In Dhaka, the overcrowded capital of Bangladesh, an estimated 600,000 children were living on the streets, relying on odd jobs to survive, when the coronavirus pandemic struck. For the past two months, CSI has been working with project partner William Samaddar from Engage Bangladesh to provide temporary shelter for some of these homeless children and… Read more »
Millions of those affected in the CSI project countries are still encountering the devastating consequences of the coronavirus crisis. From Nepal to Nigeria…from South Sudan to India…from Egypt to Bangladesh-we are working to enable the least of these to get back on their feet. These people have faced a lifetime of religious persecution…now with the coronavirus,… Read more »
In Bangladesh the coronavirus lockdown has had a catastrophic impact on thousands of day laborers and farm workers who lost their income overnight. At a CSI-supported school in a rural area, 100 children and their families have benefited from food aid. In the village of Bhaluka, two hours north of the capital, Dhaka, many families… Read more »
While lockdowns are in place across much of the world, no action is being taken in Nicaragua to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But that doesn’t mean that Nicaraguans are not suffering the effects of the pandemic: several thousand people face hunger after losing their livelihoods. CSI’s local partners are distributing food to hundreds… Read more »