A network of local CSOs and NGOs in Cox’s Bazar to promote a human and gender responsive society through positive engagement with government.

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Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of COAST Trust Quoted in BBC Radio ” Local police of Cox’s Bazar said that three Rohingyas who had been arrested in a kidnapping case were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police” dated on 05 April 2019

The three Rohingyas were arrested on the charge of asking ransom by kidnapping one Rohingya child.Incidences of so called ‘gunfight or crossfire’ among arrested and police in Bangladesh is not new. But such cases of gunfight with Rohingyas are rare.The gunfight was taken place near the Muchni Rohingya camp in Hnila, Teknaf on Satarday morning, […]

কক্সবাজার পরিবেশ, মানবাধিকার ও উন্নয়ন ফোরামের বিশ্ব পানি দিবস উদযাপন।

কক্সবাজারে বিশ্ব পানি দিবস উপলক্ষে চিত্র প্রদর্শনী ও আলোচনা সভার আয়োজন করেছে কক্সবাজার পরিবেশ, মানবাধিকার ও উন্নয়ন ফোরাম। ২২ মার্চ আন্তর্জাতিক পানি দিবস।এবছর দিবসটির প্রতিপাদ্য বিষয় ছিল কাউকে পেছনে ফেলে নয়। আজ সকালে কক্সবাজার সদর উপজেলা পরিষদ প্রাঙ্গনে আয়োজিত প্রোগ্রামে স্থানীয় ৬টি শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠানের শতাধিক শিক্ষার্থী উপস্থিত ছিল। এতে  প্রথমে শিক্ষার্থীদের আঁকা ছবির প্রদর্শন হয়।পরে […]

Localisation in Vanuatu: Demonstrating Change_January 2019

VANGO, PIANGO and Humanitarian Advisory Group would like to thank the many people who have contributed to this baselining process. This includes local, national and international actors in Vanuatu and the region, and communities who participated in the research. We also thank Alice Obrecht from ALNAP and Stephen Close at the Australian Department of Foreign […]

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of COAST Trust Quoted in The Daily Star Newspaper “Rohingya Repatriation: Doubt lingers as conflict flares up in Myanmar” dated on 14 march 2019

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, head of COAST Trust, a non-profit body working for the Rohingyas, said there was a grave danger of radicalisation if the Rohingyas were not provided with education and income-generating activities. Vested groups could take advantage of their frustration and idle days in the camps, he added. He said the religiously-conservative Rohingyas should […]

Accelerating Localisation Through Partnerships

Thanks to the research advisory group of the Accelerating Localisation through Partnerships consortium for guiding the research: Victor Arokoyo (Christian Aid Nigeria), Jane Backhurst (Christian Aid UK), Saw Mar Taw Gyi (Christian Aid Myanmar), Lizz Harrison and Carol Hatchett (Christian Aid UK), Alexandra Panaite (ActionAid UK), Malish John Peter (CARE South Sudan), Charlie Rowley (Oxfam […]

NGOs & RISK Managing Uncertainty in Local-International Partnerships

In humanitarian emergencies where access is limited and risk is high, people’s ability to obtain vital assistance often depends on partnerships between national and international aid organizations. In recent years, driven by the Syrian conflict in particular, significantly larger portions of international humanitarian aid have been implemented with and through national and local entities. In […]

Prepared for Partnership? Trust and Distrust in international Cooperation

Much of my professional work takes place in two sectors of international cooperation: relief work and peacebuilding, mostly in violent crises. Yet when it comes to atmospheres of trust and equitable collaborations between external and internal actors, they feel like very different universes. The prevailing mood in relief work is distrust; the prevailing effort in […]