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BANGLADESH

The Rohingya crisis is an important part of Christian Aid’s work at present in Bangladesh. Their site management team has created an action plan for the Jamtoli Camp, mapping out activities in 5 areas:
Site improvement (new road, solar lights),
Community engagement (complaint & feedback mechanism),
Information management (database for individual household info),
Site coordination.
GPS map of the entire camp including locations of toilets, showers, tube wells.
Ongoing challenges include waste management. With a densely-packed camp of over 50,000 people, poor toilet planning can lead to high risk of disease (i.e. chronic diarrhoea, cholera). Christian Aid is coordinating with WASH partners to ensure proper installation and maintenance of latrines, including installing latrines with double chambers or deeper pits. They are currently piloting a block-by-block complaint & feedback mechanism for the Jamtoli’s Rohingya population, including use of voice recorders and tablets.

Agriculture and Seed Promotion Program
Demand for quality seeds is very high in Bangladesh. Almost 80% of the total demand is met by the farmers themselves whilst the rest comes from the government, non-government organisations and private companies
Quality seeds are crucial to maximize the production of crops but often the seeds produced by the farmers fail to meet the quality standard. In view of this, CCDB has extended support to the farmers in the form of knowledge and skills so they can produce and preserve good quality seeds to ensure a better yield.
Courtesy of Commitment for Life