ISSUE 220– 02 MAY 2013
The volunteer who repaid a debt By Nader Rahman
When the Rana Plaza collapsed in Savar over a week ago, the Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) immediately realized that they were confronted with an industrial disaster of an unprecedented scale in Bangladesh. As the FSCD organised themselves on the ground, one of the calls they made was to Habib-ul-Islam Sumon Habib-ul-Islam Sumon (Center) worked their chief volunteering coordinator tirelessly in Savar with many others and asked him to arrange a team to assist the search and rescue. Within hours Sumon had 180 trained volunteers en route to Savar: ordinary citizens like himsel trained for post disaster rescue work with UNDP’s help, and driven by a zeal that saw more than 2500 lives saved from the rubble…[ more ]
Legal aid day celebrated by JSF
UNDP partners with Bangladesh Scouts
DFID and UNDP visit urban slum
The Justice Sector Facility (JSF) Project observed and organized Legal Aid Day on 28 April at Osmani Memorial in collaboration with the National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) where her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, the honorable Prime Minister of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh attended as the… [ more ]
Bangladesh Scouts has been an important partner of UNDP in responding to national emergencies - floods in 2007, cyclone Sidr 2007, cyclone Aila 2010, and the recent cold wave in 2013. Recognizing this long standing collaboration with the Bangladesh Scouts, UNDP Early Recovery Facility…[ more ]
Head of DFID mission in Bangladesh Sarah Cooke and UNDP Country Director Pauline Tamesis made a joint visit to a UPPR community on 28 April to observe and better understand the urban challenges the poor face in slums as well as UPPR’s integrated approach to address urban poverty… [ more ]
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Dear Colleagues, We at UNDP have been deeply shocked and saddened by the by the tragedy in Savar and would like to express our deepest sympathies for those affected by the incident. I wanted to provide a brief update on UNDP’s support to the search and rescue operation in Savar, Dhaka. We have been engaged through our three projects, namely: CDMP, ERF and UPPR. In total 1,200 urban volunteers (with 200 in each 8-hour shift) , created and trained under CDMP’s support to the Fire Service Department, , have been engaged in the search and rescue operation using equipment and…[more]
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