1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgLena Peacockhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/lcampbellworldvision-org/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9JIKYKmp8q"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2021/01/19/thrive-act-passage/cash-for-work-building-the-foundation-of-better-life/">Cash-For-Work: Building the Foundation of Better Life</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2021/01/19/thrive-act-passage/cash-for-work-building-the-foundation-of-better-life/embed/#?secret=9JIKYKmp8q" width="600" height="338" title="“Cash-For-Work: Building the Foundation of Better Life” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="9JIKYKmp8q" 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://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BLOG-thriveact-image2.jpg1200800Six months ago, Nurul faced one of the most desperate nights of his life. "It was 1:00 am. My wife had labor pains, but there wasn't any transport available and the roads to the hospital were damaged,'' Nurul recalls. "I, with the help of my neighbor, carried my wife to the station 1-kilometer away from here in order to get a vehicle to take her to the hospital." This situation is common for the pregnant women in the remote village of Hatimura in Ukhiya sub-district of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh where Nurul lives. To help families develop better lives, World Vision, through the USAID-funded Emergency Food Security Program, is providing 5,600 BDT ($68.21 USD) per month to each of the 4,760 beneficiaries engaged in the cash-for-work program. Together they are repairing 15 kilometers of community roads in the Ukhiya and Teknaf sub-districts of Bangladesh. Nurul shared his experience earning wages while repairing his own village and bringing changes for both. "It was fun working to repair our own road and make money from there. The road is for our own good, so we worked patiently," says Nurul. "Since the road is repaired we have benefited in different ways. Transport service is available in an emergency. Previously, farmers suffered big losses paying high labor costs when selling their crops due to a bad transportation services, but with the road repaired they are making interest now. Fishing and other businesses are also running well recently.”