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 rice
2 KG Lentils
2 Litres of Oil
2 KG of Channa
1 KG of Sugar
1 Kilo of Local Dish
This is how the parcels were given, once packed
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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...