Marriage of Tahomina: Education comes first

June 10, 2012
Julian Francis
Marriage of Tahomina: Education comes first

In late 2008, I was involved in verifying AKOTA’s selection of Core Participant Households (CPHH) in Tarapur Union of Sundarganj Upazila of Gaibandha District. I visited one household in the village of Char Khorda, which was that of Momena (ID# -244), wife of Tofazzel Hossain.
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Receiving the Bangladesh freedom honour: some emotions and reflections

March 25, 2012
Julian Francis
Receiving the Bangladesh freedom honour: some emotions and reflections

In 1971, I had the privilege and responsibility of administering OXFAM’s relief programme for up to 600,000 of the ten million refugees who had fled from Bangladesh to India and were staying in many of the over 900 refugee camps in the border areas of India and Bangladesh.
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