Typhoid (a clean water issue) has affected a certain rice farming community in Indonesia. Because people there use their backyards as an open bathroom, flies, animals, and people carry bacteria and infect others around them. One easy solution (along with some health education advice) is the building of a few public restrooms. The local community […]
“The Moken Sea Gypsies are born, live, and die on their boats, and the umbilical cords of their children plunge into the sea,” goes a classic tale of the Moken. As divers and beachcombers, the Moken take what they need each day – fish, molluscs, and sandworms to eat; shells, sea snails, and oysters for […]
BGR International and field partners are working to distribute food to Burmese refugees living in Thailand. Five hundred packets consisting of rice, oil, and canned fish will be distributed benefiting nearly 2000 people. The distribution of food shows there is someone willing to care about the refugees’ welfare in a country where they are often […]
Earlier this year nearly 170 families were flooded out by a series of severe thunderstorms in a certain Indonesian village. At that time BGR International and field partners gave emergency aid in the form of food. This village still has a need for clean water. Their main source of water used to come from two […]
An outsider can walk through many Asian villages and be overwhelmed by the sickness, poor hygiene, lack of education, dependence on outside help, and death. Those living in the villages accept these conditions as normal life. However, BGR International field partners are beginning to see where differences are being made. Some faces are glowing as […]
Mongolia is the least populated per square mile of any country on earth. Only about 2.9 million people live there and it is the second largest landlocked country in the world. When you fly over the country it looks like a huge desert and there are no people to be seen; just sand and rock […]
The basic livelihood throughout the rural areas of Cebu, Philippines is agriculture. People who live in these areas live in extreme poverty, are poorly educated, and have no marketable job skills. There are no health facilities and the people have little knowledge about nutrition and health care. Much of the land is rocky. BGR International […]
In an Asian country, four villages of nearly 1600 people are about to enter rainy season again. In the past, flooding has driven them to the rafters of their homes along with the rats. The villagers have suffered from rat bites, skin diseases, diarrhoea, and other flood-related diseases. BGR International field partners are working with […]
