E October
17
Another seven days of bringing positive change
It‛s been quite a productive week at UNDP, and it started off with a brief encounter with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina herself!!! On Sunday, the PM visited UNDP‛s stall at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) on the occasion of International Day for Disaster Mitigation
As many esteemed guests visited, one of our own has taken a brief sabbatical to Human Rights Programme. If you‛ve been wondering why you can‛t hear Tania Noor asking everyone to go to lunch, it‛s because she‛s having lunch at a faraway office in Karwan Bazar now.
It wasn‛t just the PM who graced us with her presence, a neighbour also visited. Peter Batchelor, Resident Representative of UNDP Myanmar, met with his Bangladesh counterpart Sudipto Mukerjee. Somehow they both wore blue. It‛s not just the country office that‛s been getting things done -- the Bangkok Regional Hub has launched UNDP Urban Update‛s fourth issue. It features our Livelihoods Improvement for Urban Poor Communities project, which is active across 36 urban areas, benefitting four million people. This week, we‛ve also made strides in leaving no one behind, as we unveiled two publications on the hijra community to bring their stories forward. With support from Human Rights Programme, UNDP and Faria Lara Foundation published “Hijra Shobdokosh” and “Rupantorito Manusher Golpo” on Wednesday.
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This is getting boring... these two are up to something or the other every week and seriously it is tiring us... But this frame is giving us hope... looks like we might be finally rid of the duo... Click on the photograph to find out who WINS...