A four-member delegation of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) inspected the household activities of the marginalized people, including ethnic minorities, in the drought-prone Barind areas, reports BSS.
Desk Officer SDC, Switzerland Baechler Markus and its Program Manager Bucherer Rebecca and SDC, Bangladesh Program Managers Sabina Yasmein Lubna and Shirin Sultana Lira were the team members.
The projects are: 'Resilience to Economic Volatility of Indigenous and Vulnerable Populations through Empowerment (REVIVE)' and 'Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)'.
The SDC team witnessed collaborative initiative of the IWRM and the REVIVE projects for water support together with sharing ideas of sustainability of both the projects with the local government bodies.
DASCOH Foundation and Swiss Red Cross are jointly implementing the REVIVE project in cooperation with HEKS/EPER supported by Switzerland since mid-last year for contributing to the holistic development of disadvantaged communities, including 80 percent ethnic minorities.
The project is being implemented in six unions of Nachole and Gomostapur Upazilas in Chapainawabganj district.
Each of the households was brought under cash incentives worth Taka 4,000. They are being imparted training on various income-generating activities, including agriculture, vegetable farming, homestead gardening, fisheries, livestock, vermicompost and horticulture, based on their interest and choice.
Apart from this, the beneficiaries are being given post-training materials and logistic support so that they can engage themselves in the income-generating activities for improving their living and livelihood conditions after the best use of their knowledge acquired from the training.
Bd-pratidin/Ishrar Tabassum
