Bangladesh

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Sponsors have helped Bangladeshi children since 2003, when Compassion teamed up with churches in Bangladesh.

southern Asia

sports: cricket and soccer

foods: white rice, lentils, Hilsa (the national fish)

celebrations: Bengali New Year parade (Pohela Boishakh), Buddha's birthday (Buddha Purnima), Muslim festivals like Shab-e-Barat

has the world's longest continuous natural beach, Cox's Bazar, which stretches 62.5 miles

pangolins, 388 species of birds, king cobras, hoolock gibbons

Poverty Pitfalls


Floods and droughts kill lots of food crops.	Sponsored children eat healthy meals and drink clean water at their Compassion centers.
Many kids don't go to school.	Boys and girls go to school and learn skills that will help them get better-paying jobs as adults.
Parents are more likely to send boys to school and keep girls home.	Sponsored kids learn that God equally values boys and girls.

a little smaller than Iowa

money: taka

has a lot of rivers - 700!

It's mostly built on landforms called deltas. They are created by rivers that flow from the Himalaya mountains.

home to the endangered Bengal tiger, the national animal

Stats	Bangladesh	United States 🇺🇸
Population	157,826,578	339,665,118
People Living in Poverty	31.5%	15.1%
Languages	Bangla/Bengali, English	English, Spanish, Chinese, other
Religions	Muslim 89.1%, Hindu 10%, other (including Buddhist and Christian) 0.9%	Protestant 46.5%, none/other 26.1%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Mormon 1.6%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah’s Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%
Typical Family Income	$4,200 per year	$63,700 per year