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Awareness and pre-preparedness can reduce losses from disasters: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) mock drill happens at Ramu Upazila in Cox’s Bazar

Cox’s Bazar July 22, 2022 COAST Foundation has been working for socio-economic development in coastal districts of Bangladesh for a long time. From 25th August 2017, the organization also been working for Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) with support from...

Income-Generating Activities (IGA) Study Report: Economic and Livelihood Activities: Engagement and Potentials of Rohingya Communities at Camps

This study by COAST looked into the economic and livelihood engagement of the Rohingya community living in Bangladesh camps in Cox’s Bazar. Findings depict some disturbing pictures vis-à-vis their opportunities to participate in economic activities. With little access to...

Civil Society Demands that Flood Rehabilitation Programs be Implemented through Local Organizations

Dhaka, July 4, 2022. In any disaster, the local people and organizations are the first to stand by the people affected by the disaster. Therefore, those concerned should increase the capacity of local organizations. That is why the post-flood...

Government to ensure minimum 2% of GDP resource as climate finance for a resilient economy, civil society demand

Dhaka 19 June 2022, in a seminar, Civil Society (CSOs) and expert have demanded at least 2% of GDP resource for climate financing through national budgetary process in every year. They also urged government to include coastal infrastructure...

Civil society urges to engage Rohingya busy for meaningful work in camps: Collective planning is a must to cope with reduce level of Rohingya...

Dhaka and Cox's Bazar, 15th June 2022. Today Cox's Bazar Civil Society and NGO Forum (CCNF), a network of 60 local organizations, has organized a webinar titled “Humanitarian Response to Forcefully Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN)”. Shireen Huq of Naripokka chaired the...

Include income taxpayers in the proposed “Universal Pension Scheme 2022”, civil society demand

01 June 2022: the civil society representatives have demanded to include the income taxpayers directly in the proposed Universal Pension Scheme that is going to announce in the upcoming national budget for 2022-23 fiscal years. They also recommended...

COAST pays homage to language martyrs: Reaffirms Efforts to Foster Local Languages for Sustainable Development

Dhaka, 21 February 2022. Today, the COAST Foundation commemorates International Mother Language Day in all of its working areas to pay tribute to the Martyrs of 1952. The brave language heroes gave their lives to restore Bangla as Bangladesh's...

Attackers on Female NGO Workers in Teknaf Must Face Exemplary Punishment. CCNF issues ultimatum: Member NGOs will not work in Hnila if no punitive...

Dhaka, 05 February 2022. The Cox's Bazar CSO NGO Forum (CCNF), a network of 60 local and national NGOs operating in Cox's Bazar, has strongly condemned and protested the recent assault on six workers, including two women workers of...

We Condemn the Attack on Humanitarian Activists and Demand Immediate Punishment of the Perpetrator

Expression of Grave Concern over the Assault on Humanitarian Activists in Teknaf: We Condemn the Attack on Humanitarian Activists and Demand Immediate Punishment of the Perpetrator While holding an FGD with poor female program participants, one Union Parishad member attacked...

CoP 26 outcome frustrated for Bangladesh as MVCs

Dhaka, 22 November 2021.  Civil society organizations (CSOs) has treated the recent CoP-26 (global climate conference) outcome as frustrated for our country as MVC as there have no significant decision to finance for the MVCs especially for adaptation...

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Civil Society Calls for Strengthened Rohingya Support Ahead of Repatriation: International Seminar at Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) 2024 in Thailand

Bangkok, 11 December 2024: Civil society leaders and humanitarian experts have stressed the critical need to protect and support...