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Rice Harvest – Despite the Rain and Leeches
The annual "student" rice harvest took place in early May on the school fields of Monoshapara boarding school. Although this year’s harvest was hampered by heavy rain and unusually waterlogged ground, it was ultimately successful, and the school secured a stock of rice for the coming months.
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For 25 years, ADRA's BanglaKids programme has been helping children from the poorest families in Bangladesh get an education and hope for a better future. What is it like to run this project and what is life like in one of the world's poorest countries? We spoke to the head of the BanglaKids programme, Kamil Kreutziger, who also supports three children in Bangladesh with his wife.
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Mother tongue: the key to identity, education and a better future
At the suggestion of Bangladesh, UNESCO proclaimed 21 February as International Mother Language Day in 1999. This day, celebrated in Bangladesh as Language Movement Day, is a reminder that language is not only the basis of national identity and a means of communication, but also the key to education - and a way out of poverty.
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