Janhnigar Alam

Janhnigar Alam is a Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Dhaka New City, Bangladesh. 

Jahngir will be presenting on two Projects: 1) Walk for Life Project and 2) Balanced Food for Underprivileged Pregnant Mothers.

Walk For Life provide treatment for children in Bangladesh with Clubfoot. Every year more than 4000 thousand children are born with Clubfoot deformity in Bangladesh; most of them going untreated. The project provides a non-surgical ponseti treatment method. Beginning in 2009, there now 43 clinics providing treatment around Bangladesh and over 36000 children have been treated. The project is supported by National and International funding.

Expectant mothers from low income families in Bangladesh can suffer from malnutrition and impacts to their health. Lacking nutritious food, medical care and with limited awareness about healthy and hygienic environments they unfortunately give birth to malnourished babies. The Rotary Clubs of Dhaka New City and Jashore, with support of funding from overseas Clubs, distributes nutritious food to pregnant mothers from underprivileged families. During he food distribution, health, nutrition, and hygiene issues are discussed to create awareness among the pregnant mothers. In addition the physical condition of these mothers are regularly monitored.