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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A group of 50 Urban Community Volunteers led a Green and Clean Campaign in 7 no. West Sholosohor Ward on 19th May, 2019. Md. Mobarak Ali; Ward Councilor of 7 no Ward, Chattogram City Corporation inaugurated the campaign by planting trees on Ward Councilor’s Office premises. YPSA provided necessary support to the Urban Community Volunteers under Proyash II project….
National Anti-Tobacco Platform (NATP) organized a seminar and Tobacco-Control Award 2019 giving ceremony at the PKSF auditorium, Dhaka on 12 May on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day 2019 . Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque was present as the chief guest and National Professor Brig (Retd) Abdul Malik as special guest in the function. Chairman of PKSF and convener of National Anti-Tobacco Platform (NATP) Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad presided over the function….
Mayor of Cox’s Bazar Municipality Mr. Mujibur Rahman has taken decision to destroy all tobacco advertisements in Cox’s Bazar Municipality area. He has given an order to the administrative officer for issuing an office notice to all Supervisors of Waste management department of Cox’s Bazar Municipality to collect all advertisements from different areas of Cox’s Bazar municipality immediately and dumping those at Cox’s Bazar municipality office….
“Land developer companies and land owners often add extra floors without permission while constructing multi-storied buildings. They raise additional floors by not following their approved plan from CDA. It is not acceptable. Monitoring system should be stronger. In order to reduce disaster risk, awareness among all the people should be enhanced”, said City Mayor A. Z. M Nasir Uddin while he was presiding over a meeting of Disaster Management Committee of Chattogram City Corporation…
YPSA representative Yousuf Ali attended the Yowun Puraya International Youth festival 2019 organized by Government of Sri Lanka with The National Youth Services Council (NYSC) which is affiliated with the Ministry of Policy Planning and Economic Affairs in Sri Lanka. The Youth Festival took place in Hambantota from 27 March 2019 to 30 march 2019. …
For strengthening the coordination between the service providers and service receivers of migration actors, YPSA organized a stakeholders meeting at DEMO (District Employment and Manpower Office), Chattogram on 31 March 2019. This meeting was a process of being accountable of migration service providers to service receivers. …
YPSA’s Chief Executive receives life membership memento from Dhaka University Master in Governance Studies Alumni Association Reunion. Read more…
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Julia Niblett visits YPSA. Read more…
University of Chittagong inaugurated the first Accessible E-learning Center in Bangladesh. Read more…
US Ambassador Earl Robert Miller and USAID Mission Director Derrick S Brown visits YPSA in Cox’s Bazar. Read more…
Disability rights advocate Vashkar Bhattacharjee of YPSA from Bangladesh gets UNESCO award. Read more…
Managing Director of PKSF Md. Abdul Karim visits YPSA’s humanitarian response to displaced Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar. 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…
YPSA distributes food to 1200 Rohingya families. Read more…
Dignity kits distributed to displaced women who fled violence in Myanmar. Read more…
Director of NGO Affairs Bureau visits YPSA. Read more…
....One such person is Koli Akhter, who did not even see her father after her birth. She has been living with her mother in extreme poverty, enduring hideous suffering, she becomes 18 years old. Koli is the daughter of late Nur Mohammad and mentally challenged Kashefa Begum of Ratnapur village of Baharchara union of Banshkhali. She has grown up with her mother facing many distress and tragedies......In the meantime, the cyclone Mora destroyed the only resort they had.
....Meanwhile, an organization for sustainable development YPSA in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity International Bangladesh started Cyclone post-Mora housing construction work in Bahharchara union of Banshkhali. Under this project, a new house is provided to Koli. A piece of black cloud moved over her head.
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