The video below is something Scriptoria put together after visiting one of the Chars river islands in northern Bangladesh. This project (which has helped around a million people so far) is working with some of the poorest communities in the world, in areas where poverty is just as widespread and extreme as in Africa.

Problems on these islets range from the fact that the few assets families have tend to be swept away by yearly flooding, to the fact that many children are starving simply because what little food they do get does them no good because of the huge number of gut parasites that they carry. This problem can be solved by cheap and simple measures like de-worming them every 6 months or so with tablets that cost 3 pence each – an important issue in an area where many people only get to eat once every 2 or 3 days.

Communicating these kinds of issues is something that I thrive on, because I know that it’s really helping some of the poorest. So watch the video and let me know what you think.

All the best, Jim