News Category: DRR & Humanitarian Response
YPSA with Muslim Aid UK start food distribution project for FDMN (Displaced Rohingyas) in Bhasan Char
A project inception meeting of “Food Distribution Project for Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) in Bhasan Char, Noakhali District, Bangladesh-2022” funded by Muslim Aid UK, Supported by Muslim Aid UK…
YPSA organized Leadership Development Training for Children and Youth
YPSA has organized a daylong leadership development training workshop for children and youth held at the BURO Bangladesh, CHRD Chattogram office On 2nd March, 2022. The training was organized to…
Urban Community Volunteers run week-long campaign on Coronavirus Prevention Awareness
A week long campaign was initiated by UCVs in Chattogram while the hike of Coronavirus in 2022. The Campaign lasts from 25-31st of January in four Wards of Chattogram, Ward…
Inception Meeting on YPSA-Integrated SRH and SGBV Service Delivery Project
YPSA organized inception meeting of the project titled, “Integrated SRH and SGBV Service Delivery for Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh” at the Ukhiya Upazila Conference Room, Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar…
Search, Rescue, First aid & Fire Fighting Training Course for Urban Community Volunteers
A three-day training workshop on “Search, Rescue, First aid & Fire Fighting for Urban Community Volunteers” started at the Dewanhat Fire Service and Civil Defense Station, Chattogram on 8th February, 2022….
Youths can play crucial role to Mitigate Waterlogging – Former Vice-Chancellor of CU
Waterlogging and improper waste management are the biggest problems of Chattogram. Due to these most canals of the city, including the Chaktai Khal, have become a garbage dump. This situation…
YPSA with WFP starts GFA Program on the New Year Eve of 2022!
On the advent of Year 2022, YPSA in association with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) started “General Food Assistance Program” at Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Earlier YPSA had…
Urban Community Volunteer Convention 2021 organized by YPSA for the first time in Bangladesh
Urban Community Volunteer Convention 2021, titled “Trained Urban Community Volunteer are for Building Safe Community” was held on 8th December in LGED building in Chattogram. City Mayor Alhaj M. Rezaul…
City mayor inaugurated Model Waste Management Pilot Program in Nabinagor
Chattogram City Corporation in collaboration with YPSA and Save the Children has started a model waste management pilot project at West Sholashahar Ward. City mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury inaugurated the…
চট্টগ্রামে বর্জ্য ব্যবস্থাপনায় নতুন উদ্যোগ; চসিক ও ইপসা’র পাইলট প্রকল্প চালু
Media Coverage by Jamuna TV A pilot project on Waste Management jointly implementing by YPSA and Chattogra City Corporation.
Save The Children Country Director visits YPSA and Proyash-II Model Waste Management Initiative
Mr. Onno Van Manen, Country Director of Save the Children, visited YPSA head Office and Proyash-II Project Model Waste Management Initiative implemented in Nabinagar area of 7 no West Sholashahar…
YPSA inaugurated Isolation Center in Primary School
On November 16, 2021 an isolation room was inaugurated in Nasirabad Colony Government School. Also a discussion meeting on the use and maintenance of isolation room was held as part…
Capacity building training on SOD held for Ward Disaster Management Committee in Chattogram
Chittagong District Administration has organized basic disaster management training on Standing order of Disaster (SOD) for Ward Disaster Management committee (WDMC) members of Chattogram City Corporation to enhance the capacity…
YPSA Proyash-II Urban Community Volunteers honored by Chattogram District Administration
Chattogram District Administration has conferred special honors to 21 urban community volunteers (UCV) under YPSA PROYASH-II project for their active participation in various humanitarian activities undertaken by the Chattogram district…
Training Certificate handovered among Urban Community Volunteers on International Day for Disaster Reduction
On 13th October, YPSA has observed International Day for Disaster Reduction, 2021 under Proyash II project with the support of Save the Children. YPSA observed the day with DC office…
Bangladesh Alliance of Youth (BAY) formed for a Safe, Sustainable, and inclusive city
YPSA Proyash-II project with the support of Save the Children has formed a Youth network in the name of `Bangladesh Alliance of Youth (Bay)’ in Chattogram engaging several youth organizations…
US Ambassador Earl R. Miller visited YPSA’s Rohingya Response Program in Cox’s Bazar
The USA Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R. Miller visited YPSA’s Education In Emergency (EIE) activities under Rohingya Response Program supported by Save the Children, in Cox’s Bazar on September 19,…
Mayor Dialogue on Mayor Award and Sustainable Waste Management Initiative
YPSA organized a Mayor Dialogue on Mayor Award and Sustainable Waste Management Initiative for a cleaner, greener and safer Chattogram city. The program was held at the Conference room of…
YPSA provides emergency cash support among COVID-19 affected poor families
YPSA has been implementing a project namely COVID-19 Affected Rohingya and Host Communities Response Project in Cox’s Bazar; Bangladesh with support of Solider Suisse from February 2021. Due to COVID-19…
Safety Equipment Distribution in Ward Disaster Management Committee Meeting
On 17th August 2021, YPSA has distributed 29 kinds of safety equipment for urban community volunteers during the Ward Disaster Management Committee meeting at ward office of Ward-8 under Chattogram…