EARLY MORNING CLOUDS OVER THE BANANI, DHAKA SKYLINE
Tag Archive: Bangladesh
A BIG DAY TODAY FOR US and for the FOOTBALL (SOCCER) LOVING FANS. This morning my son, Austin, and his family left for America after 2 1/2 years working with MCC. Also tonight is the opening of the WORLD CUP 2010 tournament. The flags are waving high here in Bangladesh as Bengalis are showing their loyal support for either Brazil or Argentina. There are a few that would support other countries but they are few.
Yesterday, I took my grandsons to the barber and here they are on the rickshaw that brought us to our apartment.
Pruitt drinking his MoJo, Jensen gazing at the playing field, and Riley grabbing his chin! Oh, also the rickshaw walla with the perfect pose! 🙂 I would have brightened up the photo more, but I would have lost the walla’s tupi!
MYSELF WITH AUSTIN’S FAMILY just before good-byes are said. They are leaving at 3 in the morning for the airport heading home to Canton, Ohio, U.S.A. It was nice to have them here the last 29 months. It will be different when we return in the fall and they won’t be here. Alice was the photographer so she couldn’t be in the photo. Alice had fixed a great breakfast casserole for our supper along with her special grape-nut pudding.
FORMER SEX WORKERS quilt two layers of old saris to make throws, etc.
Yesterday, I visited the Bengal Gallery in Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were photos featuring several issues including child labor. It mentioned that 17.5% of the children between age 5-15 work with the average income a max of $10 per month whereas the average adult laborer receives $50 per month. In the brick factories they get paid $0.90 for every 1,000 bricks they handle! Those working in the silver cooking pot factories get 200 taka ($2.80) per week working 10 hrs per day. In this poor country the families are desperate for food and so send their children to work, sacrificing the opportunity for education, etc.
MODERN VERSION OF YARN WINDER! This was also at one of the MCC projects in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. MCC is one of many development NGO’s in Bangladesh.
INDIGO DYED YARN AND other colors being blended in the loom at an MCC project in Mymensingh, Bangaldesh. I spent the day on Wednesday touring different projects with my son, Austin, and grandson, Pruitt. Sorry folks, if this download is slow, I think I may have forgotten to downsize the photo!
P.S. Sorry FACEBOOK friends, no entries for awhile until Bangladesh quits unlocks FACEBOOK.
LADY WORKING AT A LOOM MAKING a table runner at an MCC project in Mymensingh.
LADIES AT AN MCC PROJECT in Mymensingh, Bangladesh peeling logs.
SINGER ON NEW YEAR’S DAY as a prelude to the puppet show at Dhaka University.
WOW, MAY is coming to an end. Next comes June, the month in which we leave for a 3 month stay in the U.S.
YOUNG LAD ENJOYING AN ICE-CREAM BAR on a hot day!
SON OF A BEGGAR WANTS TO get on the street to retrieve his toy (plastic bottle), but his mother looks like she will prevent it from happening.
STREET SWEEPER ON MIRPUR ROAD in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. These sweepers do a great job of daily taking care of the garbage that collects each day in the city.
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