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Australian High Commissioner and WFP Country Director Visit YPSA’s Emergency Livelihood Support Programme in Cumilla
On 19 February, Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Her Excellency Susan Ryle and WFP Country Director, Mr. Domenico Scalpelli visit YPSA’s Emergency Livelihood Support Programme, supported by WFP, in South…

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…

IFAD delegation expresses satisfaction over RMTP project progress
A delegation from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) expressed satisfaction over the progress of PKSF’s RMTP project while visiting the field-level interventions of the project in Chattogram on…

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…

From Training to Triumph: YPSA PRISE Project Graduates Become Entrepreneurs
Three graduates of the YPSA PRISE project (Partnership Reinforcement for Integrated Skills Enhancement) have successfully launched their own businesses, beauty parlors. The businesses, which are entirely managed by the former…

Closing of RISE Project in Seven RMG Factories
The closing of the RISE Project was officially scheduled to take place in October & November 2024, at the designated seven individual factory locations like Dhaka, Gazipur and Savar areas….

Bridging Dreams: A Community’s Path to Progress
Last year, the community of Char Lawrance, Kamalnagar Upazilla, Lakshmipur faced severe flooding that caused extensive damage to roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure. The floods disrupted daily life, making…

YPSA honored by Chattogram District Employment Office
YPSA has been honored by the Chattogram District Employment Office (DEMO). The Assistant Director of DEMO presented this award to the YPSA Safe Migration Team in recognition of the team’s…

Top 10 Youth Organizations Honored at Youth Champions of the Environment 2024
The Youth Champions of the Environment 2024 event, jointly organized by YPSA, Chittagong City Corporation, and Unilever Bangladesh Limited was held on 08 January 2025 at the Zilla Shilpakala Academy,…

Nepal-Bangladesh Youth Conclave: Youth Drive Solutions at Regional Gathering
Afra Nawar Rahman, Youth Coordinator at Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), led the Bangladeshi delegation, which included 14 students from the Asian University for Women (AUW), at the 8th…

Research Results Dissemination Workshop of the “YPSA Rural Ageing Project”
YPSA has been implementing care and support programs along with livelihood program for the elderly people in Sitakund for a long time. Since the number of the ageing people has…

International Migrants Day and National Expatriates Day 2024 Celebrated
As per the decision of the government of Bangladesh, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) in association with the District Administration and District Employment and Manpower Officer of Cox’s Bazar…

Dialogue on Public Expectations and Actions on Police Reform
A separate Police Service Commission should be formed to transform the police into a politically unbiased and citizen-oriented institution, suggested participants in a dialogue on police reform in Chattogram on…

The British High Commissioner Visits YPSA’s On-going Activities in Cox’s Bazar
Ms. Sarah Cooke, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh visited the on-going activities of Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) at the Multi-Purpose Community Center, Rajapalong Union, Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar…

YPSA Organized Training on Anti-Human Trafficking Act 2012 for Personnel of APBn in Cox’s Bazar
YPSA organized a training titled, “Training on CT Issues, Human Smuggling, Anti-Human Trafficking Act 2012, Case Management, Victims of Trafficking (VoT) Reintegration and Referral Mechanism with Law Enforcement Agency” participated…

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
As part of the global 16-day campaign against gender-based violence, YPSA organized a day-long program under the slogan “Protect women and girls, build a violence-free world.” The event was held…

Youth Radio Journalists interviewed ICC Chief Prosecutor in Cox’s Bazar
For the third time, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Asad Ahmad Khan accompanied by some of his colleagues came to talk to members of…

YPSA participates in UNFCCC COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan
Mohammad Shahjahan, Director of Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), Bangladesh, actively participated in COP29, a pivotal platform for addressing global climate challenges. Shahjahan played a significant role in various…

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…