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43 - Sunday, October 30, 1988 - North Shore News

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HELPING BANGLADESH'S POOR

an with
a mission

DON SCOTT has seen the
suffering of the people of
Bangladesh first hand.

By MICHAEL BECKER
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Scott, the executive director for
World Vision Canada, recently
returned from the country, as
massive flooding of the Ganges,
Brahamaputra and Meghna rivers
began to subside.

While as much as a third of the
flat country is flooded annually
during the monsoon season, Scott
said this year’s flooding was the
worst on record.

Estimates of outside food aid
required for the country over the
next 12 months total approximate-
ly two million tonnes —- more than
the quantity received by Ethiopia
during its worst year of famine. At
least four-fifths of the country’s
usually flush crops have been
destroyed. And Scott estimates it
will be at least another six months
before the next crops come in for
harvest.

Said Scott: ‘In Dacca, millions
of people have lost everything. The
cobblers, the merchants — prac-

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tically all their supplies and
equipment have been ruined or
washed away. Many homes still
have locks on the doors, set by
people fleeing the flood. But once
inside, the beds, the clothing, the
very walls are still soaking wet.”’

Scott said over 40 million people
have been directly impacted by the
flood. ‘‘They want to help
themselves, but they don’t have the
resources.”’

Scott vividly remembers the
sight of 65,000 flood-entrapped
Bangladeshis, many with animals,
stranded on a 30-mile-long, 10 to
20-foot-wide embankment.

World Vision currently sponsors
180 projects in Bangladesh and
approximately 37,000 children.
Four thousand of the children are
supported by Canadian donors.
The organization has been active in
the country for 18 years.

Among the many projects spon-
sored by the aid group is a fishing
boat building yard in Chittagong.
Over 1,000 boats have been con-
structed during the past four years,
Each of the 18-foot fishing boats
costs approximately $500 and can
feed. honse, and transport an en-

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