1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgrodiazhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/rodiaz/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0kZVUzAULJ"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/advocacycamp/nobo-jatra-project-the-das-family-13/">Nobo Jatra Project – the Das family</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/advocacycamp/nobo-jatra-project-the-das-family-13/embed/#?secret=0kZVUzAULJ" width="600" height="338" title="“Nobo Jatra Project – the Das family” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="0kZVUzAULJ" 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/2022/06/D030-0880-612-2-e1654639352762.jpg798798Mehzabin Rupa, WV Bangladesh communications, and Samantha Tarrant and Kari Costanza, WVUS writers, interview the Das family in Bangaldesh. Shabitri Das (mother), Arobindo Das (father), and their three children: daughter Modhumala (15), daughter Ratna (12), and son Nayan (6) used to be "ultra poor", but now they are benefiting from a World Vision Nobo Jatra program in Bangladesh, which includes entrepreneurial and literacy training. Nobo Jatra is a five-year food security and development program implemented by World Vision and funded by U.S. foreign assistance. As part of its “ultra-poor graduation” project, Nobo Jatra has helped 14,000 women get the business skills (including basic literacy and numeracy) and minimal startup costs needed to help them launch small businesses. Now many of these women, like Shabitri – who started a basket weaving business and a small grocery shop – have “graduated” from extreme poverty and are helping others in their community do the same. In some parts of southwest Bangladesh, between 25 and 24 percent of households live below the poverty line of $1.90 a day. At this level of poverty, called “ultra poor,” events like natural disasters or an injury that requires urgent medical care can spell doom. That’s how it felt for the Das family in southwest Bangladesh. The family couldn’t make ends meet on father Arobindo’s salary as a van driver. Then within months of each other, mother Shabitri got appendicitis and daughter Modhumala was diagnosed with a bone tumor in her leg. Financially, medical treatment seemed impossible – so the family had to go door to door, depending on the generosity of their neighbors. “I thought, ‘Why is God doing this with me?’” says Shabitri. “Why is there test after test?” “The money my husband earned wasn’t enough. There was not a single day that we didn’t quarrel with each other. We weren’t able to buy enough food. I was not able to feed my children. I thought thro