Bangladesh Without Orphans

Country Profile: Bangladesh

Total Population: 161 million
Total Children under the age of 18: 64 million

The situation of children in Bangladesh

Orphans and street children in Bangladesh are often thrown in jail for petty crimes or abused and subjected to the most atrocious violence; most orphanages are overcrowded and cannot take in these children. Therefore they are forced to rummage through landfills for food and plastics to sell.

The Challenges:

  • More than 60 million children live in Bangladesh (that's 8 times the number of children in France); half of them grow up in the most abject poverty.
  • A considerable proportion of these children are orphaned without at least one parent; they have to work to earn money to support themselves and their families.
  • 1.7 million children are engaged in child labor; one in every four is between 6 and 11 years old.
  • A third of young Bangladeshi girls are married before the age of 15. Married at an early age, young girls have limited social interaction because they have abandoned their education.
  • The adolescent birth rate in Bangladesh is one of the highest in the world
  • Children from poor Bangladeshi communities have an increased risk of being sold by their parents, who imagine the migration beneficial: secure wages, better living conditions, etc
  • More than 170,000 children under the age of 5 die each year from malnutrition, disease, and poverty.
  • The literacy rate in Bangladesh is 47.9% of the population, and most children will leave school by 8.

Other Information about Orphaned and Vulnerable Children and Family Care in Bangladesh

Better Care Network Information on Family-Based Care in Bangladesh

More information for prayer at Operation World

 

"Source: UNICEF, Humanium, SOS Children's Villages International".

National Stories

Bangladesh Without Orphans Mobilizes Families

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, the team with Bangladesh Without Orphans knew they needed to do something to help struggling families. After learning that the COVID-19 parenting tips were available in Bengali on WWO’s website, they quickly thought of creative ways to widely spread the critical information. Through online trainings and What’s App groups, Bangladesh Without Orphans has reached over 1,000 individuals with the parenting tips!
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