We left at 5:30 AM for the four-and-a-half-hour drive to Feni, a rural area, to distribute 500 bedkits to very poor children. This distribution site was in a school surrounded by a low wall that allowed families and others to view the event. This also allowed for more interaction with the families and children as they left, which also showed us the excitement of what this donation means.
Keep up the good work to everyone connected to Sleeping Children and especially the donors!
The drive to and from through Dhaka and the countryside was filled with unusual sights and experiences for us: thousands of bicycles, rickshaws. Considering they are smaller and slower than just about everything else, the driver and passengers have to be fearless.
This country sits atop the world's largest river delta, a vast flood plain where an intricate system of rivers and tributaries weave like a network of roads, reshaping the land on their way to the Bay of Bengal. As much water flows through Bangladesh as through all of Europe. There is water everywhere with rice fields and fish lagoons and then even more water.
We passed many outdoor brick manufacturing sites with all manual labour.
This is the most densely populated country with any significant landmass in the world — 1045 people per square kilometer compared to Canada at 3.2. 140 million people in an area sixty times smaller than Canada. There are people everywhere - in the fields, on the water, and fearless on the roads.
It's now 8:30 PM and we are back to our hotel. A good day.
Doug MacDougald
for Team Bangladesh
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