Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Poverty in Bangladesh
By Siddikur Rahman

Poverty means not having sufficient money to meet basic needs as well as food, clothing, shelter, medicine, education. Poverty meaning is hunger, lack of shelter, being sick but not having able to go to doctor, not able to go to run schooling expenses. Poverty is the lack of money, Poverty is no having able to join in recreational activities, not being able to send children school, not having able to buy medicine for illness. (http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/esic/overview/content/what_is_poverty.html)

Bangladesh is a small and so poor country. Bangladesh is over population country with 160 million of total population. At least 45 million people in Bangladesh are living under poverty. It is almost one third of the total population. A significant proportion of them are living in extreme poverty. (http:/www.ruralpovertyportal.org/country/home/tags/Bangladesh)

 Bangladeshi people are so poor because of the lack of instrument or resources, flood, calamity, disaster, droughts, overpopulation. While Bangladesh is so poor due to so much corruption, selfishness, illiteracy, idleness and lack of trust among people. Now a day, the poor people are deprived from their right and cheated by the rich people and political leaders. They are discriminated in the society and neglected and are unworthy.

 Our God is defender of the fatherless and widows (Deut 10:18, Ps. 10:16-18; 40:17; 68:5). The Bible says that the Lord is protector of the poor (Ps 12:5), refuge of the poor (Ps 14:6), Savior of the poor (Ps 34:6). For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich (2Cor 8:9).

 I see in the Bible, God is always being with the poor. Those who are poor, helpless, widows, and orphans do not have to worry of their situation because of the Almighty God is helper for poor people.


Bangladesh is poor country, it is true but the assurance is that our God is always with them. Bangladeshi has found His favor. Our God will protect our country and save the poor people. Our savior Jesus Christ came to the earth for the poor people so that they become rich (2 Cor. 8:9).
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3 comments:

  1. Obed de la CruzJune 17, 2014 at 10:50 PM

    Though the Scriptures affirm that there will always be poor people in Deut. 15:11, it tells us of many principles we can use to transform our countries through triggering, sustaining, and innovating its implications for the greater good of our people. The best way to get started is to take the big picture of God's agenda for wealth-making in developing countries and translate it into the practical social, economic, and political life of a Bangladeshi.

    By the way, I read one of Prof. Muhammad Yunus' book. Though the title "Creating a World without Poverty" is arguable, I appreciate his efforts in helping his own countrymen. :-)

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  2. UnknownJune 21, 2014 at 12:11 AM

    I understand the present reality of your country bro. Is being poor is a sin? or a preference of good and bad? Poverty is in the mind and you need to enlighten first the mind of the people and the rest will follow and we know that it's a lifetime battle.

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  3. UnknownJune 21, 2014 at 6:40 PM

    Our savior Jesus Christ came to the earth for the poor people so that they become rich (2 Cor. 8:9) the people who are really poor are the people who are not at peace with the Lord. Jesus is speaking of true reaches not the totality of riches of this world. That even we combine this entire world could offer cannot compare to the riches that our God prepares for us. We are rich because we have Christ.

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