In rural Bangladesh huts are simple structures made of easily available materials, such as bamboo, grasses and palm leaves. Bamboo poles form the structure and tightly woven bamboo, grass and palm sheets are fastened to the infrastructure and topped with a thatched roof. These huts are in constant need of repair from winds and rain and offer no protection from the annual monsoons.

The thatch offers little protection from the monsoons causing families to live and sleep in wet clothes, stand in mud and water that collects on the earthen floors and to never be dry for the entire three or four months of the monsoon season. Serious health problems such as asthma, pneumonia and tuberculosis result in a population already weakened by malnutrition.

By adding a simple tin roof made of sheets of corrugated tin bolted to tin ridging with screws and overlaid on the thatch roof, a hut becomes a dry refuge during the rainy season, health improves and families are able to keep jobs and feed their families. This simple addition can make a huge change in a family’s ability to survive.


Donation Needed:

Tin Roof to keep hut dry during monsoon rains        $105