1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="B3aPlLe5t0"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/05/21/how-us-foreign-assistance-transforms-lives-bangladesh/d030-0879-638/">D030-0879-638</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/05/21/how-us-foreign-assistance-transforms-lives-bangladesh/d030-0879-638/embed/#?secret=B3aPlLe5t0" width="600" height="338" title="“D030-0879-638” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="B3aPlLe5t0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/D030-0879-638.jpg800533Beauty Rahman holds the disaster plan the Rahman family, in Bangaldesh, has put together with help from the Nobo Jatra team, supported by World Vision. Rini Afroj, an organizer who specializes in disaster risk reduction (DRR) comes by to ensure the family is saving money in the event of a cyclone – an unfortunately common disaster in this part of the country. "When cyclones start to occur, it starts raining, a heavy wind with a gloomy environment,” says Rini. “The river swells. It floods everything.” She says that during the last major cyclone, the water level rose up to 12 feet in some places. For many families, everything was destroyed. During that cyclone, the Rahmans felt completely unprepared. Water rose around their house and Beauty got sick. They hadn’t saved money and didn’t know where to go or what to do: “We felt so helpless at that time.” But with help from Nobo Jatra’s disaster risk reduction component, the Rahmans are ready for anything. “Now I have a small bank where I am saving money for disaster preparedness,” says Fatema. “We are also storing good vegetable seeds in an airtight packet so that after the disaster we can use them. All the necessary papers, including birth certificates, national ID, and land certificate papers are kept in a polybag and to be carried with us to the cyclone center.” The family has their emergency plan taped to their door, and everyone in the family (even 13-year-old Beauty!) knows their role in the plan. SUMMARY: Habibur Rahman, his wife Fatema, and their three children have benefitted from World Vision’s five-year food security and development program, Nobo Jatra, funded by U.S. foreign assistance. *** See also D030-0879-STORY. ***