Bangladesh

A Brief History

Since its creation, Bangladesh has suffered innumerable disasters, natural and manmade, making it one of the poorest third world countries in the world, with an estimated one third of its population living in poverty.

Muslim Aid Field Office in Bangladesh

Our Muslim Aid Bangladesh Field Office was set up in 1991 following the devastating cyclones of that year.

We initiated relief and rehabilitation projects for the victims of the tidal surge which swept the South-Eastern coastal belt of Bangladesh, leaving 10,000 dead and causing immeasurable damage to livelihood and property.

Over the years which followed Muslim Aid has covered all fields of humanitarian relief and development in Bangladesh. Today, we engage the services of 40 satellite offices set up throughout the country, with 46 head office staff and 498 staff members and volunteers working at field level.

Muslim Aid’s Bangladesh Field Office is currently implementing a number of programmes at grassroot level throughout the country, covering over 50 out of 64 districts. A few of these major programmes include: education, health care and health awareness, micro-credit for poverty alleviation, water and Sanitation, emergency relief and rehabilitation, Orphan care and destitute women’s rehabilitation programme.

Read more about our educational programmes in Bangladesh

To read more about our post Cyclone Sidr work, click here