Project Report
| 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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Tourist enjoy fresh food from farm to table
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Nov 11, 2023
Save Environment by Fuel-efficient cooking stove
By Samira Bintay Hasib | Project contributor
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Fuel-efficient cooking stove
Previously the local community use traditional stove. That stove was not economical at all. This stove need more fuel and they use wood and the dry seedlings for their cooking purpose. Fire and heat were not fully utilized in it. It is very harmful for the environment for its excess emission of carbon and heat relies. It is also a cause of the destruction of the mangrove trees and reduces the natural regeneration process of Sundarbans. This local Stove need more time to cook.
BEDS introduce the Fuel-efficient cooking stoves among 300 households Under Eco Village Project. We also provide a high quality pipe to each of our beneficiaries, as pipe is the main reason why the ICS doesn’t sustain in the long run. We arranged ICS making training for each village. In all those trainings, the trainer showed them how to make ICS and how to take care of it. Now they can make and use the ICS at their houses which is very environment friendly.
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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cooking on the stove
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