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tales from the edge

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Volunteers visit at-risk households identified through safe evacuation maps and share critical information to help families prepare for emergencies. Photos: Courtesy

Bangladesh’s hill communities take a ‘rain check’ on landslides  

In Bandarban and Teknaf, trained volunteers and preparedness plans are helping turn local knowledge and timely rainfall data into early action and reduce deaths caused by landslides 

Raised platforms keep goats dry, clean, well-ventilated, and protected from winter cold. Photos: Collected 

From raised homes to crab farms, how life is adapting on the coast

Project Alok creates  learning opportunities for children with special needs from disadvantaged communities. 

Project Alok: Helping children overcome both poverty and learning disorders 

A Bangladeshi migrant, pending temporary documentation, watches from the port of Kos, Greece, a ferry bound for the port of Piraeus near Athens on 10 August 2015. Photo: Reuters

How aspiring migrants are being taught to spot the trafficking trap

Young people are positioned as change agents who can question social norms and encourage their communities to create change. Photos: Courtesy

How local NGOs are being put in the driver’s seat of development  

The camps can teach children how to position themselves, pass the ball, recover after losing possession and understand a match. 

Can football become a way out of poverty for Mirpur’s children?

Livelihood support helps women in fishing communities move into alternative income-generating activities, including small shrimp farms, fish cultivation and other businesses. Photos: Collected

Caught between debt and the sea: Coastal Bangladesh’s fishers fight poverty while protecting biodiversity 

Ethnic minority communities prefer temples over schools as temporary shelters during emergencies. Photos: COURTESY

How local-language warnings are transforming disaster preparedness in Chattogram Hill Tracts

When farmers work out in the open, a safety shed can provide essential protection from lightning strikes.

How shelters are protecting haor communities from lightning

Affected people's needs quickly begin to diverge once the water starts to recede. Photo: Courtesy

Cash, choice and dignity: A different approach to flood relief

Farmers participate in a training session under the ILO's PROGRESS project. 

Can cashew become the next cash crop in Bandarban?

Farmers across the Barind region are returning to lentil cultivation, with BARI MASUR-8 leading the revival.

Little grains, big gains

Ethics and moral education sessions are regularly conducted, alongside discussions on self-love, self-respect, self-esteem, confidence, tolerance, and empathy. Photos: Courtesy

The schools that come to the students