Our Mission
MAAWS seeks to create a multilingual bridge of education and cultural sensitivity within communities to combat issues through education, training and outreach programs. Our program areas include COVID-19, cancer, hepatitis and cardiovascular diseases.
What MAAWS stands for
MAAWS is an acronym of Munshi Atar Ali Welfare Society. Munshi Atar Ali, was a merchant farmer who lived in the village of Earpur in Senbagh, Noakhali, Bangladesh. Ali devoted his life to helping others through education, social development and sharing of community resources.
500 Hygiene Kits Provided
In support for “Flash Flood 2024 Affected People in the Eastern Region”, November 16, 2024
MAAWS HAS PROVIDED 500 HYGIENE KITS
MAAWS started the Water and Sanitation Program in 2008 in the wake of the devastation from the 2007 South Asian Floods. With your help, we have installed 287 arsenic-free tube wells and 600 sanitary latrines (ground toilets) in Bangladesh (as of January 2015), primarily in the Earpur project site in Noakhali. After the 2024 devastating flash flood in the eastern side of Bangladesh, MAAWS started with dry food support as an emergency response. A hygiene kit was another emergency requirement for the flood-affected people.
November 16, 2024, was a significant and impactful one! The distribution of 500 hygiene kits under the project “Support for Flash Flood 2024 Affected People in the Eastern Region”. The presence of local government authorities (LGA) like the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Social Development Officer emphasizes the importance of community support and collaboration in times of disaster recovery activities by MAAWS.
The local government Authority thanked MAAWS for their continued social work and for providing emphasis for females, children, and persons with disability for emergency response. And also requested to keep the emergency support in the upcoming days. The local community was very happy with very much-needed hygiene kits. MAAWS is always committed to its support & activities as an NGO. MAAWS Executive Director thanked everyone for the support and assured the LGA & the community that MAAWS will always stand beside humanity.
Flooding in
Bangladesh
The Situation
Catastrophic flooding has devastated Eastern Bangladesh including MAAWS project district of Noakhali. Millions of people in Eastern Bangladesh have been affected. In Noakhali had flooding at a minimum of 1.5 feet to as high as 4 feet and more. Now reconstruction must begin.
Needed Immediately
Donations to keep supplying food and oral saline as conditions such as are diarrhea are on the sharp rise. Water-borne diseases like typhoid, cholers and hepatitis A will start to spread rapidly due to contaminated water. Also to start reconstruction.
MAAWS is Helping
Many people are currently sheltering on the upper levels of the Earpur High School and the MAAWS Health Complex. The capacity is maxed out like many shelters in the area. MAAWS is also distributing food, drinking water and aid to residents in Earpur, Senbagh, Noakhali. After getting critical aid to people, we will be focusing on recovery and rebuilding efforts as flood waters recede.
We Need YOUR Help
Please contact through Blackbaud, PayPal or Zelle. Anything you can give counts even it it’s as little as $10 to provide food, medicine and aid. Lots of places are experiencing the devastation effects of weather events so we appreciate anything you have to spare. Please also share this flyer widely with your networks.
Individuals that are interested in donating from Bangladesh, please reach out to Golam MawlaManik (golam@maaws.org). Include your name and telephone number where we can reach you
Fighting
Covid-19
After the COVID-19 outbreak in February 2020, MAAWS started distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) including ear loop and N95 masks, hand sanitizer, gloves, thermometers, and disinfecting sprays. With the help of local health care businesses, MAAWS distributed 1000 pieces of PPE to community organizations including mosques and small stores in the Mid-Hudson valley.
During Ramadan 2020, we also arranged and distributed 3500 pounds of rice and dates for families in New York City communities ravaged by the virus. We also helped with funeral arrangements of family members burying loved ones devastated by COVID-19 . with the help of its network with funeral homes.