I dreamed today during a midday nap that we hadn’t started our trip through Bangladesh yet. In the dream, we were at the Richmond Hotel & Suites in Dhaka, the first hotel we went to after arriving at the airport 13 days ago. Everyone in the group was filled with excitement for the next two weeks. Yet we also felt uncertain about what was to … Continue reading A full circle moment
Momena Beguma, 85, stood in the doorway of her house on stilts in the Passer River. The Bangladeshi woman has moved 10 times because of flooding and river erosion. “I never know when we will have to move again,” she said. The Dhangmari Village in Bangladesh, where Beguma lives, is made up of a collection of houses on stilts. The water comes up to the … Continue reading Shifting chars: The human face of climate migration
I am a senior from South Dakota studying journalism and social work. I love visual journalism and am focused primarily on photography but love videography as well. My work in social work centers around refugee resettlement and my goal is to combine social work and journalism to tell people’s stories. As I have worked with resettled populations in the U.S. I’ve learned how hard people … Continue reading Renna Al-Haj
UM to Bangladesh 