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UK Aid Match Fund III: Climate Resilient Agriculture (Practical Action) The project is part of a consortium based programme in which 5 organisations are collaborating together to support poor women, men and children from hazard-prone or marginalised rural communities to adapt their livelihoods strategies to better cope with climate-related shocks and stresses. Practical Action Bangladesh will support USS Jessore and Caritas Bangladesh to implement the programme in the districts of Jessore, Khulna, Rajshahi, Dinjapur and Sunamganj. Practical Action Bangladesh will provide specific technical support to implementing partners on market linkage and access for marginalised groups, particularly small-holder farmers. Activities include, establishing producer groups, conducting market assessments, linking service providers to small-holder farmers, establishing rural sales and service centres and linking small-holder farmers with weather information provided by the Bangladesh meteorological department. Practical Action Bangladesh will aim to reach a total of 42,195 people (8,439 HHs) in this 3 year project.
Enabling Access to Justice for Bangladeshi Migrant Workers The project promotes equitable access to legal services, fair justice, and support for the Bangladeshi migrant workers in line with the Overseas Employment & Migration Act 2013. In doing so, the project plans to undertake action to educate, equip and empower migrant workers, their families, and communities to seek justice through different awareness sessions on legal rights. The project focuses on strengthening unity, skills and knowledge of migrant workers to take an active part in advocating for their right to justice. At the same time the project will work with judicial officials, legal professionals and government officials to improve awareness of the legal frameworks to protect migrant workers and allow them to seek redress for violations of Bangladeshi law. 

This project builds on learning of the 3 Year EU funded EIDHR project (2018-2021) which was working to improve access to justice for migrant workers in Bangladesh.
Response to the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals and Host Community After four years following the the exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar, more than 900,000 are still living in temporary settlements spread across 34 congested camps in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. In their current circumstances, they lack formal legal status, face extreme restrictions on movement and are not permitted to legally work. The refugee influx overwhelmed the existing response capacity and put immense strain on infrastructure, services, resources and the local environment, and the extreme level of humanitarian needs has not decreased. The Government of Bangladesh and local communities have supported the refugees to the best of their ability, but solidarity has been strained, especially in the last two years.

Caritas Bangladesh (CB) was one of the first humanitarian actors to respond in 2017, and has been continuously responding to the emergency needs of Rohingya refugees since then through food and NFI distributions, shelter construction, settlement planning and upgrading, provision of WASH facilities, and community-based protection for families and children.  During the last 4 years (September 2017 – December 2021), Caritas Bangladesh has reached more than 1.2 million individuals. 

In 2022, Caritas Bangladesh plans to assist more than 230,000 Rohingya refugees and people from host communities in Cox’s Bazaar district through integrated Shelter/Site development, WASH, DRR, Livelihoods, Protection, and education services. The activities proposed in this appeal respond to assessed gaps and needs identified by the humanitarian community under the coordination of the ISCG in the 2022 Joint Response Plan. Caritas Bangladesh, with the assistance of its numerous partners, especially Caritas Internationalis Member Organizations, is positioned to effectively and efficiently implement this project with high quality and accountability. Along with other Caritas agencies, CAFOD is providing funding to Caritas Bangladesh to enable this important work.
Improved food and livelihood security in Bangladesh (BUET additional funding) International Training Network - Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (ITN-BUET) has been a CAFOD partner for over two years, since the beginning of the IFLS programme (Ban-09-01) funded by EC and CAFOD.

Over the past two years, ITN-BUET has contributed technical advice and training on the following: development and testing of low cost solar panels, training on the assembly and function of solar panels, development and testing of solar-based water purification systems, secondary data collection of salinity level, provision of user specific information relating to the location of the mobile phone owner and the mapping of cyclone shelters in the coastal zones. 

With this grant, CAFOD is supporting costs of two full-time Research Associates, to further develop the pilot model low cost solar panels and rain water harvesters with solar-based water purification systems. ITN-BUET will collaborate with Caritas Bangladesh, ADD and DAM in working with grassroots community in selection of beneficiaries and training of beneficiaries and partner field staff, etc. ITN-BUET will link national level research with field level experimentation through its research and technology capacity. The manuals and published materials produced in the last 12 months will be provided to the beneficiaries.
Improved resilience of small farmers through increased access to market and adaptive practices This project aims to achieve improved livelihoods security for poor women, men and children from hazard-prone rural communities in southern part of Bangladesh through an integrated approach that increases the productivity and resilience of agricultural systems, strengthens engagement in markets and diversified income generation, and increases the ability of local producer groups to access services and influence development practices. Ulashi Sreejony Sangha (USS), based in Jessore will be working with small farmers in Jessore sadar, Jikorgacha and Monirampur Upazilas of Jessore district and Dacope upazila of Khulna district, in promoting greater crop production and increase market linkages and greater networking at nationally and cross border links.  This project will support a total of 1,300 (810 women and 490 men) multi-crop farmers and flower cultivators.
Bangladesh floods response - CI appeal EA19/2011 This project is part of a worldwide response of Catholic agencies through the Caritas International network to the disastrous flooding in Bangladesh in August-September 2011, caused by severe monsoon rains.  Seasonal flooding is normal in Bangladesh, and can actually be beneficial (the floods deposit sediment on the fields which enhances their fertility).  But excessive flooding not only causes widespread damage but requires people to evacuate their homes to live in makeshift camps without proper sanitary facilities, and until the floods recede they may be unable to pursue their normal livelihoods.  Caritas Bangladesh undertook to extend emergency assistance to Satkhira District, in Khulna Division which was one of the worst-affected areas.  The activities include construction of latrines and training on hygiene practices, support for building temporary shelters as needed (labour and/ or materials), food rations, and cash-for-work for 10-15 days to enable one member from up to 2,000 households to earn a wage from working on essential infrastructural repairs (cleaning up damaged houses and latrines, and repairing roads).
Reintegration Support for Returnee Migrant Workers of Faridpur District in Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the foremost labour-exporting countries in the world with 7.84 million male and female workers travelling to various countries from Bangladesh toAugust 2022. Remittances increased 12% to $7.63 billion from January 2022 until August 2022. Despite some successful migration, many migrants return to Bangladesh without finances promised to them, having survived abuse and exploitation by business owners and brokers, and international brokers and traffickers. 
In order to earn foreign currency, migrants seek employment in countries outside of Bangladesh. Most are not able to ensure safe migration due to a lack of awareness and information. In many cases, potential migrants fall victim to fraud perpetrated by local brokers through payment of fabricated job and visa processing fees. As many families commit their savings to find the finance required for migration, if survivors1 of modern slavery and vulnerable migrants2return empty-handed, they are driven further into poverty with limited employment options, and often forced to sell remaining land or houses or valuable property.
There are several interventions in Bangladesh targeting short-term and long-term needs of survivors and vulnerable migrants. However, many tend to be very localised without much likelihood of having a disruptive effect on the drivers of forced labour. Many also exclude men from receiving support. Government and other NGOs run
programs but they do not meet the scale of the need.
This project will increase employment/self-employment and income of returnee migrants through providing vocational and short duration trainings. Returning migrants will be referred through networks to Government provision of safety net facilities, loans and job placements from governmental organisations and non-governmental 
organisations.
Increasing marginalised household participation in climate resilient livelihoods This project will promote prosperity through inclusive and sustainable agroecology practices and alternative livelihoods which contribute to the local economy. The project has a particular focus on the inclusion of people living with disabilities, women and indigenous groups who are some of the most marginalised groups in Bangladesh society. It will be implemented in two Unions of 1 Upazila (sub-district) in Patuakhali district which is in Bangladesh's extremely climate vulnerable southern coastal belt and aim to reach 2,500 households. The overall project will be implemented jointly by Caritas Bangladesh and ADD who will provide technical expertise in disability inclusion to Caritas Bangladesh.  

This project is in line with CAFOD's Bangladesh Country Strategy, and aims to follow an 'integral ecology' approach which aims to develop decent and dignified livelihoods for the poorest and those often excluded from society, and promote agricultural practices which have a positive impact on the environment. Activities including piloting organic compost marketing for women, distribution of climate resilient seeds, trialling new crops and provide vocational training such as small mechanics, electrical repair, mobile phone repair to marginalised groups, particularly women and people living with disability. Learning and trialling new approaches will be a key part of this project.  

ADD as a technical partner, will use their detailed experience in supporting the rights of people with disabilities and supporting people develop livelihood options to support Caritas Bangladesh to consider these groups in their work and adapt activities where appropriate.
Sanitation for Women and Men with Disabilities This aim of this project is to supply assistance to the disabled members of society in Bangladesh.

In Bangladesh, sanitation and hygiene facilities for disabled people have not been fully addressed, which has severe consequences for the health, dignity, education and employment of disabled people and their caregivers. 

ADD aims to reach disabled people in Faridpur and Bagerhat districts, they will receive house hold (HH) based sanitation facilities, community based facilities and community awareness raising and self-help group (SHG) meetings. 

Further 8,000 people will be reached indirectly: family members of the direct project participants, local government authorities, school teachers and students, N/GOs working on WATSAN intervention and through watsan networks. The project intervention also includes awareness raising of the disabled person’s right to sanitation and advocacy to implement the national law on inclusive sanitation and hygiene as a right for all existing SHGs at grassroots level. 
CAFOD partner Bangladesh University for Engineering and Technology (ITN-BUET) will provide technical support to ADD for developing disable friendly sanitation equipment and will provide community latrines to disabled people. Disabled friendly WASH facilities and equipment include varying sizes of seated commode with pan, commode with hand/leg stands and body supports, hand supports, bed latrine, rails and ramps.
Climate Adaptive Livelihood Security of Sundarbans Resource Dependent Communities The southwest coastal Bangladesh Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem of Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira districts is a high risk zone due to sea level rise caused by global climate change. Millions of coastal people are vulnerable to the inundation of water, especially vulnerable are the livelihoods of the Sundarbans forest dependant people. CCEC aims to reach 1,900 people (940 men and 960 women) from 380 vulnerable Sundarbans resource harvester families (those who collect resources from the Sundarbans forest such as honey or palms) across Mongla Upazila under Bagerhat District and Dacope Upazila under Khulna District. 200 Sundarbans resources harvesters (including crab, fish, Nypa - a palm tree collected for thatching and honey collectors) will form eight livelihood groups and two Upazila associations. These groups will receive livelihood specific inputs and training on topics including Disaster Risk Reduction and climate change adaptation. 200 Sundarbans resource harvester's wives and 20 tiger widows (women whose husbands were killed by tigers) will also receive training on agricultural, fisheries, and livestock in the context of climate adaptive livelihoods. 20 tiger widows will receive handicraft training and the project will establish a link with the Bangladesh Tourism Corporation to promote the sale of their products. In coordination with Bangladesh Legal Aid Services Trust (BLAST), the project will provide legal aid to 100 project participant families who face discrimination in accessing resources. The project will also provide livelihood support for 200 people, to promote climate adaptive livelihoods. 60 people will receive cash-for-work during the lean period to strengthen year-round food security.
Assisting Communities for Environmental Justice BELA undertakes policy/advocacy, alongside running awareness programmes for police, judges, CSOs, government officials and carrying out research on environmental governance and justice issues. It was in a BELA-initiated case in 1997 that the Supreme Court of Bangladesh recognized the concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that enabled millions of voice-less people to access the formal justice system.

In this project BELA will offer legal support to 9 community groups of at least 4 districts (Savar, Gazipur, and Narayanganj), who are facing industrial pollution, river pollution, forced conversion, land grabbing of agricultural lands, and lack support for sustainable agriculture. 

The communities living in these areas face unregulated industrialization and urbanization that is further marginalizing the traditional livelihood earners. These districts are heavily populated and are victims of industrial pollution and expansion. In addition, communities face the risk of land grabbing by industrialists and realtors. The local government agencies and the environmental agencies have categorically failed to administer laws against such violations.

Through a holistic approach, BELA will support these communities with legal assistance to resist environmental pollution and land grabbing and through the sustainable agricultural NGO, ALRD, Prakritik Krishi -Natural Agriculture, participants will receive training to achieve a total green transformation in the system. The objectives of the project will be to resist environmental injustices through organizing and empowering affected communities, uphold environmental rights/entitlements of traditional livelihood earners through legal assistance, strengthen community voices and foster actions against land grabbing, unauthorised conversion of agricultural lands and pollution, follow up judgments/interim orders, and articulate demand for policy reform in favour of sustainable, organic farming. CAFOD's contribution is part of a larger project implemented by BELA.
Promotion socio-economic development of the vulnerable Bangladeshi Migrants Approximately 800,000 people leave Bangladesh each year to work overseas. 50% of these people migrate through official means and 50% through unofficial channels. The majority of these migrants are from lower educational backgrounds, are unskilled and male. In recent years more women have been migrating with a 26% increase in women migrants from 2014 to 2015. Family based violence, divorce and desertion along with wage disparity, gender stereotype work and degrading social attitude towards women lead many women to migrate into unskilled work especially domestic work. Around 81% of Bangladeshi migrants migrate to the Middle East and 15% to South East Asia. Although government laws and policies direct safe, systematic and dignified migration, in practice there is widespread corruption, unethical recruitment practices where migrants are deceived of minimum wages, face violence, intimidation, deprivation of healthcare and in many cases become victims of trafficking. It is in this backdrop, that this project will contribute to OKUP's wider program working with approximately 196,000 potential migrants, those who have decided to migrant or returning migrants in Bangladesh. The project will focus on the following three areas; 1. Access to information and services 2. Access to justice and redress, creation of sustainable livelihoods for the most vulnerable returning migrant workers 3. Provide migrant support mechanisms through unity, networking and capacity enhancement of migrants and left behind families through community based interventions.
Improved food and livelihood security in Bangladesh (BUET) This project is part of a programme in which four Bangladeshi partners are collaborating together in order to address food and livelihood insecurity, which were identified as the key problems in Bagerhat district.  The International Training Network (ITN), a branch of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), is contributing technical advice and training on the assembly and function of solar panels, and testing of solar-based water purification systems.  ITN is also keeping beneficiaries informed about plans for the Bangladeshi government, in conjunction with the main mobile phone companies, to establish a system for sending out early warning alerts for cyclones and floods to all mobile phone users in coastal districts.
Emergency and Recovery Assistance to Cyclone Yaas Affected People in Bangladesh Cyclone Yaas made landfall on 26 May 2021 leaving hundreds of villages and acres of land flooded and thousands of households have been inundated. Peoples’ livelihoods have been severely affected which will last up to years as fishing ghers (water body of fish cultivation), agricultural lands and huge numbers of livestock and poultry have been washed away, small businesses have been destroyed and day laborers are out of work. Thousands of houses have been either completely destroyed or partially damaged, fresh water source and sanitation facilities are submerged and inaccessible and communication has been disrupted. Apart from that, local markets, health institutions and educational institutions are also severely or partially damaged. The poor and vulnerable coastal people of Bangladesh still sufferings from the devastations of cyclone Amphan and the most recent cyclone YAAS (26 May 2021) has added new losses and damages. Such recurrent disaster accumulating their impacts over the time and weakening the capacity of local communities of coastal regions.

he proposed activities will take place over 7 months, targeting 20,583 people and will address the most urgent life-saving gaps. The response is well balanced in terms of sectoral coverage, CB plan to provide cash, cash for work, shelter, hygiene kits and WASH – excavating wells and repairing/building latrines.
Increasing marginalised household participation in climate resilient livelihoods This project will promote prosperity through inclusive and sustainable agroecology practices and alternative livelihoods which contribute to the local economy. The project has a particular focus on the inclusion of people living with disabilities, women and indigenous groups who are some of the most marginalised groups in Bangladesh society. It will be implemented in two Unions of 1 Upazila (sub-district) in Patuakhali district which is in Bangladesh's extremely climate vulnerable southern coastal belt and aim to reach 2,500 households. The overall project will be implemented jointly by Caritas Bangladesh and ADD who will provide technical expertise in disability inclusion to Caritas Bangladesh.  

This project is in line with CAFOD's Bangladesh Country Strategy, and aims to follow an 'integral ecology' approach which aims to develop decent and dignified livelihoods for the poorest and those often excluded from society, and promote agricultural practices which have a positive impact on the environment. Activities including piloting organic compost marketing for women, distribution of climate resilient seeds, trialling new crops and provide vocational training such as small mechanics, electrical repair, mobile phone repair to marginalised groups, particularly women and people living with disability. Learning and trialling new approaches will be a key part of this project.
HIV and AIDS prevention project For nine years 2003-12 CAFOD has worked with Caritas Bangladesh to help establish protective measures against the spread of the HIV virus.  To begin with a Trainer Team was set up within Caritas to carry out regional and field level training among Caritas staff and other key personnel.  Suitable educational material was selected and translated into Bangla as a resource for people needing both to obtain factual data, and to explore the ethical and theological issues.  Through a pilot project in Satkhira Sub-District, Khulna District, a successful model was developed for disseminating HIV-awareness quickly and effectively to large numbers of adolescents through the training of peer educators – young volunteers who will then pass on what they learn to their friends, and also be ready to provide support.  Caritas is presently replicating this model and rolling it out to Dhaka and Chittagong.  Spiritual counselling is also provided to people living with HIV/ AIDS, and for their families.   Thankfully the HIV prevalence rate in the country has remained consistently very low.