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  • Sustainable plastic recycling: Cleaner life for us, better livelihood for waste collectors

    Sadiqur Rahman

    April 22, 2024 |

    Bangladesh First |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Narayanganj

    The Recycling for the Environment by Strengthening Income and Livelihoods of Entrepreneurs (RESILIENT) Project helps support the economy of waste collectors and aggregators by providing training, safety equipment and mentorship on how to handle finances and operate a waste business. Waste collectors and aggregators who have participated in the RESILIENT Project earn increased profits and are able to collect and recycle more plastics and other materials.

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  • How Bangladesh is supporting climate refugees

    Sadiqur Rahman

    December 07, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Young Power in Social Action helps families displaced by extreme weather, like hurricanes, by building weather-proof homes and helping those who lost their jobs find new work by providing them with goats or sewing machines to help them create a new livelihood. The group has already helped rehome eight families and plans to rehouse eight more families by April 2024.

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  • Time to make disaster response training mandatory?

    Sadiqur Rahman

    March 27, 2023 |

    The Business Standard |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Jatrabari

    The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society teaches and trains volunteers in disaster response preparedness, like how to use search and rescue equipment, how to make improvised stretchers and various emergency rescue methods. The organization has a total of 68 units and has trained 13,336 volunteers since its formation in the 1970s.

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  • How crossbred sheep can become the next 'cash animal'

    Sadiqur Rahman

    February 26, 2023 |

    The Business Standard |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    A pilot program built a breeding center to increase the cross-breeding of sheep in Bangladesh to produce more meat and increase locals’ incomes.

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