Baptists help Bangladesh cyclone victims

In the time since Cyclone Sidr’s 150-mph winds ravaged Bangladesh Nov. 15, Baptists have been hard at work helping the victims recover.

The death toll from Sidr, which struck the coast of Bangladesh, has topped 3,500 — with another 1,000 people still missing — and is expected to go higher. The cyclone also wiped out about 95 percent of the coastal rice crop — the main source of food in many villages.

Workers with Baptist Global Response (BGR), a Southern Baptist international development and relief organization, have visited villages, distributing blankets and food packets containing rice, lentils, salt, sugar and oil.
Workers are also still assessing needs in other villages and looking at the need for levee repair.
A total of $80,000 has been released for the relief effort, said Jim Brown, stateside director for BGR. (BP)