Bangladesh
- Access to infrastructure services We work to improve access to services such as energy, housing water, waste and sanitation.
- Reducing vulnerability We help poor people to use technology to cope with natural disasters, environmental degradation a...
- Markets and livelihoods We help poor people to make a better living – by enabling producers to improve their production, ...
Practical Action's work in Bangladesh has evolved over time to meet the challenges of poverty, inequality and vulnerability. Deeply committed to helping the poor in Bangladesh, our work on appropriate technology as a means to improve poor peoples livelihoods has been flexible and responsive to local conditions and needs.
About us
Practical Action, through its programmes in Bangladesh, works primarily by:
- developing, upgrading, demonstrating and putting into practice appropriate technology within communities using participatory approaches.
- giving skills training and extending capacity building support to NGO/GO staff
- sharing knowledge and disseminating information and research findings among key stakeholders
- enabling producers and entrepreneurs information and skills for making access to market opportunities and linkages
- promoting advocacy and influencing for policy change
The country programme is organized into three thematic aims, namely:
Blogs
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Bangladesh Revisited
Sometimes going back can spoil a good memory.
On my first visit to Bangladesh, to Gaibandha in...
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Return to Sender – address unknown
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Contact us
Please address enquiries to the Country Director or the Manager of the respective program to the following address.
Practical Action
House 12/B, Road 4
Dhanmondi
Dhaka- 1205, Bangladesh
Tel: +880 (0) 2-8650439, 9675236, 9675243
Fax: 8802 9674340
Email: practicalaction@practicalaction.org.bd
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Please note that the address and telephone numbers changed at the end of 2008.
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