June 6, 2023
Published by Fateema Kawsar June at Jun 06 2023
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Bangladesh’s drive towards zero open defecation has led to an increase in demand for high-quality latrine building materials in both rural and urban areas. This has created a unique opportunity for many locals to unlock their entrepreneurial spirit while contributing to better sanitation in their communities. Read more to learn how.
June 5, 2023
Published by Samia Mallik at Jun 05 2023
Shayera Begum defied all odds to become a leader in the male-dominated field of construction in her community. It was a fifteen-year long, treacherours and, oftentimes, lonely journey to the destination. Read more to learn how Shayera banked on her resolve to overcome her circumstances.
May 30, 2023
Published by Rahanuma Anjala at May 30 2023
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One in five people in Bangladesh suffer from Presbyopia, a condition which makes seeing things up close difficult for older adults and heavily impacts livelihood opportunities. BRAC, in partnership with VisionSpring, with a cadre of community health workers took to the communities in Bangladesh with a radical idea of ‘demedicalising’ the treatment of Presbyopia in 2006. Read more to learn how trained community health workers helped 2 million people in Bangladesh to see better and preserve their livelihoods.
May 28, 2023
Published by Ashim Shikari at May 28 2023
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In coastal Bangladesh, extreme levels of salinity in the soil is rendering thousands of hectares of farmland barren for most of the year. Forcing millions of farmers to give up farming because of this slow-onset impact of the climate crisis. But all is not lost yet as farmers find hope to adapt to climate change is an unassuming crop - sunflowers. Read the first-person account of one such farmer who is tackling the climate crisis with a field full of smiling sunflowers
March 22, 2023
Published by Shadma Malik at Mar 22 2023
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Young people have the most at stake in the climate crisis but their representation in climate leadership and decision making is still negligible. With one-fourth of the population of Bangladesh belonging to the 15-29 age-group, it’s high time their voices on climate crisis are heard and their suggestions heeded. Local conversations on safe water seems like just the perfect platform to start developing local youth leadership on climate change.
January 5, 2023
Published by Farah Masud at Jan 05 2023
At Frugal Innovation Forum 2022, we revisited the fundamental pillars of development with the post-pandemic world in mind. We reflected on the lessons learnt from the pandemic and together identified three key thematic focus areas in our quest to build back better.
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