Bangladesh

Since 2002, AmeriCares has worked with in-country partner, Parbatya Bouddha Mission, sending shipments of much needed medicines, supplies and nutritional supplements to remote areas of the primarily indigenous Chittagong Hill Tract region.  Through donations from AmeriCares, Parbatya Bouddha Mission has supported an outpatient primary healthcare clinic, an orphanage, and monthly medical outreach missions to outlying areas of the hill tracts.  More than 14,660 individuals have directly benefited from their many programs.

In 2004, AmeriCares also partnered with the Bangladesh Rural Development Committee (BRAC) on a water purification initiative in Dhaka.  AmeriCares provided a grant of $37,000 along with $40,000 worth of PuR sachets in order to support this project.  BRAC provided the implementing framework, distributing the PuR sachets in their women's collectives, training members in the proper use of the product, and providing basic education on the benefits of water purification.  This AmeriCares supported initiative reached 3,774 households.