Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated textbook distribution program for the 2015 academic year. she also opened the distribution of “Daisy Multimedia Books” for the first time for visually-impaired students. Mr. Vashkar Bhattacharjee, Program Manager of YPSA handover Multimedia Books to the Prime Minister in the occasion. Read more ››
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YPSA’s humanitarian response to disasters: Cyclone MORA affected families received cash grant
YPSA distributed cash grant among 210 cyclone “MORA” affected families in Kutubdia Island under Cox’sbazar district on 15 June, 2017. Each family has received four thousand Taka. Cash grants provided to the most vulnerable affected households to enable repairs to their makeshift homes and for other basic needs, including food. UNO of Kutubdia Upazila Sujan Chowdhury was …Read More »
Bangladesh wins international accolades for DAISY Standard Accessible Reading Materials
Bangladesh has won the world’s most prestigious IT award called the “World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Prize-2017”. On 13 June 2017, in a grand ceremony at the headquarters of the United Nation’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, WSIS Winner Prize was awarded to Access to Information (a2i) Program of the Prime Minister’s Office of Bangladesh …Read More »
Roundtable meeting on “The role of civil society in curving violent extremism” held at Chakaria
YPSA-Community Engagement in Countering Violent Extremism in Cox’s Bazar (CEVEC) Consortium organized a Roundtable meeting on “The role of civil society in curving Violent and Extremism” on 8th June, 2017 at upazila administration conference hall of Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Top Officials of government and non-government organizations, local govt. representatives, educational institutions, religious leaders, youth forum …Read More »
Budget allocation for the people with disabilities treated as conventional kindness
YPSA, Sitakund Federation of DPOs, Access Bangladesh and Bangladesh DRF Grantee Coordination Committee jointly organized a sharing meeting on “Post-budget reactions: National budget 2017-2018 and status of people with disability”. The meeting was held on 6 June, 2017 at the Chittagong Press Club. Mohammed Giasuddin, Councilor of Chittagong City Corporation spoke as the chief guest while Vashkar …Read More »
Human chain to protest budget proposal on tobacco held in Chittagong
YPSA with the support of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, arranged a human chain on 6th June’17 in front of Chittagong Press club to express the reaction and protest the budget proposal on tobacco. Finance Minister declared national budget for the fiscal year 2017-2018, but this budget will clearly promote the multinational tobacco companies, while tobacco prices will …Read More »
YPSA observes World No Tobacco Day 2017
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the new guidelines for global development. Formerly, at the 70th UN General Assembly, the global leaders have pledged to reach 17 goals with 169 promises by 2030 and the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) (Target 3A) and reducing premature death for non-communicable disease by one third (Target 3.4) are …Read More »
Shearing meeting on disabled-friendly budget with Sitakund Municipality held. Read more
YPSA hosted a disaster simulation and rescue drill for the students in Cox’sbazar. Read more…
YPSA received BEACON award on Innovating Service Delivery. Read more…
YPSA has been awarded eNGO Challenge South Asia Award 2016. Read more…
YPSA has been awarded for Innovative practice on inclusive finance at the Zero Project Conference 2017 in Austria. Read more…
PKSF visits YPSA’s economic development program at Sitakund. Read more…
YPSA attends 71st United Nations General Assembly in New York. Read more…
Cyclone ROANU affected families receive Emergency Shelter Kits at Banskhali. Read more…
YPSA to build 50 semi-brick houses for people affected by cyclone “ROANU”. Read more…
Empowering people with disabilities through inclusive finance. Read more…
A partnership agreement was signed between GCERF (Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund) and YPSA. Read more…
YPSA wins the best stall award at the Digital Innovation Fair 2016. Read more…
UN-ECOSOC announcement
Open Call for NGOs to apply for Consultative Status with the United Nations (Deadline: 1 June 2017)NGOs interested in applying for ECOSOC consultative status should submit their application and required documents on or before the deadline of 1 June 2017. The following link provides background information, the benefits of consultative status and instructions for how to apply: http://csonet.org/index.php?pa ge=view&nr=337&type=230&menu= 14
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