) is continuing to bring happiness, and education to these unfortunate children. Here they are playing and just being kids:
Our free monthly health clinic (in Bangladesh) is continuing to help the extremely poor who would not have been able to seek treatment. Thanks to all of you who have helped. We need more regular donors so we can expand our work to help even more people.
Patients waiting to be seen
Our Mobile Free School in Bangladesh has a new teacher and the number of children who want to study are even more. The school goes to where the children live. Here they are wading accross a stream to attend class, 4 days a week, free. You are paying for everything and are helping them with a better future.
Twenty poor people were fed a proper lunch at the request of a UK donor. The poor people shown here are very poor and often go hungry. Location, Bangladesh.
Mercy Mankind has worked with people of all backgrounds and races without discrimination. Bangladesh is a predominantly Muslim nation and we thought it will be a good idea if we could engage the religious students in free HIV/AIDS awareness training so they can pass the message onto others. This sort of training is a taboo subject but we worked with their teachers and eventually managed to hold it this month. We also felt it would be a great way to help build bridges between people in Bangladesh and their notion of Britain. Here are the photos from the free training. The students pictured here are all very poor, but respected by the locals, so we hope they will be able to pass on what they have aquired from the awareness training to other community members and help save lives.
In Rangpur, North eatstern Bangladesh, we installed 10 eco friendly toilets free of charge. This is part of our Sanitation program which we have been doing since February 2007. For more information, please go through our photo gallery of past projects.
A hole is dug into the ground and these conrete cylinders go in, and then a squat toilet on top. The walls are made of thatch. A typical toilet will last upto 5 years or more for a family of 15 plus (several generations in the family)
The toilet is on the right - can you see ? Just needs a door.
Two water wells were installed in a refugee camp hosting Pakistani refugees, in NE Bangladesh. Over 150 families live in this slum and the conditions are poor. We have helped them before. This time we installed two wells for drinking water, and another two are scheduled for September (see next month's photos). Thanks to UK donor. Here is the slum:
These are the two pumps, made of cast iron, with a lick of paint on the outside.
We have water...success!
The materials with which to finish off the cosmetic base. The well is now in operation and people are using it. These refugees told us they don't have enough shower and toilet facilties and that they often have to queue up for an hour just to shower. Here is a photo from this permanent camp, and our plans are to try and raise some cash so we can do something for these poor people by giving them better facilities than what you see in the photos:
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