Colours of Survival: Discovering Hope in Bangladesh - Softcover

A heart-rending diary-cum-travelogue-cum-social commentary from Adrian and Bridget Plass’s visit to Shanaj Begum in Bangladesh.

Adrian and Bridget sponsor Shanaj Begum through World Vision – one of the world’s largest relief and development agencies. In this book to celebrate World Vision’s fiftieth anniversary, they record their observations and emotions in a diary that is accompanied by photographs, illustrations and even poetry. In it we will see glimpses of a life far removed from the one with which we are familiar.

Adrian’s characteristic wit and honesty combine with Bridget’s clear and profound observations in this work that is fully supported by World Vision. As we travel along with the Plasses to the world’s most crowded country, we will undoubtedly be moved and challenged by the journey.

"YOU WILL BE TAKING AN AIDS KIT JUST LIKE THIS, AND THESE ARE YOUR KIDNAP FORMS". MY STRANGLED LAUGHTER TRAILED AWAY AS A MENTAL PICtURE FORMED OF BRIDGET AND ME CHAINED UP IN SOME TERRORIST DUNGEON, ANY HOPE OF RANSOM SIGNED AWAY LONG AGO. WHAT ON EARTH HAD WE LET OURSELVES IN FOR?

So wondered Adrian Plass when he and his wife Bridget were being briefed about their forthcoming journey to Bangladesh. In the first month of the first year of the new millennium they flew to Dhaka to Shahnaj, the little girl they've sponsored through World Vision for the last five years.

What they found in the world's most crowded country went beyond what they could have imagined. Overwhelming generosity amongst extreme poverty. Love and joy but no sanitation or running water. Hardship but hope.

Bridget and Adrian's journals bring about not only laughter but tears as they invite us to join them on their trip to Bangladesh – a journey not only of miles, but of the heart.