Investing in Bangladeshis: 50 Years of Partnership in Health and Education
For over 50 years, U.S. and Bangladesh joint investments have enabled Bangladeshi medical professionals to improve their quality of care, and help their communities lead healthier and more prosperous lives. In turn, Bangladesh is one of just a handful of countries to reduce both maternal and child mortality by more than two-thirds since 2000.
Cultivating a Coffee Culture in Bangladesh
For smallholder farmers like Ms. Zing Pian Maw Bawm, coffee provides a golden opportunity to utilize their wealth of knowledge in cultivating crops on hillside terraces in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts region. With support from the United States and Bangladesh’s North End Coffee, farmers are cultivating a culture of coffee and new market opportunities in a region where tea has reigned supreme.