Piloting an integrated community driven resilient model in urban and peri-urban setting in south coastal area of Bangladesh (Ongoing)
Climate Resilience-Climate smart Agriculture, Livestock poultry and Aquaculture; DRR & Early Warning; Green Entrepreneurship, Livelihood; Health & Nutrition, and Environment.
Project Name: Piloting an integrated community
driven resilient model in urban and peri-urban setting in south-west coastal
area of Bangladesh-Khulna (KCC-W#31 and Jolma Union Botiagatha)
Duration: July 2024 to June 2028
Donor: Own funded (contribution by Core member of GRACE)
Outcomes and Activities:
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Outcome |
Associated Activities |
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1. Enhancing community resilience through the implementation of
sustainable educational and developmental initiatives |
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Organize annual sports events engaging children, youth, women, and community
leaders to promote moral learning, peer understanding, recreation, and
education. •
Conduct screening to identify underprivileged children for intensive academic
coaching support. •
Promote and engage children in environmentally friendly and greener
practices. |
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2. Increased practices of safe food production, consumption, and
preservation, including market linkage for ensuring green health and
nutrition in urban and peri-urban areas |
• Establish the GRACE
Agro Lab to support adaptive agricultural practices in response to climate
vulnerabilities. • Replicate
agro-based models at household level among targeted beneficiaries. • Provide
training on climate-smart agriculture, livestock, poultry, and aquaculture. • Conduct
leadership, early warning, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and market linkage
training. • Distribute
agricultural inputs and technical assistance to program participants. |
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3. Introducing social safety net systems to enhance resilient
social justice |
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Strengthen linkages with existing government social safety net services. •
Provide food package support during major religious or crisis periods. •
Conduct advocacy initiatives to improve access to government social safety
net programs. |
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4. Transforming lives through healthy and nutritious practices |
• Conduct Social
and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) sessions on personal hygiene,
maternal and child health, nutrition, and food diversity. • Carry out
Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) screening and referrals • Organize
community-based free health camps. • Promote
improved WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) behaviors. |
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5. Ensuring sustainable communities through youth participation |
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Provide vocational training on sewing, tailoring, IT skills, and freelancing
for youth empowerment. •
Offer training on agro-business development (vermicomposting, climate-smart
agriculture), marketing, and leadership. •
Build youth capacity in event management, including organizing annual sports,
training sessions, workshops, and community meetings. |
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