Promoting Natural Farming Practices in Bangladesh

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. 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, 3350 $ is raised from 16 donations.

We have already distributed some sheep among ten villagers, who are Sundarbans natural resources harvester. On 20 June 2020 and 28 October 2020 we have distributed sheep among the dropout students of Sundarbans coastal region. Through this, livelihood opportunity for 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