Fatima Akhter, Shyamnagar, Satkhira Taslima Khatun is a 51 year old fisherwoman living at Datinakhali village under Shyamnagar upazila in the district of Satkhira with her physically challenged husband Md. Abu Shama (62). She has two sons and one daughter. Previously, Abu Shama used to help her wife Taslima as a helping hand in […]
A small grocery brings a ray of hope for Taslima Read More »
Md. Abdul Alim, BARCIK Shyamnagar Resource Centre, Satkhira Twenty six–year-old-Swapna Rani is one of them who are struggling to survive against extreme climate events in South-Western coastal region of Bangladesh. She lives with her husband Hironmoy Sardar (35) and only son in a tiny village called Chunkuri of Shyamnagar sub-district under Satkhira. Swapna Rani found herself
Swapna delighted as livestock ‘Health Assistant’ Read More »
Asadul Islam, Assasuni, Satkhira In south-western coastal regions of Bangladesh, the exposure of disaster varies on its surroundings and resilience of the people and apparently. Poor are confronting at great risk for their natural resource based fragile economic settings. Like many other women of this area, Ashalata of Assasuni Sadar Upazila under Shyamnagar district
Ashalata Dashi Lighted-up her Life with successful pigs rearing Read More »
By Md. Mukter Hossain from Manikgonj Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) popularly known as “Payra” is one of the forgotten and underutilized crops in Bangladesh. Historically it is one of the first documented agricultural cereals dating from the Neolithic period (8500 years ago) in the Fertile Crescent of the Nile delta and is the fourth most
Barley: a neglected and forgotten crop gaining popularity Read More »
Most. Selina Khatun, Field Facilitator, BARCIK PORIBESH Project, Assasuni, Satkhira Kobita Dasi belongs to the lower caste (Shudras-laborers by profession, are considered “untouchables” or Dalits community) in Rishipara village of Sreeula Union, under Assasuni Upazila, Satkhira District in Bangladesh. Prior to joining CSO of PORIBESH project, funded by NETZ–Bangladesh implementing through BARCIK, Kobita Dasi
Kobita Dasi dreams big for herself and family Read More »
Sattaranjan Saha from Horirampur, Manikganj ‘You probably never heard of Garjon till (Niger seeds, Guizotia Abyssinica Coss) because this is among the crops that are neglected and underutilized and thus, it is on the verge of being forgotten.’ Said Md. Mojnu Bapari, of Andarmanik village in Horirampur of manikganj “Back in 12 years, I
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By Md. Fazlul Haque and Shiuly Mondal from Satkhira Schools are one of the best places for cultivating environmental awareness early on. The earlier the students learn about the environment, the sooner they will be able to contribute to safeguarding it. Bearing this in mind, with the financial supports from NETZ-Bangladesh, BARCIK has been implementing a
Students’ forum planted 385 Seedlings at homesteads and surroundings Read More »
By Shahidul Islam from Barind region Introduction The Barind region is located in the northwestern part of Bangladesh. Mosa Kabuljan (50) who won best Joyeeta award provided by the government is a resident of Haridebpur village of Tanor upazila of Rajshahi district. She could only study up to standard five due to some unavoidable
Kabuljan’s improved oven contributes to reducing global carbon emissions Read More »
Ayesha Tabassum from Rajshahi Women are such a community about which songs, poems, novels, have been created. Women are sometimes our mothers, sometimes our sisters, sometimes our spouses and sometimes our life partners. These women co-exist with us in our society in various forms. Therefore, we should not show discrimination and negligence towards the women.
Let’s extend cooperation to Women for the establishment of their rights Read More »
Subir Kumar Sarkar from Ghior, Manikganj Agriculture plays an important role in the development of Bangladesh. People in rural Bangladesh hugely depends on agriculture for their livelihood. This sector also still makes mentionable contribution in the economy of Bangladesh. Many people, particularly in the rural areas take agriculture as their main occupation. Farmer Md. Emdadul
Practicing sustainable agriculture benefits Emdadul Read More »