Bangladesh - Transforming lands, Transforming lives

“I have no doubt that it is possible to give a new direction to technological development, a direction that shall lead it back to the real needs of man”

E.F. Schumacher

Disappearing Lands: Supporting Communities Affected by River Erosion

Gaibandha April 2004-March 2009

Our VisionA world free of poverty and injustice

In whichtechnology is used to the

benefit of all.

Our Mission Practical Action aims to eradicate

poverty in developing countries by developing and using technology, and by demonstrating results, Sharing knowledge and influencing others.

Our main focus is to shift emphasis from Short-term relief and rehabilitation toStrengthening community’s capabilitiesto Better cope with disasters through Long term mitigation measures and mainstreaming disasters into development practices

MAJOR DISASTERS and CHALLANGESIN the REGION

FLOOD

RIVER EROSION

TORNADO

SEASONAL VULNERABILITY

THE ULTIMATE CONSEQUENCESMONGA, RAISING POVERTY and FEAR OF HUNGER

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ADDITIONALLY GLOBAL WARMING

GLOBAL WARMING and MELTING GLACIERS

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THE SCOPE, OPPORTUNITY and

THE HOPES

A CASE ON RIVER ERODED COMMUNITIES IN BANGLADESH

Project Title:Project Title:Disappearing lands: Supporting Communities Disappearing lands: Supporting Communities

Affected by River ErosionAffected by River Erosion

Project LocationProject LocationNorth-Eastern part of BangladeshNorth-Eastern part of Bangladesh

Project OutcomesOutcome : 1The capacity of communities and supportInstitutions enhanced to incorporate disasterMitigation strategies into natural resourcesManagement and planning

Outcome : 2Unemployed and low income men and women benefit through improved income and employment opportunities and alternativelivelihood options

Outcome: 3Disadvantaged men, women and childrenhave improved access to basic services

Outcome : 4Disadvantaged men, women and children benefit from improved awareness and ability to articulate their civil and political rights

Where WE are?31 erosion prone unions in 4 Upazila locations in Gaibandha District

REP Working Area in context of Gaibandha District

Sadullapur

Palashbari

Gobindaganj

Sundarganj

Sadar

Fulchari

U-13 U- 14

Shag

hata

U-15

U-17

U-12

U-2

U-4U-3

U-1

U-5

U-10

U-7U-9

U-6

U-29

U-21

U-30U-31

U-28

U-20U-23

U-

11

REP working Unions UNION CODEGazaria Union U-1 Kanchipara Union U-2Oria Union U-3Udakhali Union U-4

Bharatkhali Union U-12Ghuridaho Union U-13Haldia Union U-14Jumarbari Union U-15Muktinagar Union U-17Shaghata Union U-18

Badiakhali Union U-5Ghagoa Union U-6Gidari Union U-7Kuptola Union U-9Malibari Union U-10Mollarchar Union U-11

Chandipur Union U-20Dahobond Union U-21Kanchibari Union U-23Sreepur Union U-28Tarapur Union U-29Belka Union U-30Haripur Union U-31

U-18

Communities risk and

vulnerability

Natural disasters RE, flood, cold wave

Shelter

during

crisis

High mortality

of livestock

Displacement &

migration

Abandonment of women

Dowry, early

marriage, trafficking

Poor health faciliti

esFood

insecurity

Inadequate basic servicesLow job

opportunity

Vulnerability reduction strategies

Capacity building

of partners

Strengthen local service

providersLong-term disaster

management planning

Strengthen right based issues

Support to basic services

Infrastr

uctur

e development

Policy advocacy & influence

NRM

man

agem

ent

Small enterprise developme

nt

Skill developmen

t training

Alternative

livelihood strategie

sNetwork with

Govt., private

& research Inst.

Why the project needed ?

What are the project initiatives

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Group – 1Men, women and children, with priority given to female-headed households

M4500

F5500

Group-2Unemployed and rural resource – poor men and women (labours, fisher folk and petty traders)

M1800

F2200

Group – 3Adolescent boys, girls and children who suffer from malnourishment, lack of schooling and are vulnerable to exploitation (e.g. early marriage, child labour)

M2700

F3300

Local partner NGOs + other interested NGOs will benefit from enhanced skills related to disaster mitigation strategies, natural resources management and community-led participatory approaches development.

THE CLIENTS20,000 Displaced Households

ITDG-B Partnership

Project partners:1. AKOTA2. Pally Badhue Kallan Sangstha (PBKS)3. Samakal Samaj Unnayan Sangstha (SSUS)4. Samaj Kallyan Sangstha (SKS)5. Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK)

Joint Venture

PMCITDG-B Country Director/ 3 x ITDG-B Team Larders (Aim 1,2 and 3)/ Head of Finance and admin/ Project Manager/ 5 Chief Executives from partnersPMC will be responsible for overseeing the overall management and monitoring of the project. It will lead the project to achieve project goal and strategic objectives.

PMC(ITDG + Partner’s chief

executives)

PICThe PICs for the project will be consisting of7 staff members from ITDG-B/ 5 Staff from partners/ 20 beneficiaries leaders (representatives)PIC will ensure and oversee the appropriate implementation and tracking the project to achieve project purpose and outputs within the time period.

PIC

(ITDG-B Technical team + Partners staff)

Consortium Individual Action Networking Mutual influence

HOW ITs WORKING?

Practical Action-BStrengthens

Project Staffing

Disaster Management Specialist

Training Specialist Agriculture Specialist Fisheries Specialist Livestock Specialist Small Enterprise Specialist Flood prone housing

Specialist Gender Specialist Agro-processing Specialist Manufacturing Specialist M and E Specialist

Project Coordinator - 1 Project Assistants –3 In each PNGO Total = 20

Partners Strengthens

THE APPROACH and INTERVENTIONS

Infrastructure Development

Cluster Village- 4

Emergency Shelter-3Community Clinic- 4

PrimarySchool-7

Community Volunteer GroupRapid Evacuation System

WatSan CampaignBasic Health Campaign

The project has undertaken very comprehensive and holistic approaches to address the needs & vulnerability of the target communities through

ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD BASED INITIATIVES

Flood FriendlyAgriculture

Practices3 options

Flood FriendlyFisheries

Management3 options

Flood FriendlyLivestock

Management3 options

Small Enterprise Development

4 options

Light-Engineering

5 options

Agro/Food processing

Social and Gender Development

&Campaigns

Community Based Extension System

DevelopmentFor

Long-term Sustainability

Participatory Needs Assessment and Planning

Participatory Needs Assessment conducted in 8 locations in 4 Upazilas (November, 2004)

ACHIEVEMENT TO DATEAGRICULTURE

Reached to 7687 (F- 6068 M- 1619) beneficiaries through training and demonstration with the following options

PRODUCTION ON FLOOD PROTECTION EMBANKMENT

CROPPING ON BARREN and UNFERTILE SAND BARFOR RESOURCE POOR

3273 Beneficiaries Produced 6.6 m pumpkins = 33608 MT Worth £5.5m

WHEN BARREN SAND BAR IS HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE

WHEN BARREN SAND BAR IS THE HOPE FOR MILLIONS

WHEN BARREN SANDY ISLAND TRANSFORMING LIVES

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

WHEN BARREN SAND BAR IS THE HOPE FOR LANDLESS

WHEN BARREN SAND BAR IS THE HOPE FOR LANDLESS

BANK FOR THE POOR

Change and Impacts (ECONOMIC)

Sector Annual Income over the period (Tk.)

Baseline Year-2 Year-3 Year-4Agriculture 2661 3411 10982 32251Fisheries 1248 5045 3665 4574Livestock 1753 5820 15262 17329Small Enterprise

3700 13957 50675 49991

Light-Engineering

2015 15018 20934 51814

Agro-processing

- 22330 109946 214564

Details PY-2 05/06

PY-3 06/07

PY-4 07/08

PY-5 08/09

Total

No. Pits 5801 59155 177480 421492 663928 (0.6m)No of Location 09 14 25 30 78Total Area ha. 7 71 211 502 791No of Beneficiaries 177 460 1283 1353 3273Total Prod. cost £2417 £14561 £40956 £105484 £1,63,418Project contribution £451 £1169 £3233 £4456 £9309Total Gross income £ 12532 £136511 £632851 £1.6 m £2.38mNet Return £11930 £121950 £591894 £1.5 m £2.2mAv. gross profit £81 £297 £512 £1227 £529Av. Net profit £67 £265 £479 £1149 £490Cost benefit ratio 1:5.9 1:9.4 1:15 1:15.7 1:11.5Urban market value £0.029 £0.27m £1.27m £ 4 m £ 5.57Total Production MT 318 2244 10283 20760 33608 MT

SAND BAR CROPPING PRODUCTION ECONOMICS 2005-2009

Change and Impacts (ECONOMIC)

Sector Annual Income over the period (Tk.)

Baseline Year-2 Year-3 Year-4Agriculture 2661 3411 10982 32251Fisheries 1248 5045 3665 4574Livestock 1753 5820 15262 17329Small Enterprise

3700 13957 50675 49991

Light-Engineering

2015 15018 20934 51814

Agro-processing

- 22330 109946 214564

WHAT NEXT

In Sandy Soil ?

Squash

Lettuce (green)

Lettuce (red)

Straw berry

Red beat

Broccoli

FLOATING VEGETABLE GARDEN MEANS OF SURVIVAL

FLOATING GARDEN 2005-2009 423 Beneficiaries Produced 92 MT Vegetable Worth TK. 7.6 Lac

HOMESTEAD GARDENING 2004-200910,942 Beneficiaries Produced 2873 MT Vegetable Worth TK. 23 M

FISHERIES5365 Beneficiaries Produced 157 MT Worth Tk. 12m Excluding Consumption

Community Based Fisheries Cage Aquaculture

Fingerling Production in Hapa

Wild Catch for non-resource base HH

LIVESTOCK4113 Beneficiaries Generated income Tk. 68.6M through Cow

fattening,Sheep rearing and Duck farming

Vaccination Campaign Beef Fattening

Fodder Management Goat FarmingSheep Farming

Duck Farming Income and Family Nutrition

HH Level Goat farming Community Vaccinator

LIVESTOCKDuck Hatchery

Vaccination Campaign

LIVESTOCK Cont.....LIVESTOCK Cont.....

SMALL ENTERPRISECapacity built to date of 870 beneficiaries on alternative income generation

through small enterprise development

Weaving as Community based cold protection mechanism

Handicraft Skill training for Adolescent girls

Sewing skill for Women Improve Pottery

AGRO-PROCESSING FOR VALUE ADDITION (493 HHs)

LIGHT ENGINEERING SKILL TRAINING (696 Individuals)

BENEFICIARIES COVERAGE 2004-2009Sector CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING

Since April 2004 – March 2009Male Female Total End Project

evaluation remarks

Agriculture 1,376 5,399 6,775 ExceededFisheries 1,788 2,425 4,213 ExceededLivestock 514 4,102 4616 ExceededSmall Enterprise 322 757 1079 ExceededLight-Engineering 803 4 807 ExceededAgro-processing 311 392 703 Exceeded

Gender & Technology 94 1,292 1386 Exceeded

Volunteer Group 232 57 289 Exceeded

Comm. Extensionist 240 403 643 Exceeded

CBO Mobilization 16 08 24 Just right

Total 5,696 14,839 20,535

Change and Impacts (ECONOMIC)

Sector Annual Income over the period (Tk.)

Baseline Year-2 Year-3 Year-4Agriculture 2661 3411 10982 32251Fisheries 1248 5045 3665 4574Small Enterprise

3700 13957 50675 49991

Light-Engineering

2015 15018 20934 51814

Livestock 1753 5820 15262 17329Vaccinator

0 665 4197 5200

INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESMULTIPURPOSE REFUGE SHELTER

INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESMULTIPURPOSE REFUGE SHELTER

INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESMULTIPURPOSE EMERGENCY SHELTER

CLUSTER VILLAGE Horipur, SUNDERGANJ

FACILITIES and SERVICES

Livestock shed

Sanitation

Livelihood

Shelter Unit

CV Belka, Sundarganj

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES AT MULTIPURPOSE SHELTER

SCHOOL

COMMUNITY CLINIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE

IMPACTS DURING RECENT FLOODING - 2007Accommodated 1780 individuals and saved 3000 Livestock

USED BY OTHER

Relief items distribution by SHOUHARDO August 2007

Eye camp of Anderi-Helfi Germany January 2008

Health Campaign

CLUSTER VILLAGE FOR HOMELESS

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES AT CLUSTER VILLAGE

Homestead Gardening Sand Bar Cropping

Livestock Rearing Safe Water and Sanitation

IMPACTS DURING RECENT FLOODING-2007Free from flooding, Where life is secured

INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESMULTIPURPOSE REFUGE SHELTER

NON FORMAL SCHOOL

WatSan Campaign

COMMUNITY CLINIC and HEALTH SERVICE

IMPACTFlooding August 2007

• Participatory plans and community-led approaches are strongly required to achieve objectives and goals;

• Adequate technical and social knowledge and skills are required to overcome challenges

• An integrated development approach is required to overcome complex poverty and disaster issues/situations;

• Adequate administrative support is strongly required to meet targets on ground

• An earmarked policy is required to sustain project achievements and replication in other locations for wider impact and benefit for vulnerable communities

LESSON (S) LEARNT

- FRINDSHIP INTERNATIONAL- (Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Bagerhat, Patuakhali & Gaibandha - SDC- Rajshahi, Sunamganj- Inter-Cooperation- Sunamganj- Reso. Dev. Foundation (RDF)- Barguna- SHISHUK- Sirajganj

NETWORKING and COLLABORATION

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DISSEMINATION BY OTHER UDPS LALMONIRHAT

Policy Advocacy & Influence at International Level

Making Poverty History Campaig at

The House of Lords 2005

Ms. Jenny Borden, Chair ITDG Board

of TrustyAddress by the host Lord Stevenson,

ITD vice Chair

Stop Climate Chaos campaign at the Westminster- 2006

Tony Juniper, Director of Friends of the Earth,

stressed the need for actionDavid Cameron, Leader of the

OppositionMargaret Beckett, Minister for

environment listening intently on her Carbon Date.

Menzies Campbell MP looks enthusiastic about

his Carbon Date

Nazmul Chow, Practical Action Bangladesh,

spoke passionately about the huge impacts

of climate change on his country

UK, BERLIN and BRUSSELS 2007- 08

Berlin Parliament, November 2007The House of Commons Event “Raising Fear of Hunger, June 2008

EU Parliament BRUSSELS 2007

SHARING and LINKAGE

Knowledge Sharing

Local LevelAn effective linkage have

been established with Govt. Administration and

line departments.

National LEVELCollaboration with

Disaster Emergency Response Group (DER), Development Agencies

and Donors

International LevelMaking Poverty History Campaign at the House of Lords in 2005

Climate Chaos Campaign in March 2006 at Westminster

World Water Week-2007 in Stockholm

Asia Pacific Forum for Environment and Development in China 2007

Berlin Parliament, EU Parliament, The House of Lords and Sheffield University 2007

Campaign at Int. CC forum, House of Commons and Brunel University PA Supporters’ Day June 2008

"The 2007 Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Awards for Good Practices"

Nazmul Chowdhury, Programme Manager, Received this award from Mr. Masatoshi Wakabayashi (Minister of Environment & Agriculture, Japan). Chengdu, China

August 24, 2007

FUTURE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTRY

The tested ideas could help many millions of vulnerable resource poor communities living in fragile environment, particularly on the edge of

mighty rivers and Coast line in

Bangladesh

Thus, external dependency of the communities could reduce significantly and could develop them as

productive force for the nation