News Category: Environment and Climate Change
Community Tree Plantation program held at Sitakund
YPSA arranged a Community Tree Plantation program on 6th July at the Hasnabad Government Primary School in Sitakund under the project “Protect Environment through Women Entrepreneurship Development program” supported by…
Clean Campaign held at slums in Chittagong
Community people of Amin colony from 7 no West Sholosohor Ward and Pora Colony from 19 no South Bakalia ward arranged a clean campaign in their community on 25th and…
Green and Clean Campaign by Urban Community Volunteers
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…
YPSA observes International Day for Disaster Reduction
Chattogram District Administration organized a rally and mock drill demonstration on the occasion of International Day for Disaster Reduction at the Nasirabad Girls High School premises, Chattogram on 13th October,…
Rehabilitation of climate displaced persons is time demand
“Sustainable rehabilitation of climate induce displaced people in Kutubdia is a demand of time” speakers said in a workshop on preparing project proposals for community-based sustainable rehabilitation for the highly…
Workshop on the sustainable rehabilitation of climate induced displaced people held at Pekua
YPSA organized a workshop on preparing project proposals for community-based sustainable rehabilitation for the highly distressed climatic induced displaced families of southeast coastal area of Bangladesh. The workshop was held…
Workshop on planned relocation of highly vulnerable climate induced displaced households in South-Eastern coast of Bangladesh
On Monday,September 17, 2018, a workshop was held on “planned relocation of highly vulnerable climate induced displaced households in South-Eastern coast of Bangladesh”. The workshop was organized by YPSA (Young Power…
YPSA distributes garbage trolley and safety equipment to promote safe waste management
YPSA, under Promoting Safe Water and Sanitation program , distributed garbage trolley and safety equipment for the collection of waste, at the Takterpool slum of east Bakalia, 18 no. ward of…
New houses for homeless people on the coast
YPSA built 137 houses in Banskhali There is some, at least, damage to every natural disaster when it takes place in the Banskhali Upazila of South Chittagong since the Chittagong…
How safe the coastal belt of the country is – Md. Arifur Rahman : A channel 24 TV feature
A channel 24 TV feature on disaster risk in coastal areas in Bangladesh and effect of climate change. Md. Arifur Rahman, chief executive of YPSA was the host while…
Dr. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad visits climate displaced families relocated by YPSA
Dr. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, Chairman of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and Coordinator of Bangladesh Climate Change Negotiating Team, visited YPSA’s rehabilitation program for climate displaced people at Sayedpur union, Sitakund on March 20, 2017….
Experience shearing on Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project
Bangladesh Forest Department, YPSA and Arannayk Foundation jointly arranged an experience shearing workshop on Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project at Hotel Cox Today Auditorium, Cox’sbazar on September 5,…
Fruit Tree Fair-2016 begins at Sitakund
A three-day Fruit Tree Fair 2016 begins at Sitakund on 28 August arranged by Upazila Agricultural Extension Division. The fair was inaugurated by Didarul Alam MP, Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on…
HSBC visits YPSA’s Community Engagement In Environment Protection Initiatives
Abdullah Al Jubayer, Manager, Corporate Sustainability, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) has visited the YPSA-CEEPI project’s activities in Sitakund & Mirsharai Upazilla of Chittagong on July 27,…
YPSA’s relief support being continued among the Cyclone ROANU affected people in Kutubdia
Tropical storm Roanu made landfall in the southern coastal region of Bangladesh on 21 May 2016. Eighteen (18) coastal districts were affected and among them Kutubdia has been affected severely…
YPSA observes World Environment Day 2016
YPSA with the support of HSBC arranged seedlings distribution, rally and discussion meeting on World Environment Day at Sitakund. YPSA led first community radio in Chittagong Radio Sagor Giri FM…
HSBC and YPSA organise Inter School Debate Competition on ‘World Environment Day’
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) Bangladesh and its’ implementation partner Young Power In Social Action (YPSA) organised a Inter School Debate Competition on ‘World Environment Day 2016’…
A documentary film about YPSA-EDM project
Climate Change Adaptation by Ensuring Water an Sanitation Facilities in Cyclone Shelter A documentary film about YPSA-EDM project
Launching and Installation Ceremony for Lawyers Initiative for Displacement Solutions held
According to the constitution of Bangladesh and different acts and policies, rights of climate displaced persons have to be ensured. But climate displaced peoples are living in the embankment, urban…