News Category: DRR & Humanitarian Response
Development Partners Visit YPSA’s Emergency Program For Flood Affected Eastern District of Noakhali
On February 10, 2025, a team of visitors observed the YPSA-NRC Post Flood Response Project titled “Post Emergency Response for Flood-Affected People in the Southeastern Districts of Bangladesh,” located in…
Country Director of WFP Bangladesh Visits YPSA’s Cash for Work initiative in Feni and Lakshmipur
On January 28-29, 2025, the Country Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) Bangladesh, Mr. Domenico Scalpelli, visited the cash-for-work activities in the Lakshmipur and Feni districts. The Cash for…
WFP Country Director Dom Scalpelli Visits YPSA General Food Assistance (GFA) Programme
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) delegation, led by WFP Country Director Dom Scalpelli, Deputy Head of Area Office Mitsugu HAMI, and Head of GFA Rokibul Alam, visited the YPSA…
Lasting impact and Expressed love of the community to WFP and YPSA
The devastating eastern flood had recently swept through in Feni district leaving behind a trail of destruction. Among them a road (master bari to salimer bari), of South Shreepur, Munshir…
Workshop on Identifying Gaps in Early Warning Systems Held in Chattogram
In the context of climate change impacts, the nature of disasters is changing, with frequent multi-dimensional disasters occurring, causing unparalleled loss to the people living in the coastal and hilly…
YPSA Flood Response project Inauguration at Feni Sadar Upazilla
YPSA Flood Response Project has commenced its activities in the Eastern Region, specifically in Feni Sadar Upazila. YPSA is executing a project titled “Supporting Post-Flood-Affected Communities of Noakhali, Feni, and Cumilla…
ECHO, RIMES and Save the Children team visits YPSA activities
Davide Zappa, Thematic Expert Disaster Risk Reduction of the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), European Commission along with the ECHO team, RIMES (Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard…
Product Showcasing Fair at Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh : Skill Development for Youth
On 11 September 2024, YPSA organized a day-long Product Showcasing Fair at Rohingya camp-10 under the project “Ensuring access to safe, equitable, inclusive learning opportunities for adolescents and youth in…
Field Level Agreement (FLA) signed between World Food Programme (WFP) and YPSA
Recently Field Level Agreement (FLA) signed between World Food Programme (WFP) and YPSA to distribute Lifesaving Food in Flood Shelters home and waterlogged homes in severely flood affected area of Feni,…
Government and NGOs Collaborate to Combat Flood Crisis
To address the ongoing flood crisis in Chattogram, Sylhet, and Comilla, the NGO Affairs Bureau under the Office of the Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh has launched the…
YPSA Reaches Out: Extensive Relief Efforts for Sylhet Flood Victims
YPSA, in collaboration with BSRM, conducted extensive relief operations for flood victims in Sylhet on July 16 and 17, 2024. As part of the relief efforts, food and essential items…
Upazila Level Inception Meeting of YPSA’s Anticipatory Action (AA) Project
To mitigate the losses caused by landslides, GFFO, Save the Children and YPSA will take anticipatory actions in Pukuria, Sadhanpur, Kalipur, and Bailchhari unions of Banshkhali Upazila. An initiative was…
Inception Meeting of YPSA’s Anticipatory Action (AA) Project
To mitigate the losses caused by landslides, GFFO, Save the Children and YPSA will take anticipatory actions in four wards of Chattogram City Corporation. An initiative was taken to implement…
Fire Safety Training and Fire Drill to Enhance Fire Safety Skills of Shipbreaking Workers
A fire safety training and drill was held at SN Corporation Ship Recycling Yard, a green yard, in Shitalpur area of Sitdakunda upazila in Chattogram on May 16. YPSA organized…
SCI Consortium (YPSA & HI) conducts monitoring visit at Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar
The Cox’s Bazar Education Sector in Bangladesh, jointly managed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children International (SCI), held an ECW MYRP II workshop to observe…
YPSA’s Plastic Waste Management Project Could be a Model of Plastic Circularity and Guideline for EPR Policy
YPSA attended a roundtable on Sustainable Plastic Packaging Circularity: EPR Policy Recommendations and Cost-Effective Appropriate Technology in Unilever Corporate Office, Dhaka on 11 June. Mr. Abdul Wadud, Joint Secretary, Ministry…
1100 families affected by Cyclone “Hamoon” in Cox’s Bazar received cash assistance
YPSA, with support from Save the Children, has distributed cash among 1100 families affected by Cyclone “Hamoon” in Cox’s Bazar district. Each family received BDT 4500. A severe cyclonic storm…
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2023 celebrated
YPSA celebrated International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2023 in the different parts of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar district with the support of District and Upazila (Sub-District) Administration. The theme…
Chattogram’s Everyday Heroes: Urban Community Volunteers (UCV) Unite to Confront Rainfall Crisis
Chattogram is witnessing a remarkable display of community solidarity as relentless heavy rainfall over the past few days has caused significant flooding in various parts of the city. The majority…
YPSA led Proyash II Project Closing Workshop: Learnings and Sharing
YPSA and Save the Children held a sharing and learning workshop on Proyash II project intervention on 20th June, 2023. Chief Executive Officer of Chattogram City Corporation, Sheikh Muhammad Touhidul…