This is my world,This is my world,half a world away.half a world away.

This is Bangladesh.

It’s in Asia.

Though Bangladesh is no bigger than Iowa or New Brunswick,

All photos courtesy of IFAD; Photo by Anwar HossainBangladesh-Grameen Bank Project

147 million147 million

There areThere are

peoplepeople livingliving there.there.

All photos courtesy of IFAD; Photo by Anwar HossainBangladesh-Grameen Bank Project

I AM ONE I AM ONE OF THEM.OF THEM.

Hi!My name is Shilpi.

I live with my family in a slum in Dhaka, the capital city of

Bangladesh.

Like all the people in our community, we

have very little money to live on but we do the best we can.

This may surprise you,

but I don’t have most of the things you do.

NO BIKE

NO CDs

NO TV

NO SCHOOL

But then one day,

something exciting happened!

A woman from this group called SATHI, which is a project of

the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

came to see my Ma.

Since then, things have been getting better for my family,

and for ME!

I’d love to tell you all about it!

Join me for five days at my home in Dhaka. I’ll tell all about how:

my Ma learned to read,

my Dad started earning more money,

my little sister got the vaccines she needed,

and how I finally got to go to school,

All because of what my family All because of what my family learned from SATHI and CRWRC!learned from SATHI and CRWRC!

Ready?

OK!

It’s time to It’s time to Save with Shilpi!Save with Shilpi!

My family and I are waiting, soMy family and I are waiting, so

LET’S LET’S

GETGET

STARTED!STARTED!

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