A woman in Belka, Bangladesh, standing outside her new house.

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Authors

Issue Date

30/01/2015

Type

Language

en

Keywords

Disasters , Economic Development

Research Projects

Organizational Units

Journal Issue

Alternative Title

IA12600104BAN-Disappearing Lands: supporting communities affected by river erosion in Gaibandha, Bangladesh

Abstract

Supporting communities affected by river erosion The project was launched in April 2004 with the mission to address the development needs of the communities, who have been displaced by river erosion and those who are living under the threat of being eroded in the near future. The five year £1.3 million project (funded by Community Fund and several other Trusts and donors) was implemented in four upazila locations in Gaibandha district, a badly affected area in Bangladesh. The project worked in collaboration with 5 local partners NGOs with the aim of: •Strengthening and supporting the capacity of the target community and institutions to cope with natural disasters; •Providing alternative livelihoods opportunities through skills development, technology transfer and small enterprise development; •Developing and supporting basic infrastructure services (water, health, housing), and enable poor people to access existing government services; •Raising awareness on basic rights of the community, with particular emphasis on land rights and rights of women. Area of work The project activities, specifically, are providing extensive livelihood skills training and technology support, developing and deploying about 800 community extensionists skilled in various trades, establishing 4 cluster villages, which were equipped with housing, water, sanitation and other health and education services and constructing 3 multipurpose shelters. The project directly reached 20,000 men, women and children within the project period 2004-2009. Practical Action has played a key role in technology innovation and dissemination, skills training, enterprise development, and other activities related to disaster mitigation, market access and infrastructure services. Partner organisation played a direct role in services such as health and education. The project attempted to take a holistic approach to tackle the poverty situation, mobilising a broad range of interventions to support a sustainable livelihood system among the community.

Description

Citation

Publisher

License

All rights reserved

Journal

Volume

Issue

PubMed ID

DOI

ISSN

EISSN