Project Report
| Jan 11, 2024
A new livelihood approach by bee keeping
By Samira Bintay Hasib | Project contributor
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Bee case
The coastal community depends on Sundarbans resources for their livelihood. Many of them harvest honey from the Sundarbans. The bee called Aice Dorseta found in Sundarbans area. These bees are collect honey from the flowers of the Sundarbans and help to maintain the bio diversity. As we know bee are the most important part of the earth. They maintain the re- generation process of the plants. They help to pollinate the flowers when they collect pollen from the flowers.
The earning of the coastal areas people is very low. So when they collect honey from the forest they destroy the whole hives for getting maximum honey. It has a huge negative impact on environment, ecology and biodiversity.
For solving that problem or for their livelihood improvement, we gave training to 15 people on bee keeping. By doing this activity the dependency of the local people on mangrove honey will be reduced.
We would like to thank our donor who has been supporting in this journey and promoting our local initiative for a better future in tourism. We are also requesting our donors to start monthly recurring donations. For recurring donation please find the link below:
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ecovillage-in-bangladesh/updates/#progressReports
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Bee keeping trainees
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Jan 2, 2024
New Appearance Eco Village
By Samira Bintay Hasib | Project contributor
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Sandy Road
In southern part of Bangladesh (Banisanta Union, Dacope Upazila, Khulna),we have a beautiful campus called BANOJIBI. In future it can be a tourist attraction place. Where people can stay and can enjoy its beauty of nature, the local food, culture and last but not the list is Sundarbans. Sundarbans is very close to this village. From here they can easily visit the Sundarbans.
Tourist are come to visit the campus from different places in the county and different parts of the world. For giving more comfort to the tourist, we try to give a new look to this Eco Village campus. Before this, the roads were made by sand. Due to this sandy road movement was difficult and because of wind we have to frequently clean the campus. But now solving this problem these sandy roads are going to be under construction by RCC. This will be very helpful for the tourist to walk around the Eco Village campus.
We would like to thank our donors who has been supporting us in this journey and promoting our local initiative for a better future in tourism. We are also requesting our donors to start monthly recurring donations. For recurring donation please find the link below:
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ecovillage-in-bangladesh/updates/#progressReports
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Road Construction
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Dec 17, 2023
Tourists enjoy fresh food from farm-to-table
By Samira Bintay Hasib | Project contributor
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Fresh vegetable from BANOJIBI garden
More than 200,000 visitors come to the Sundarbans every year. But there is a limitation of places to stay near the Sundarbans and less opportunity to enjoy the local food and local culture. For that reason, they can’t get the proper knowledge about the struggle of the local community. For that, they need to stay with the community people.
In our Eco Village project, we introduce eco-tourism in that coastal area. Now, the coastal community practices a farm-to-table concept for tourist attractions. Tourists can stay in our BANOJIBI cottage and enjoy fresh vegetables, fish, and meat from the farm to the table. They can collect vegetables from the BANOJIBI farm, fish from the pond etc. directly by themselves and can enjoy the fresh food concept Farm to table.
We would like to thank our donors who has been supporting the us in this journey and promoting our local initiative for a better future in tourism. We are also requesting our donors to start monthly recurring donations. For recurring donation please find the link below:
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ecovillage-in-bangladesh/updates/#progressReports
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