Project Report
| Mar 30, 2023
Integrated farming makes coastal life easier
By M. Sabrin Ahmed Roty | Project Leader
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The people of Sundarbans coastal region are mainly forest resources. BEDS has established BANOJIBI at Dacope adjacent to Sundarbans, where 265 families are training on nature-based product development, integrated farming, organic farming, native crop cultivation and tourism. Now the beneficiaries are engaged in integrated farming and getting maximum benefit from using the existing resources.
One of our beneficiaries expressed her feeling, “ Before I used to go for fishing with the husband in the forest. But it was quite risky and I couldn’t take care of my children. When BANOJIBI established, I was a member of BANOJIBI of agriculture sector as I have much interest in farming, but I did not have any cropland. Here I learned about integrated farming system and got native chicken and hen from BEDS which I rear in my homestead area and now I have 78 chickens and 105 Duck. Now I do not need to go to the forest to earn my livelihood. I have also cultivated vegetables in my homestead area. Through integrated farming, my economic condition has been improved and life becomes easier.
BEDS has established BANOJIBI and there are lots of deprived women in this region. BEDS is unable to support more women due to the lack of funding support. So, it’s a heartiest appeal to all the donors for being kind to help those vulnerable women to give them a chance to come out from the cycle of poverty and lead a respectful life.
We are requesting all our donors to start monthly recurring donation. Please click the following link; https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/changing-life-by-empowering-women/?show=recurring
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Mar 23, 2023
Mangrove products change the fate of coastal women
By M. Sabrin Ahmed Roty | Project Leader
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Mangrove based products
Sundarbans coastal region is widely known for its unique natural beauty as well as vulnerability of the local people. Sundarbans coastal region is disaster prone due to it’s geographic condition. On this region, BANOJIBI has been established at Dacope adjacent to Sundarbans. On the BANOJIBI, local people come and produce different mangrove based non wood forest products like mangrove pickle, mangrove molasses, mangrove honey and other different products. They are processing and packaging their developed products in BANOJIBI and selling them all over the country. Those products are also available in online market of Bangladesh. Now the local community are getting monetary benefit from the products.
One of the member expressed her feelings, “We are very poor. We depended on the forest for our livelihood and worked as a day labor in the farming yard. But now I am working in BANOJIBI. It’s like a dream factory to us where we produce, process and package our products. The demand for the products has been increasing day by day and we are getting proper value of the products. Now I lead a respectful life, contribute to my family income and try to make some savings for our future.”
BEDS has established BANOJIBI and there are lots of deprived women in this region. BEDS is unable to support more women due to the lack of funding support. So, it’s a heartiest appeal to all the donors for being kind to help those vulnerable women to give them a chance to come out from the cycle of poverty and lead a respectful life.
We are requesting all our donors to start monthly recurring donation. Please click the following link; https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/changing-life-by-empowering-women/?show=recurring
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Mar 16, 2023
Costal women are producing mangrove based products
By M. Sabrin Ahmed Roty | Project Leader
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Around 3.5 million people lives in the Sundarbans coastal region. Most of them live below the poverty line and depend on the forest resources for their livelihood. They risk their lives to earn their daily meals. In this situation, BEDS has been trying to improve the life standard of the Sundarbans coastal communities since 2013 by promoting alternative income generation activities. BEDS has promoted tailoring, organic farming, integrated farming and mangrove-based product development among the coastal women. BEDS has established BANOJIBI to facilitate those activities and it has become an working space for the coastal women, where they come and produce, process and package several mangrove based products like mangrove pickle, mangrove molasses, mangrove based handicrafts and different local traditional products.
One of our beneficiaries expressed her feelings and said that, “Before I was a random woman, now I have become empowered and every day I produce and package mangrove pickle. Now I have started earning money and contributing to my family”.
BEDS has been working to create a social business model which will help to create balance between human and nature. There are lots of hard working coastal women who need the support for their economic benefit. We are requesting all our donors to start monthly recurring donation. Please click the following link; https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/changing-life-by-empowering-women/?show=recurring
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