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“My whole family work in garments so I have to work at garments otherwise what will people say”- with a very smiley face Summa Khatun , a twenty years old young girls said this to our representative. Summa only get the opportunity to read upto class eight. She along with her family comes Dhaka from […]

“We were extremely upset with this road, the gas rizer was in the middle of the road on the other side the walls were halfway across, no ambulance or rickshaw could come this way – people can’t move easily during emergency even we couldn’t takeout the corpse for that gas rizer.”- Kalima Akter (40) a […]

After the Cleaning School Campaign arranged by the Proyash-II at Imandipur Govt. Primary School students is now aware to create a cleaner, greener and safer school environment. From this cleaning school campaign the school cabinet began their work according to plan starting with waste disposal. The members of the school cabinet went to different classes […]

Nur Nahar Begum, aged 56, lives at Alir Deil, Sabrang Union. Her husband, Ashraf Miya (58) is a fisherman. She had three children, but everyone got married and left them. Her monthly income is around 7 thousand BDT. With the support from the project, she bought livestock (chickens), repaired her damaged shelter, bought medicines, and […]

In urban areas of Bangladesh considered as vulnerable to natural and manmade disasters for unplanned and uncontrolled growth, women must be enabled to take on a bigger role in disaster preparedness and response. But it is a constant challenge to achieve genuine female participation in disaster preparedness, planning and response. Due to socio-economic and cultural factors, disaster […]

Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to earthquake due to its geographical location; massive earthquake could cause big earthquakes in cities. Hence, Bangladesh government took an initiative to develop 62,000 Urban Community Volunteers (UCVs) so that they can provide firsthand support to the affected people even before the arrival of the professionals. Proyash II works for a […]

While it is clear that contact with nature is vital to the health, happiness and well-being of urban residents, the current urban reality illustrates the lack of open green spaces, specifically child-friendly green spaces in Savar. The child and Youth Journalist of Proyash-II project acts as agent for change by portraying urban vulnerabilities through the […]

We took preparation for go to safe place by hearing the Cyclone update, announced by the Student of Kaiyerbill High School (stated by the Senuara begum wife of Helal Uddin, inhabitant of Kaiyerbill Union of Chakaria Upazila). The cyclone Remal hit in the Coastal area of Bangladesh especially southern part on 26 may, 2024. People […]

As we know, Savar is so disaster prone area for consequently the stock of open spaces has been declining day by day with the increase of population at an alarming rate. SEEP Proyash II address the urban risk reduction and vulnerabilities associated with Savar municipality, Dhaka- 2340. Recently I visited a women’s group at the […]

“We are living in a culture where the voices of children remain unheard, often treated with disgrace. Writing is a way to express our feelings of hope, joy, anxiety and uncertainty. When I share my feelings through writing, it makes me feel better. But writing is not an easy task; it needs motivation to kick […]