Our countries

Bangladesh

Bangladesh is home to over 166 million people. Children make up one third of the population. It is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Bangladesh has made major progress and experienced rapid economic growth, but still faces challenges. It is extremely vulnerable to climate change, due to location and low elevation.

One in three children in Bangladesh is stunted, and in the poverty-stricken areas where we work, this is even higher. People often lack access to basic services.

We began in Bangladesh in 2005, establishing an office in 2012. We selected Bangladesh because of the high need and potential for return on investment; great impact with minimal cost per child.

  • Total population 166 M
  • GDP (current in $) 378
  • Stunting rates 23.6
  • <5 mortality rate
    (per 1,000 live births)
    30.8

Our impact in Bangladesh

  • Municipalities activated 62
  • People reached 500,000
  • Children under five reached 250,000
  • People with safe water 100,000
  • People with improved sanitation 30,000
  • Children under five monitored on growth 24,000
  • Pregnant women received pre- & postnatal care 2,500
  • Entrepreneurs trained 500+

Team Bangladesh

ATM Tariqul Islam Country Director
M.M Ahidul Islam Head of Programme Design and Quality
Md. Irfan Sr. Program Manager
Faisal Ahmed Project Manager
Md. Amad Uddin Chowdhury Sr. Accounts and Finance Manager
Litu Bala Admin Executive
Lal Mia Driver
Md. Mozzammal Hossain Office Assistant
Kumkum Sazia Kutubuddin HR
Muhammad Masudul Alam MIS specialist
Most. Sumaiya Khatun Max Call Officer
Mst. Doly Khatun Max Call Officer
Md. Mizanur Rahman MEL Manager
Mohammad Iqbal Azad R2G Consortium Team Leader
Muhammad Majharul Islam Coordinator- Reporting and Knowledge Management
Golam Rahmani Quraishy Project Specialist
Md. Matiur Rahman Entrepreneurship development Officer
Rafi Irtiza Rasa Software Engineer
Md. Amir Hossain Monitoring Specialist
Md. Monir Hossain Field Office Assistant
Md Aminul Islam Mridha WASH Value Chain Specialist
Sanatan Chandra Dey WASH Quality Control Specialist
Abul Khair Entrepreneurship development Officer
Md. Saiful Islam Field Office Assistant
Tanjia Mehjabin Finance Officer
Amal Kumar Accounts and Finance Specialist
Dr. Mithun Gupta Programme Manager
Faisal Islam Sr. Manager Business Development and partnership

The year that changed everything

Suisaya's story Expand article

Suisaya is in class four of the Yangsa School in Golkhali (Bangladesh). One year ago, there were no water and sanitation facilities at her school. She did not have anything to drink all day and when she had to go to the toilet, she walked into the field. As a girl, she always felt vulnerable. Max Foundation worked with school management to fix this.

Now, there is a water well in the school yard and separate latrines for girls and boys. Since then, children at her school suffer less from diarrhoea. Hygiene education also contributed: all children learned to wash their hands after visiting the toilets.

When we ask Suisaya about this, she says with a big smile: “I wash my hands when I have visited the latrine. You get ill if you don’t. I like to wash my hands.”

Growing out of stunting, step by step

Jibon's story Expand article

Jibon is the youngest of three brothers living in the north-east of Bangladesh. His mother has her hands full running the household and looking after her children. Jibon’s father leaves the house early in the morning to seek work. As a day laborer, he has a hard time providing for his family. When his parents found out Jibon was severely stunted during a growth monitoring session, they realized they had to improve their baby’s health.

Together with other family members, they improved their hygiene habits to help Jibon grow healthy.

His mother attended courtyard sessions of the community health promoter. There she learned about good sanitation, hygiene and nutrition habits. Jibon loves to eat foods like eggs, milk, and khichuri, which have high nutritional value. Jibon’s health is gradually improving, from severely to moderately stunted, and on the right track.

Jibon’s parents saved money to build a latrine. Later on, the family invested in a handwashing device and soap. These healthy practices improved the well-being of the whole family.

Bangladesh news

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Max Foundation wins

Rotman Innovation of the Year Award

Find the official press release from Grand Challenges Canada about Max Foundation's winning of the Rotman Innovation of the Year Award here!

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Impact Report 2022

Strengthening systems

We are very happy to share our Impact Report 2022 with you! In this report we explain why and how our approach to child health works.

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Inauguration

Max TapWater Bangladesh

On March 15th, the official inauguration of Max TapWater took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh! Max TapWater provides safe, affordable tapwater to households through mini piped water grids.

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Television interviews

Max Foundation Bangladesh

Max Foundation Bangladesh started 2022 with a bang: with three television appearances on the popular programmes ATN News Hour Extra and Connect Bangladesh.

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Passing of

Mr. Alamgir Chowdhury

We hereby sadly inform on the unfortunate and sudden passing of Mr. Alamgir Chowdhury, the Training and Capacity Building Manager of Max Foundation Bangladesh.

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Max Foundation innovations

as local government 'Best Practices'

Local government in Bangladesh has chosen to feature 10 of Max Foundation's innovations in their "Best Practice compendium".

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Government officials

visit Healthy Village

In October, district level government officials visited a declared Healthy Village in Satkhira district in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi Newspaper 'The Editor' wrote an article about it! Read the translation below.

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Max Foundation Bangladesh

wins prestigious award

Max Foundation Bangladesh wins a prestigious award at the Project Management Symposium and Excellence Awards for the Healthy Village Programme.

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Max Foundation

Autumn Newsletter

Read all about the South2 South learning sessions we've been having for our Healthy Village Approach, updates on some of the events we presented at over the summer, an introduction to the full team in Ethiopia, and more.

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Meet

Champa Begum

Meet Champa Begum who has started to cultivate a homestead garden full of nutricious foods - for her and her family to eat, but also to sell at the local market

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Max TapWater and the Delta Plan:

an interview with Riad

Riad Mahmud, Max Foundation Bangladesh Director, was interviewed by Joep Janssen from the Nextblue platform

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Max TapWater wins

Energy Globe Award

Max Foundation's business spin-off Max TapWater wins the national nomination for the Energy Globe Award

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Max strategy

The 4 strategic pillars of Max Foundation Bangladesh are:
1.

Implement integrated WASH, nutrition and care programmes (Healthy Village approach) to tackle stunting and disease

2.

Influence stakeholders to maximise impact on child health

3.

Entrepreneurial, stimulating businesses to ensure sustainable impact

4.

Innovation and being data-driven to (im)prove, continuously learn and drive decision-making.

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