News Archive : 2015
YPSA distributes sewing machines to the women entrepreneurs
YPSA has distributed sewing machines to the women entrepreneurs, who are economically or socially disadvantaged, at Banshkhali, Chittagong. Fourteen women received sewing machines in this batch who successfully completed their…
Community Legal Service (CLS) center launched at Sandwip
In order to provide legal aid to women, men and children living in poverty or facing disadvantage or discrimination, YPSA has launched Community Legal Service (CLS) center at the Nazirhat…
Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation in South Asia held in Khulna
More than 90 participants representing governments of seventeen countries from South Asia and the Indian Ocean region including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as well…
YPSA become winner of the International Excellence Award 2015
YPSA became winner of the Accessible Books Consortium Award for Accessible Publishing Initiative at the International Excellence Award 2015 held in London Book Fair (LBF) , United Kingdom on 14th…
MOLGRD&C will circular a notice to all local government for ensuring smoke free LG
YPSA has organized a sharing meeting on “Implementation of Tobacco Control Law and the Role of Local Government” on 8th April’ 15 at the conference room of DPHE, Dhaka with the…
World Health Day 2015 observed in Chittagong
YPSA and Chittagong Civil Surgeon Office jointly organized a procession started from the Press club, Chittagong and a discussion session at Civil Surgeon Office Auditorium on the occasion of World Health…
Program on Access to DAISY Books held at CU
Disable Students Society of Chittagong University (DISSCU) with support from YPSA organized a program on Access to DAISY Books at University of Chittagong on April 4, 2015. About 50 visually…
Storytelling competition held on Global Action Week
YPSA and Campaign for Popular Education jointly arranged a divisional storytelling and writing competition among the children at the Chittagong Zilla Shishu Academy premises on April 1, 2015 to mark the Global…
National Disaster Preparedness Day 2015 observed
Keeping the slogan “Let us know science based information and bring down losses of disaster” Chittagong District Disaster Management Committee organized a rally and a discussion meeting to mark the…
Sticker campaign at International Trad Fair
YPSA volunteer group Smoke Free Generation organized anti tobacco sticker campaign at International Trad Fair in Chittagong on 27 March 2015. More than 150 thousand people came to the International…
YPSA’s journal SOCIAL CHANGE launched
Social Change, a development Journal of YPSA has been opened through a launching ceremony. Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque, Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Chittagong was present as chief…
Program planning workshop on Community Legal Service held
A 3-day workshop on “Community Legal Service (CLS) Program Planning” held during 15-17 March, 2015 at YPSA HRDC Chittagong. YPSA has started implementing a project “Community Legal Services for Access…
Grants Handover Ceremony for the Forest Dependent Communities held
YPSA has successfully completed 1st installment of Grants Handover Ceremony for the Forest Dependent Communities on 15 March’ 2015 at YPSA HRDC, Chittagong. The program was jointly organized by YPSA…
Meeting on Implementation of Tobacco Control Law held at Feni
“Mobile court and taskforce meetings will be conducted in Feni Distract to enforce the Tobacco Control Law. A coordinated effort is needed from all government departments including the local government…
YPSA observed International Women’s Day 2015
YPSA observed International Women’s Day on 8 March 2015 in Chittagong.
Anti tobacco campaign arranged on International Mother Language Day
YPSA and a volunteer group “Smoke Free Generation” organized anti tobacco campaign at Shohid Minner Chattar, Chittagong on International Mother Language Day. At first volunteers gathered in the central “Shahid…
Radio Sagor Giri FM 99.2 arranged a radio talk show on “World Radio Day 2015”
Radio Sagor Giri FM 99.2 arranged a radio talk show on “Youth and Radio” to mark the World Radio Radio Day 2015. This talk show was facilitated by Mohsena Aktar, Program…
World Radio Day 2015 observed
Radio Sagor Giri FM 99.2 observed “World Radio Day 2015” with the slogan “Youth and Radio” on 13 February, 2015. YPSA led community radio at Sitakund Sagor Giri FM 99.2…
3rd round of Service Innovation Fund (SIF) awarded to YPSA
3rd round of Service Innovation Fund (SIF) of Access to Information (a2i) Program under Prime Minister’s Office of the Bangladesh Government awarded to YPSA for ‘Production of accessible reading materials…
YPSA distributes insecticide treated mosquito net among the poor families in Rangunia.
“Malaria is a public health problem in Bangladesh particularly people living in the mountainous regions are vulnerable to Malaria. In the early days hundreds of people in the highland areas had to be died…