HUMAN-INTEREST story
Supporting expectant mothers with comprehensive care in Bangladesh
Meet Papri, a health worker in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, who is using training received through the Adopting a Multisectoral Approach for Nutrition (AMAN) project to improve the quality of essential maternal health and nutrition services in her community.
Transgender woman unravels the struggle of being herself
Riya Moni is putting her make-up on. She is not afraid of being caught, humiliated, or punished for her sins anymore – her make-up is her transgression. She is a Bangladeshi transgender woman living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. A boy at birth, Riya, as she is now known, was named Zia by her parents. Cultural stigma and conservative doctrine towards the…
IMAGINE A WORLD OF WOMEN WHO BLEED WITHOUT FEAR
“Feminine hygiene is often overlooked in our camp. As a result, girls and women are left to manage their periods on their own, many people are compelled to reuse old rags. And it is not something we discuss with…
PAVING WAY FOR PROTECTION: BUILDING RESILIENCE
Sazida, a mother of three children, is always busy doing household chores while her in-laws help her to collect relief items. This is the new picture of Sazida’s shelter home at a camp in Cox ́s Bazar. The family now shares everyday responsibilities together which has only recently been possible. They, like many people who were forced to ee their home country, were torn apart and remain separated…
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TOYOBA’S GARDEN – PLANTING TREES IN COX’S BAZAR
Toyoba Begum is watering her plants while her little daughter curiously assists. These plants hold manydreams…
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A BANGLADESHI ADVOCATE FOR COVID-19 PROTECTION IN COX’S BAZAR
‘Ladies, this is how you make masks, can you try to do it on your own now?’ Every day, Rojina Begum (38) is spreading the knowledge…
IMPACT story
IMPACT STORY book on SONGO project
Cordaid has played the lead role in implementing the EU funded “Sustained Opportunities for Nutrition Governance (SONGO) project” to improve maternal and child nutrition in Kurigram and Gaibandha districts with the support of Bangladesh National Nutrition Council (BNNC) and The Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU). RDRS has been Cordaid’s long standing partner in a variety of large poverty alleviation and development projects in Bangladesh, often with food security components.
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