D¾xe‡bi SIGN OF ¯^vÿi RESILIENCE Preface Bangladesh is one of the most flood-prone countries in the world due to its geographical location and topography. Almost every year, a large number of poor, rural people get exposed to extreme flood and riverbank erosion which destroy crops, houses, household assets and livelihoods. Practical Action is an international development agency working with poor communities to help them choose and use technology to improve their lives today and for generations to come. Based on its experience of poverty reduction work, Practical Action implemented a project entitled 'Mainstreaming Livelihood-Centred Approaches to Disaster Management' in Bangladesh, Nepal, Peru, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe between January 2006 and December 2010. The purposes of the Bangladesh project component were i) resilience of communities vulnerable to disasters is increased through strengthened livelihoods and increased preparedness and ii) stakeholders at different levels (village, district and national) have adopted livelihood-centred approach to disaster risk reduction. The project reached 6,000 households directly and 33,000 households indirectly in northern districts of Bogra, Gaibandha and Sirajganj. This book is a pictorial journey of the project implementation over a fiveyear period. All the photographs were taken by the Practical Action, Bangladesh staffs on different occasions. We hope that this book will give our readers a glimpse of the context, strategies, supports and results realized by us. We are expressing our gratitude to our partner organizations, namely Gono Kalyan Sanstha (GKS), Samaj Kallyan Sangstha (SKS) and Uttara Development Programme (UDP); local government and non-government entities, UK and Bangladesh-based Practical Action staff for their hard work and contributions to make the project successful. Our endless thanks go to Conflict and Humanitarian Fund (CHF) of Department for International Development (DFID), UK for supporting the project. gyLeÜ †fŠMwjK Ae¯’vb Ges RjevqyMZ Kvi‡Y evsjv‡`k c„w_exi GKwU Ab¨Zg eb¨vcÖeY AÂj| cÖvq cÖwZ eQiB G‡`‡ki `wi`ª I MÖvgxY Rb‡Mvôx fqven eb¨v I b`x fvO‡b ÿwZMÖ¯Í nq| eb¨v I b`x fvOb Zv‡`i dmj, Nievox, M„n¯’vjx m¤ú` Ges RxweKv aŸsm K‡i †`q| AvšÍR©vwZK Dbœqb ms¯’v cÖ¨vKwUK¨vj G¨vKkb `wi`ª Rb‡Mvôxi Dbœq‡bi j‡ÿ¨ KvR Ki‡Q hv‡Z Zviv cÖhyw³ e¨env‡ii gva¨‡g wb‡R‡`i eZ©gvb Ai¯’vi DbœwZi mv‡_ mv‡_ fwel¨rI wbwðZ Ki‡Z cv‡i| cÖ¨vKwUK¨vj G¨vKkb `vwi`ª¨ n«v‡mi wewfbœ Kg©m~wP ev¯Íevq‡bi `xN©w`‡bi AwfÁZv‡K m½x K‡i, Ò†gBbw÷ªwgs jvBfwjûW-†m›UvW© A&¨v‡cÖv‡Pm Uz wWRv÷vi g¨v‡bR‡g›UÓ bv‡g GKwU cÖKí ev¯Íevqb K‡i‡Q| G cÖKíwU Rvbyqvwi 2006 †_‡K wW‡m¤^i 2010 mvj ch©šÍ evsjv‡`k, †bcvj, †ciæ, kÖxj¼v Ges wR¤^vey‡q‡Z ev¯ÍevwqZ n‡q‡Q| cÖKíwU `y‡Uv D‡Ïk¨‡K mvg‡b †i‡L evsjv‡`‡k ev¯ÍevwqZ n‡q‡Q †hgb- 1) RxweKv e¨e¯’v my`„p Kiv Ges `y‡h©vM cÖ¯‘wZ e„w×i gva¨‡g wec`vcbœ Rb‡Mvôxi `y‡h©vM mnbkxj ÿgZv e„w× Kiv Ges 2) jvBfwjûW-†m›UvW© A¨v‡cÖvPÕ†K wewfbœ †÷K‡nvìv‡ii Kg©Kv‡Ði mv‡_ hy³ Kiv| G cÖK‡íi AvIZvaxb e¸ov, MvBevÜv Ges wmivRMÄ †Rjvi cÖZ¨ÿ I c‡ivÿ DcKvi‡fvMx cwiev‡ii msL¨v h_vµ‡g 6,000 Ges 33,000| G eBwU cÖK‡íi cvuP eQ‡ii mwPÎ cÖwZ‡e`b| cÖ¨vKwUK¨vj G¨vKk‡bi Kg©x‡`i †bqv cÖK‡íi wewfbœ mg‡qi wewea Kvh©µ‡gi Qwe w`‡q mvRv‡bv n‡q‡Q eBwU| Avgiv Avkv KiwQ, eBwUi gva¨‡g cvVKiv cÖK‡íi cUf~wg, †KŠkj, mn‡hvwMZv Ges mvdj¨ m¤ú‡K© ¯^”Q aviYv jvf Ki‡Z cvi‡eb| cÖ¨vKwUK¨vj G¨vKk‡bi mn‡hvMxms¯’v¸‡jvi (MYKj¨vb ms¯’v - wR‡KGm, mgvR Kj¨vY ms¯’v - Gm‡KGm Ges DËiv †W‡fjc‡m›U †cÖvMÖvg - BDwWwc) AKøvšÍ cwikÖ‡gi Kvi‡Y cÖKíwU mdj n‡q‡Q| Avwg Zv‡`i cÖwZ K…ZÁZv cÖKvk KiwQ| GKB mv‡_ Avwg ¯’vbxq miKvwi cÖkvmb I †emiKvwi ms¯’v; cÖvKwUK¨vj G¨vKkb hy³ivR¨ Awdm Ges evsjv‡`k Awd‡mi mKj Kg©x‡K cÖKíwU ev¯Íevq‡b Zv‡`i mg_©‡bi Rb¨ ï‡f”Qv Rvbvw”Q| cwi‡k‡l, cÖK‡íi cÖavb Avw_©K mnvqZvKvix ms¯’v Kbwd¬± GÛ wnDg¨vwbU¨vwiqvb dvÛ ÔwmGBPGdÕ Ad wWcvU©‡g›U di B›Uvib¨kbvj ‡W‡fjc‡g›U ÔwWGdAvBwWÕ, BD‡K Gi Rb¨ iBj AmsL¨ ab¨ev`| Veena Khaleque Country Director Practical Action Bangladesh exYv Lv‡jK Kvw›Uª wW‡i±i cÖvKwUK¨vj G¨vKkb, evsjv‡`k Issue address by the project Hazard Livelihoods Vulnerabilities cÖK‡íi we‡eP¨ welq Avc` RxweKv wec`vcbœZv 01 Hazards At risk of being eroded Avc` fvO‡bi SuywK‡Z 02 Livelihoods “It used to be my vegetable garden; flood has destroyed it” RxweKv Avgvi me&wR †ÿZwU eb¨vq aŸsm n‡q †Mj 03 Vulnerabilities Even at old age, she is forced to live in a make-shift house by a road wec`vcbœZv GiKg e„× eq‡m G‡mI wZwb eva¨ n‡”Qb GB RxY©, A¯’vqx NiwU‡Z _vK‡Z
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