Bangladesh
Regional Profile
Surrounded by India on three sides and the Bay
of Bengal on the south and Burma on the southeast, Bangladesh
lies mostly in the vast deltas of two great river systems
with headwaters in the Himalayas, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra.
Bangladesh gained independence in 1971 from Pakistan becoming
a Parliamentary Democracy. The present Prime Minister is Khaleda
Zia.
More about Bangladesh:
- The climate is tropical; cool, dry winter (October to
March); hot, humid summer (March to June); cool, rainy monsoon
(June to October). The summer monsoons often flood the low
lying land destroying villages, crops, animals and people.
- Water problems are common, including contamination of
well water from naturally occurring arsenic. Deforestation,
heavy over-population and soil depletion and erosion are
major concerns.
- Eighty percent of the people are Muslim, the rest are
mostly Hindu with a tiny minority of Christians
Service Focus
Search for current opportunities
in Bangladesh.
- Personnel for hospitals, clinics and community health
programs
- Partnering with other organizations to increase effective
student work
- Theological Education by Extension
Prayer Focus
- Pray for the Christian minority, that they would be strong
in their faith, and that many would be added to their number.
- Pray for new avenues of work to be opened up.
