To deal with this need, Bangladesh in 1997 established the Ashrayan Project, which built homes for homeless and displaced people. More than 298,000 families have received assistance through the Ashrayan Project through the years. According to the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index 2021, Bangladesh has made major progress narrowing gender disparities. Bangladesh’s poverty rate has dropped from 47.5 percent in 1996 to 20.5 percent in 2020. But she was selected to receive a home under the Ashrayan project and the course of her life changed.

Source: bd News24 June 25, 2022 02:26 UTC