This project focuses on providing for the immediate basic needs of climate-forced displaced people in a safe location, as well as building the capacity of climate-forced displaced people, especially youth, to advocate for the security of their rights and livelihoods.
In the face of climate-induced loss and damage, migration has been a common strategy to diversify livelihoods. Building from previous grants that funded the Panii Jibon project in Bangladesh, this one-year grant of $250,000 will help families make more informed decisions about migration, including by offering skill development opportunities for more economically successful migration.
YPSA is filling an important need, bringing attention to a critical issue in the Bay of Bengal, and doing work that no other organization in the region is yet doing.
The consortium artfully combined technical interventions on water and agriculture with activities to strengthen the capacity of community-based organizations in three villages to raise their voices and demand their rights from local government.
ICCCAD has a unique capacity to link research, rights, and on-the-ground action in a way that can potentially serve as a model for other climate centers under development in vulnerable countries.
