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DHAKA, BANGLADESH (Christian Freedom International) -- Bangladesh is reeling from the effects of a devastating cyclone that has killed an estimated 113 people, with the death toll climbing higher as more bodies continue to be discovered in the receding floodwaters.
The storm’s heavy rains and tidal surges swept through the country’s southwestern coast on May 25, washing away standing crops, fisheries, and over 90 percent of the region’s thatched houses and mud huts. Thousands of homeless residents have been forced to seek refuge in cyclone shelters and makeshift camps.
Many survivors are still enduring life after the storm with no medicine, little food, and even less clean drinking water. Doctors fear that the lack of adequate sanitation will lead to an outbreak of water-borne diseases such as diarrhea and gastroenteritis.
“I have been getting calls from converted believers in the cyclone affected area in the Satkhira district,” says a CFI worker in Bangladesh, who recently made a visit to the region to assess the needs of hundreds of Christian storm survivors. “There are about 100 families who have converted from Islam and Hinduism who are involved with our ministry. There are also a lot of traditional Christians in the Aila-affected area. The number of suffering Christians is more than 500 families. People are getting sick. Some are injured. They have lost everything: homes, clothing, food.”
In addition, many Christian children and artisans who benefit from CFI’s child sponsorship and microenterprise programs have also been severely affected by the storm. However, because few minority Christians will likely receive any government-supplied relief aid in this Muslim-dominated country, their survival may depend on the generosity of fellow believers who are willing and able to help.
CFI is working to provide these desperate Christians with care packets filled with enough basic supplies of food, water, medicine and clothing to sustain a family for one week.
With a minimal cost of $25, these care packets will help ensure that dozens of Christians survive the aftermath of Cyclone Aida. “We will also distribute encouraging Bible verses among them,” says CFI’s co-worker. “Please pray for Bangladesh and give a hand to these cyclone-affected believers.”
CFI relies on caring partners to make its work within the persecuted church a reality. If you would like to support this critical effort to provide care packets for Christian cyclone survivors in Bangladesh, please contact CFI today.
The storm’s heavy rains and tidal surges swept through the country’s southwestern coast on May 25, washing away standing crops, fisheries, and over 90 percent of the region’s thatched houses and mud huts. Thousands of homeless residents have been forced to seek refuge in cyclone shelters and makeshift camps.
Many survivors are still enduring life after the storm with no medicine, little food, and even less clean drinking water. Doctors fear that the lack of adequate sanitation will lead to an outbreak of water-borne diseases such as diarrhea and gastroenteritis.
“I have been getting calls from converted believers in the cyclone affected area in the Satkhira district,” says a CFI worker in Bangladesh, who recently made a visit to the region to assess the needs of hundreds of Christian storm survivors. “There are about 100 families who have converted from Islam and Hinduism who are involved with our ministry. There are also a lot of traditional Christians in the Aila-affected area. The number of suffering Christians is more than 500 families. People are getting sick. Some are injured. They have lost everything: homes, clothing, food.”
In addition, many Christian children and artisans who benefit from CFI’s child sponsorship and microenterprise programs have also been severely affected by the storm. However, because few minority Christians will likely receive any government-supplied relief aid in this Muslim-dominated country, their survival may depend on the generosity of fellow believers who are willing and able to help.
CFI is working to provide these desperate Christians with care packets filled with enough basic supplies of food, water, medicine and clothing to sustain a family for one week.
With a minimal cost of $25, these care packets will help ensure that dozens of Christians survive the aftermath of Cyclone Aida. “We will also distribute encouraging Bible verses among them,” says CFI’s co-worker. “Please pray for Bangladesh and give a hand to these cyclone-affected believers.”
CFI relies on caring partners to make its work within the persecuted church a reality. If you would like to support this critical effort to provide care packets for Christian cyclone survivors in Bangladesh, please contact CFI today.
