Before the Flood, Jannat Carried Books. After the Flood, She Carried Dirty Dishes By Mohammed A. Sayem Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

Before the Flood, Jannat Carried Books. After the Flood, She Carried Dirty Dishes By Mohammed A. Sayem https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/05/before-the-flood-jannat-carried-books-after-the-flood-she-carried-dirty-dishes/ SYLHET, Bangladesh, May 8 2026 (IPS) - When catastrophic floods swept through the Haor wetlands of Sunamganj in 2022, they destroyed far more than homes and crops. They shattered childhoods. Jannat was only nine years old when floodwater swallowed her family’s house, farmland, and livestock. Like thousands of displaced families in northeastern Bangladesh, they took shelter in a school building converted into an emergency flood centre. But when the water receded, there was nothing left to return to. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.