Al-Ihsan Social Development Center

ated, they are extremely ignorant of basic practical life skills, and there is no way for them to improve their lives and the lives of their children. The mission of Al Ihsan Social Development Society is to help girls and young women in a poor rural village in Bangladesh, who live in destitution without the opportunity to attend school and obtain a basic education, and therefore without hope. The particular area to be served is a village which is flooded by the nearby Padma River each monsoon season. The Padma River has been “growing in size, transforming in shape, and changing its location” due to erosion. During the monsoon season, which lasts 4 to 5 months, most of the homes in the village are flooded, and the families who live there become isolated from the rest of the country. The situation of these families is every dire, and they face starvation and malnutrition.