Bangladesh

In May 2010, women leaders from across Bangladesh participated in the Third Women's Convention of The Hunger Project-Bangladesh's Unleashed Women Network. They celebrated their many achievements which included stopping 645 early marriages, testing 13,357 tube wells for arsenic and building sanitary latrines for 7,445 families.

A.K Manik is part of our Youth Ending Hunger program in Bangladesh. He has established a library in his village, which is actively used by community members and students. Manik also started a literacy center to teach basic literacy and numeracy to villagers.

Young volunteers from all over Bangladesh came together near Dhaka in November to take part in a leadership training, planned by the British Council. They developed the tools to inspire action in their communities and gain a new awareness of the importance of citizenship.