Promoting Natural Farming Practices in Bangladesh

Fishermen of the Sundarbans region live from hand to mouth; that is they lead their life by catching and selling fish every day. Generally the children of fishermen don’t get the opportunity of higher education and they join their parents’ profession that is fishing. Many students get dropped out due to financial crisis and they get involved in catching fish from the childhood to support their family. That’s why the number of fishermen professionals in the Sundarbans reason is increasing; as a result the natural resources of Sundarbans are under pressure.

Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS) is trying to raise fund from GlobalGiving to improve the livelihood of 50 dropped out children. Target grant of the proposed project is 25,700 $ and so far, 843 $ is raised from 14 donations.

We have already distributed 10 sheep among ten villagers, who are Sundarbans natural resources harvester. On 20 June 2020, ten sheep have been distributed among the 10 dropout students of Sundarbans coastal region. Through this, livelihood opportunity for 10 villagers has been created, now they are extremely happy.

We are highly grateful to the donor for being so kind to us. We would like to thank all our donors for their continuous support. We do hope that you will be continuously with us for our community and assist them to lead a sound life.

Many fishermen live in the coastal areas of Sundarbans due to the rich fish resources in this ecosystem. They earn their livelihood by catching and selling fish and crab. Fishing is the major profession among different professionals of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. Fishermen of the Sundarbans region live from hand to mouth i.e. they lead their life by catching and selling fish every day. Generally the fishermen children don’t get the opportunity of higher education and they join their parents’ profession that is fishing. Many students get dropped out due to financial crisis and they get involved in catching fish in childhood to support their family.

Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS) is focused on nature conservation through livelihood improvement of the poor communities. Mathurapur (Jelley Polly) fishermen village is adjacent of the Sundarbans in the south west part of Bangladesh. There are 75 families live in this village. Due to their unconsciousness, parents are not interested in their children’s education. In this village, there are many dropout children working with the parents and harvest Sundarbans natural resources.

Currently, BEDS is trying to raise fund from GlobalGiving to improve livelihood of 50 drop out children. Target grant of the proposed project is 25,700 $ and so far, 843 $ is raised.

We have been communicating with our target community regularly and discussing with them about future initiatives on their better life and livelihood.

We want to thank all our donors for being with us. We hope that you will be continuously with us for our community and assist them to lead a sound life.