This is a supplement to a video I have on YouTube, you can see that video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=83edvBwXJKI
While some of the medicine requested by the part-time school kids were what we would typically call "medicine" (such as antibiotics and antacids), a lot of the medicine requested were just vitamin supplements. Given that 80% of Bangladesh earns less than $2 a day – it is often very hard for the poor to buy foods rich in vitamins (or sources of protein such as meat and fish). Vitamin deficiency – especially among children – is a common occurrence here.
Posted by uncultured on 2008-03-31 15:10:11
Tagged: , Bangladesh , Poor , Poverty , School , NGO , Aid , Help , Uncultured Project , Malnutrition , Vitamin Supplement , Vitamin , Prescription , Medicine