Category: Bangladesh

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Bangladesh aid update:

Sirajganj is a town in the North-Bengal region of Bangladesh. With the help of the local university; Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia, Caravan of Mercy are regular donors to the poor and needy in this area. Through your generous donations, we have distributed 650 blankets and installed 40 hand pumps since Ramadhan 1434 (2013).

Although Bangladesh is known for it’s problems with flooding , ie. no one can say they don’t get enough water, much of their water supply is harmful for human consumption. This means that many miles have to be walked in order to find clean water. Caravan of Mercy encourage donors to donate wells in such places for £150. Each well will support an entire community. Due to the cold temperatures during some parts of the year, we also supply blankets to families.
Due to the present political crisis in Bangladesh, we have only received 25 photos which will be used to create certificates for the donors here in the UK. The remaining certificates are  due to be created soon Inshallah.
Photo of blanket distribution from the previous year
Blanket distribution
Video of water projects in Bangladesh and other countries.
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Weddings

Thanks to your donations we are able to find poor girls who are looking for a husband. Their family find them a similar man and we give them clothing for the Nikah (wedding) as well as essentials to help start a home such as pots and pans, bedding, a bucket, suitcase, footwear etc.

The young couple are also given tools to help them earn a living. The young men are given either a cycle rickshaw to be used as a taxi or cycle rickshaw designed to carry goods. Or they could be given a boat to start them earning a livelihood. The girls may be given a sewing machine with training on the basics of tailoring. Without the training, they may give up and sell the sewing machine.

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Bangladesh – West Bengal SSP January/ February 2013.

Inshallah, Molana Ebrahim, another brother from Sajid Chaus of Leicester and 2 more volunteers from London, Asif Sheikh (Standford Hill) & Yusuf Mangera (Clapton)  are due to travel to Bangladesh and India this month (25th January 2013) for 9 days.

The main objective of this trip is to commence the SSPs (Self Sustaining progects) in and around our bases which are Sunamganj, Sirajganj and Kurigram (Bangladesh). And in and around our base, Lalpur, Mathurapur, in West Bengal, India. The four man party is due to land in Dhaka on the 24th January 2013. From there they should travel north to Sunamganj via Sylet.

26th-27th January: SSPs. Sunamganj (Bangladesh)
28th January:  Dhaka (Bangladesh)
29th-30th January: SSPs. Kurigram (Bangladesh)
30th-1st Jan/ Feb: Sirajganj (Bangladesh)
2nd-4th February: SSPs. North 24 Parganas District, near Kolkata, West Bengal (India)
4th February: Delhi (India)

The last destination of the tour will be Delhi to organise the shipment of Qurans and other literature for Caravan Of Mercy to be sent to West Africa.

Sunamganj, Bangladesh, is close to the Indian border (Meghalaya state). The villages are very poor, backward and remote with abject poverty. This will be the fouth year that Caravan Of Mercy has been conducting SSPs (Self Supporting Projects) in this area.

Past intiates include;
The intallation of water pumps,
The buiding, maintenance of the Hazrat Abu Bakr Orphanage (which at present homes 175 ophans and has 5 Maktabs (schools))
Ramadhan food distribution.
Winter blankets distribution.

*  Any-one wishing to donate to any of these projects can do so now can do so now on-line HERE or by visiting our office in Leicester or by making a card payment by phoning 01162763344