• Start Date: 21/03/2024
• End Date: Continue...

The "Resilient Homestead and Livelihood Support to the Vulnerable Coastal People of Bangladesh" project is a strategic initiative aimed at enhancing climate resilience and improving the livelihoods of communities living in Bangladesh’s coastal regions-areas increasingly affected by salinity, tidal surges, cyclones, and other climate-induced hazards.

The RHL project is implemented by Grameen Jano Unnayan Sangstha (GJUS) with support from the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The project focuses on building disaster-resilient homestead, promoting adaptive livelihood practices, and empowering vulnerable households through skill development and community-based solutions. Through integrated interventions such as homestead gardening, saline-tolerant crop promotion-ginger, sustainable aquaculture-crab farming, and livestock rearing through slatted house, the project seeks to improve food security, income generation, and overall well-being in climate-stressed coastal communities.

Project Brief:

The “Resilient Homestead and Livelihood Support to the Vulnerable Coastal People of Bangladesh” (RHL) project, launched on March 21, 2024, aims to strengthen the climate resilience and adaptive capacities of highly vulnerable communities living in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. The project is implemented by Grameen Jano Unnayan Sangstha (GJUS), with support from PKSF and the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

The primary objective of the RHL project is to build resilience against climate-induced shocks such as cyclones, tidal surges, salinity intrusion, and waterlogging through the promotion of disaster-resilient housing, climate-adaptive livelihoods, and environmentally sustainable practices. Specific interventions include construction of plinth-raised houses, saline-tolerant crop production, homestead gardening, crab farming, livestock rearing, and capacity building through training and awareness programs.

The project is being implemented in Bhola Sadar (06 Unions) and Borhanuddin (06 Unions) Upazilas included 63 villages of Bhola District, two highly climate-vulnerable areas in southern Bangladesh. The target population includes approximately 4,251 benificiaries, with a special focus on women-headed families, ultra-poor families, and people with disabilities.

By addressing both the infrastructural and livelihood needs of at-risk populations, the project contributes to long-term climate adaptation, food security, and socio-economic empowerment.