Bangladesh Healthy Food Carts

CHEN:
In Bangladesh eating on the street is often a health hazard. But thanks to a new initiative street vendors are cleaning up their act.

STORY:
Statistics show that on average, more than 500 people a day are hospitalized due to contaminated food and water in Bangladesh. But that is changing thanks to a program training the vendors in basic food hygiene.

Jarina Begum's food cart serves breakfast and lunch on this bustling Dhaka road. Her new wooden healthy cart can now provide clean food and water.

[Jarina Begum, Food Vendor]:
"I was trained by the CAB and now, following their advice, I keep food clean and always sell fresh food. People from all walks of life, from rickshaw pullers to office workers come to my shop because they love my food and my sales have also increased."

Before she barely made enough money to feed her small family.

But now more customers are coming to these carts every day.

[Prashanta Kumar, Food Cart Customer]:
"I work here in an office, so every day I come here to eat my lunch. The food over here is very fresh and good. He is trained to make fresh food."

Food vendors received the carts free of charge from the Consumers Association of Bangladesh. Funding was given by the United Nations and U.S. and European aid agencies.

The campaign is expected to boost the number of carts to 300 in a year... and spread over this city of more than 10 million people. It's good news for those that can only afford to eat on the streets.

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[aminul56]

@sidkings nice comment.

[pigeonpieceofshit]

1:19 Fat Penis

[HunterMann]

Yes, now we need better hygene for many of the 5-star restaurants in the USA. I've seen some very poor conditions in the finest places...

[sidkings]

Fantastic news :) about time an innitiative like this was launched, long over due but better late then never eh?