Help babies like Anwar*
Hunger and water borne illness like cholera are threatening the lives of half a million children in Cox’s Bazar. It’s just one example of a community threatened by climate change and extreme poverty.
Today, you can help deliver life-saving therapeutic food and other supplies for mothers and children around the world in desperate need of help and support.
Remember little Anwar*, who was weighed and found to be malnourished? He recovered thanks to gifts like yours. His mother, Ayesha*, was keen to share how Anwar’s weight had increased when he was put on the scales after a course of emergency therapeutic food.
"After receiving the food, my child’s weight increased. His weight was 5.4kg, but now his weight is 6.1kg. Thank you so much,” Anwar's mother said.
Since the start of the monsoon season, Concern has treated so many children like Anwar. We know we can continue to help save lives, but we can’t do it alone. We urgently need your help.
Rivers are overflowing and roads are blocked, delaying the delivery of food aid. Large areas of stagnant water are carrying diseases like cholera. The health of every child in the camp is at risk.
“These rains are unlike what many people have seen in decades,” said Manish Kumar Agrawal, Concern’s country director in Bangladesh.
The world has largely forgotten the Rohingya – but we are still here – ready to respond during crises like these around the world in the hardest-to-reach places. Concern staff at the 18 nutrition clinics in the camp are doing everything they can to help mothers like Ayesha*, save their children’s lives.
Please, if you are able to, give a gift today to help protect more children from deadly hunger.
Thank you for your kindness and compassion.
Funds raised in response to this appeal will go towards supporting Concern’s programmes helping communities in extreme poverty around the world.
*Names have been changed to protect the identity of individuals.
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81.9%
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14.2%
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3.5%
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