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USAID/Bangladesh seeks to better understand the challenges and opportunities to primary education in Bandarban District, and the landscape of partners who have institutional capability in the district’s education sector. USAID welcomes information on education in Bandarban and any general feedback and comments that partners may have on programming in that region.
Skills Training Increases Crop Production, Incomes
“Before, we had to travel to buy our vegetables from the market, but now, with our own garden, we make what we need and have more choices at home.”
USAID/Bangladesh Mission Director Derrick Brown visited USAID development programs in the Jashore-Khulna region from Sept. 18-20, including visits to key agriculture, labor and food assistance programs. The site visits were undertaken in collaboration with WordFish, WFP, Winrock International and World Vision Bangladesh among other implementing partners.
Now in Bangladesh, I am excited by the prospects of advancing USAID’s long-standing and productive relationship with the Government of Bangladesh and all Bangladeshis to achieve the impressive goal of graduating to a middle income country in the near future. Although Bangladesh is well on its way, there remains much to be done to ensure this positive trajectory continues. We must all work together to strengthen systems and remove barriers to progress, and continue to invest in the innovative people of Bangladesh.
New USAID Bangladesh Mission Director Derrick S. Brown arrived in Dhaka on Saturday, July 14 to take charge of his new duties. Before joining USAID Bangladesh, he served as USAID Mission Director in Angola from 2016 to 2018
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