1989
890
42.000
7
Project start
Total number of
doctor deployments
Treatments
yearly
Doctors usually
on site
Assistance in the poverty zones
Bangladesh with its approximately 165 million inhabitants is the most densely populated country in the world. Despite continual economic improvements and verdant nature with numerous waterways, the country is plagued with bitter poverty and terrible environmental pollution. The lives and fundamental existence of the population are often threatened by strong cyclones and floods.
Innumerable people from rural areas seek a better life in the metropoles every year. Due to the high level of unemployment in the cities, many people must work as day laborers in the slums. Families live from hand to mouth under very crowded conditions, often without the provision of drinking water, sewage disposal, and electricity.
Our volunteer doctors see the results of such bad living conditions daily: colds, diarrhoea, skin diseases and even tuberculosis are common. Many children under five years of age are undernourished.
Our Medical Projects
Chittagong
We care for up to 120 patients in our out-patient clinic and make home visits to especially ill individuals daily in the Chittagong slum. A feeding program and a comprehensive counselling and training program for women complement our medical services.
Dhaka
We provide medical services to many people who work under extremely difficult conditions in textile factories in the Savar region located north of Dhaka. People who live on the edges of society, like sex workers, transgender individuals, and drug addicts also visit our clinic there.
Our Partner Project
Education for Children
Together with our local partner, NETZ Bangladesh, we provide high-grade education for children from extremely poor families and religious minorities in Bangladesh.
‟My third mission as a German Doctor was in Chittagong. In Bangladesh, a Moslem country, the roles of women is lightyears away from ours in Europe. Many young women live with three and more children in extreme poverty. Most of these women complain of headaches, stomach pain, and general discomfort during our consultations. These complaints are often caused by undernourishment, iron deficiency, and psychosomatic conditions.ˮ
Dr. Melanie Buchacker-Hajduk
has already performed missions in Mindanao, Nairobi, und Chittagong.
