Mirpur Community, Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s urban population is growing rapidly, as a result unemployment and lack of proper shelters is on the rise with many forced to live in slums. Our partnership with Mirpur started in 2014.

  1. Where we work
  2. Asia
  3. Mirpur Community, Bangladesh

  • Population78,608
  • Villages19
  • Temp22°C
Our work focuses on ensuring access to clean water and health clinics for malnourished children as well as engaging community members on child protection education to keep children safe from child marriage and other exploitation. 

We have already achieved great things in Mirpur community in providing clean water and santiation services.

We’re working with the people of Mirpur to build a community where children thrive.

We’re working with the people of Mirpur to build a community where children thrive. </br></br>
In the first five years of our partnership with Mirpur we’re working closely with leaders and regularly meeting with the community to understand their challenges and needs. Together, we have selected a few projects to start on that are the most urgent to child health and development.  

Once this work is completed, in the following 5-10 years, we will continue to develop and widen our focus to more areas of need, all the while ensuring that the community is a partner in their development journey. We plan for our partnership to continue until 2029 when we will have delivered a multitude of skills and knowledge for the community to continue their own development.
children are community leaders and are using their voices to promote child rights.
of homes now have waste disposal bins to prevent rubbish in the streets.
water connections were built to provide clean water from the government mains.

Stories from Mirpur Community

Forced to work. Determined to dream.

For children like Ima, there can be little hope of breaking through the cycle of poverty. At 11 years old, she spends her days working at the shrimp depot, desperately trying to keep her fingers warm from all the ice by wrapping them in strips of cloth, which only mildly helps.

Mirpur Community, Bangladesh, Asia

Advocacy is possible even in the depths of Bangladesh

Courageous leaders in Dhaka then took their concerns to the local Government and managed to secure 27 new legal water connections for their friends and family!

Mirpur Community, Bangladesh, Asia

Covering the filth that lies within drains

Slums are built in some of the worst places as families search for a place to sleep each night. Mirpur is typical of most slums in Bangladesh, there is a poor standard of housing, a lack of basic water and sanitation facilities and children play beside open sewers.

Mirpur Community, Bangladesh, Asia

Amanda shares an update on the Mirpur Community

As the Country Programme Manager for the Mirpur Community, Amanda shares an update on the challenges that Mirpur has overcome in water and sanitation, and how that is transforming lives in their community.

Mirpur Community, Bangladesh, Asia

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