The Bangladesh NGO Foundation (BNF), an organization under the Bank and Financial Institutions Division of Ministry of Finance, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh honored Md. Arifur Rahman, Chief Executive at YPSA, by giving “Bangladesh NGO Foundation Award” as recognition of the contribution to achieving sustainable development goal and successfully
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On 1st February, at this year’s Amar Ekushey Book Fair, the Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated countries first online-based platform for visually impaired persons ‘Accessible Dictionary’ which was developed by YPSA with overall support from a2i‘s Innovation Fund, a flagship program of the Prime Minister’s Office of Bangladesh.
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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.
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On Sunday, June 24, 2018 the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Ujjiban Social and Behavior Change Communication Project signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Radio Sagar Giri to air a radio program on different health issues….
YPSA organized an induction workshop of a project titled “Initiatives to Prevent Human Trafficking in Emergency Response” at Hotel Beach Way, Kolatoli, Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, June 10, 2018. Notably, the project is supported by IOM and implemented by YPSA in Ukhia and Teknaf under Cox’s Bazar district….
The Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Information of Government of Bangladesh, organized a three-day basic training for the community radio journalists in collaboration with YPSA, an organization for sustainable development, from 8 June to 10 June, 2018 at the YPSA’s Human Resource Development Center (HRDC) Sitakund campus. …
YPSA observed World No Tobacco Day’18 on 31st May in 6 districts of Chattogram Division jointly with District Civil Surgeon Office and District Tobacco Control Taskforce. Colourful rally and discussion meeting were arranged in all districts. In those meetings significant of World No Tobacco day’18 and theme of the day “Tobacco Breaks Heart: Choose Health, not Tobacco”, harms of tobacco use and tobacco control law were discussed….
YPSA jointly with Cox’s Bazar municipality arranged a sharing meeting on “Tobacco free Cox’s Bazar City: our Responsibility” on 29th May 2018 at the conference room of Cox’s Bazar Municipality. Mr. Md. Mahabubur Rahman Chowdhury, Mayor (Acting) of Cox’s Bazar municipality presided over the meeting where Mr. Noam Hossainn Prince, Upazilla Executive Officer of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Upazilla was the chief guest in the meeting….
Launching ceremony of a research book titled “Labour Migration in Bangladesh: Challenges, Needs and Recommendations” was arranged by YPSA-Labour Migration Project on 26 May at the conference room of YPSA Head Office. The publication reflects the migration scenario in Bangladesh in depth. This research also proposed some remarkable recommendations on ensuring safe and orderly labour migration of Bangladesh….
A 5-day subject-based basic training workshop for the field-level teaching assistants ended. Read more…
City Mayor of Chittagong AJM Nasir Uddin hand overs the award plaque to Md. Arifur Rahman in a ceremony by Weekly Chatgar Bani. Read more…
USAID General Counsel visits YPSA’s Counter Trafficking in Persons program. Read more…
Another 8500 displaced Rohingya families received food. Read more…
YPSA distributes food to 1200 Rohingya families. Read more…
Dignity kits distributed to displaced women who fled violence in Myanmar. Read more…
Food distribution continues to displaced Rohingya people. Read more…
Director of NGO Affairs Bureau visits YPSA. 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…
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