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In early October 2024, continuous heavy rainfall triggered severe flash flooding across Dhobaura and Haluaghat sub-districts in Mymensingh District and Purbadhola sub-district in Netrokona District, Bangladesh. The Dhobaura Haluaghat Project (DHP) area, managed by Symbiosis Bangladesh, was significantly impacted, with 1,657 members from 192 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) among the affected.    The situation worsened due […]

In rural Bangladesh 94% of births take place in homes. Usually, these home births are assisted by women who have little training and no resources to help if there is a problem. Often when problems occur, they are preventable, yet when unmanaged are causing Bangladesh to have one of the highest numbers of newborn deaths

Mahfuza is 37 years old. She lives in the Gazipur district with her husband Abdul and has two sons. “ If Symbiosis organization had not given me advice, I would not have been able to go this far and I would not have had the courage. We are very grateful for the service work of