The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Bangladesh, and the local Catholic Church are making a difference by addressing the persistent challenge of access to safe drinking water.
Experts say thunderstorm-related deaths are increasing in Bangladesh due to changing weather patterns, more lightning, and deforestation that has cut down tall trees that could absorb the impact of strikes.
Deforestation has decreased natural protection from storms in Bangladesh. The Catholic Church is trying to change that, with a goal of planting 700,000 trees for the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' environmental encyclical.
