Gender
As a cross cutting area, the project makes continuous efforts to ensure women’s equitable participation, improve access to/control over resources and increase decision-making power.
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Agriculture and Livelihoods
Nobo Jatra supports vulnerable men and women to increase their income and access to nutritious food through entrepreneurial literacy, agriculture and alternative livelihoods with an emphasis on approaches with potential for high involvement and low barriers to entry for women and youth.
Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN)
Improved nutritional status of children under five years of age, pregnant and lactating women and adolescent girls
Technology, Transparency and Accountability in Nobo Jatra
At last count, within the 856,116 direct beneficiaries, Nobo Jatra further aims to target approximately 26 categories of beneficiaries through its diverse and holistic range of interventions. Challenges surrounding accurate tracking and recording of beneficiaries along with minimizing overlap between the numerous interventions have been at the fore since day one. Accountability and transparency of […]
Additional Secretary Field Visit
Parallel to broader coordination strategies, Md. Zakir Hossain Akanda, Additional Secretary (Relief), Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief undertook a field visit to Khulna and Dacope from the 22-24 October 2016. The overall goal of the visit was to firmly position Nobo Jatra as a government steered program and increase ownership of the program at […]
Nobo Jatra Launch Event
“We are optimistic that when Nobo Jatra comes to a close it will successfully bring visible changes to the lives of 856,116 beneficiaries covered through the four program working sub districts.” Honorable Minister, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Government of Bangladesh “We will only be truly successful in our efforts by working […]
A Letter from the Chief of Party
Dear friends and colleagues, 2016 has proved to be an exciting year for us at Nobo Jatra with some thrilling highs such as the signing of our Host Country Agreement in August coupled with the fantastic execution of our milestone program launch event in November featured in detail within this issue of the newsletter. We’ve […]