Norman Holbrook, WRC’s Asia Program Officer, had some good news to report from a recent WRC project visit to Golpalganj, Bangladesh.
“Warm greetings from Bangladesh. Just got back to Dhaka this evening from Golpalganj and quite happy to be here. The work in Goplaganj is 95% done and I'm quite pleased with the results and impact. They are really singing the praises of Koinonia & World Relief Canada! There is approximately 17,000 acres of fertile land now properly drained and due to the deepened canals they can pump irrigation water for the winter and travel by boats year round. So much of that area looked like a big marsh (memories of the Florida Everglades) in the past but now it is being cultivated. Thousands gained employment digging canals and making roads and planting trees. Many more have had land reclaimed and thousands of agricultural labourers can now find work for most of the year.”
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