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Today in the Mission Yearbook: July 9, 2013
BANGLADESH - Deep within Dhaka’s crowded slums of Khejurbag, the Church of Bangladesh’s Community Intervention Program, led by Shondha When one student, 11-year-old Belal, began to experience shortness of breath and then learned that he had a congenital heart defect, he lost hope of being able to continue his studies. Having no health insurance and being required by the hospital to pay all surgical expenses up front, Belal’s parents, who together earn less than a $100 a month, faced the overwhelming challenge of paying $1,700 for the surgery needed to save their son’s life. After taking on two extra jobs, gathering donations from friends and relatives, and taking out the largest loan they could, they still fell short of what they needed. Distraught, they turned to Shondha.
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