Introduction: Building a disaster resilient Bangladesh’ initiative is now moving towards `Enhancing inclusive disaster resilience in Bangladesh’ after endorsement and successful implementation of the Community Based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) institutionalization model. Objective the action is to strengthen and expand institutionalization of Disaster Management Committees (DMC) by enforcing implementation of Disaster Management Act (DM Act) and […]
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Build Resilience of the Sundarbans-Dependent Poor and Extreme Poor Communities to Climate Change through Empowerment and Livelihood Support (Sub project of CCCP)
Project Introduction: The core climate change threats, as apprehended in this proposed project, are climate change-induced disaster like high tidal, cyclone, tidal surge and salinity. The project plans to addresses these issues in the following ways: Climate change-induced disasters cannot be prevented, however, a number of interventions can be undertaken to mitigate its impacts so […]
Read More »Advocacy and Communication for Communities to access Education and Social Services (ACCESS)
Project Introduction:During the reporting period the project accomplished some significant activities in order to raise people voices towards conservation of Sunderbans and its biodiversity. The project is implemented at Munshigonj, Gabura, Padmapukur and Burigoalini Union of Shyamnagar Upazila under Satkhira District. The project has formed 40 groups and 19 Ward Level federations. These two tier […]
Read More »Ensuring safe drinking water of the marginalized groups through pond re-excavation
Project Introduction: Bangladesh’s coastal resources are ranked as next most vulnerable primarily because of its location. It experiences intermittent battering of tropical cyclones accompanied by water surge, salinity intrusion, erosion, high temperature, irregular precipitation, etc., apart from the threat of submersion due to sea level rise that hangs in the future. Previously, tropical cyclones used […]
Read More »Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation: Build safe and resilient communities
Project Introduction: Bangladesh is situated between the Himalayas in the north and the encroaching Bay of Bengal to the south, making it prone to a various natural hazards. Densely populated Dhaka is the highly vulnerable to increased frequency and intensity of hazards. Dhaka is situated in a seismically active zone and therefore faces a potential […]
Read More »Oxfam Humanitarian Capacity Building (OHCB) Project
Project Introduction: According to the Humanitarian Vision of Oxfam, all priority-1 countries, with the support of the regional center, will have the capacity to deliver all Category 3 and most Category 2 responses using their own resources. Bangladesh is a priority-1 countryand is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world facing disasters […]
Read More »Building a Disaster Resilient Bangladesh (DIPECHO-VII) Project
Project Introduction: The UN World Disaster Report 2012 ranks Bangladesh as the 5th most at-risk country in the world in terms of disasters. It further identifies Bangladesh as a county with high vulnerability, great susceptibility to hazards, lack of coping and adaptive capacity of local and national communities and institutions. Climate change adds a new […]
Read More »CMDRR Forum, Bangladesh
Project Introduction: All the 13 Member-organizations supported by CORDAID and working in the area of Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh gathered in Mymensingh on the occasion of 1st Learning Cycle Meeting during March 29 to April 02, 2009. The member organizations felt the urgency and thereby decided to form a Hazard?-specific and Risk Reduction-focus Forum […]
Read More »Embankment and adjacent communities of Burigoalini and Munshigonj Unions from cyclone and tidal surge through developing mangrove restoration./ Mangrove For the Future (MFF)
Project Introduction: The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has constructed embankments to protect people from the devastations wrought by the tidal surge accompanied by the cyclones. However, it has been found that the embankments are poorly constructed and do not have the capacity to withstand the impact of the tidal surge. Many places of the […]
Read More »Restoration and Conservation of Bio-diversity in the Denuded Hills (RCBDH)
Project Introduction: The key focus of the project from its very inception was restoration of the forest cover and biodiversity conservation in the selected denuded hills of Banshkhali through promoting natural regeneration actively with active participation of forest dependent poor and ultra poor community people living in and around the area; motivating them and making […]
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