The remains of a washed out village

One of our program officers gestures across an empty field, beyond which lies the stretch of houses that was left after the villaged washed out 2 years ago. Behind him is the river that now runs over what was once the majority of the village. Most wash out victims end up moving in with relatives in neighboring villages. The less fortunate move to Dhaka to try to eek out an existence, or end up in government build resettlement camps--often just rows of tin shacks isolated from roads, jobs and schools.