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MCC in BangladeshAsia MCC supports agriculture, job creation, peacebuilding, education, material aid and efforts to make clean, arsenic-free water available in Bangladesh. MCC began working in what is now Bangladesh after a devastating 1970 cyclone. In 1972, after Bangladesh gained independence, MCC helped rebuild the war-torn nation. MCC continues to respond to natural disasters such as flooding and cyclones. MCC now assists more than a dozen local partner organizations with agricultural training, reaching thousands of farming families with new agricultural ideas each year. Agricultural research tests new ideas to help farmers support their families on tiny plots of land. MCC works with partner organizations who strive to improve the quality of life of rural poor women by creating hundreds of new jobs every three years and by developing new products for sale locally and overseas. MCC supports PROKRITEE, an independent marketing organization which markets handicraft items from self-managed projects "inspired and grown" by MCC in the past years. These projects employ approximately 1,000 rural women. Trainings in conflict mediation and peacebuilding for Bangladeshi staff are ongoing. Dozens of teachers and nongovernmental organization workers have participated in two-day workshops on peace and conflict mediation. Each year MCC provides tuition and hostel support to hundreds of students who attend some 10 different schools across Bangladesh. Rural primary schools also receive MCC school kits for their students. MCC also supplies mosquito nets, blankets, and bed sheets for several thousand people each year through dozens of different partner institutions. In order to combat arsenic poisoning that is a danger in well water in Bangladesh, MCC is providing rain water storage tanks through a partner agency.
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