Missionaries from the Society of St. Francis Xavier for Foreign Missions have changed the lives of the Dalit Hindu community in southern Bangladesh. In the 1980s, Father Luigi Paggi started a mission for social changes among Dalits through education, livelihoods, social awareness and empowerment in Khulna, Satkhira and Jessore districts. Father Antonio Germano has continued the mission since 2001.
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