In Kurigram district of Bangladesh, a women-headed, community-based organisation is training rural women and extending support to deal with Covid-19 and monsoon floods. Md Fahad Hossain reports. This is the thirty-fifth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Kurigram, located in the northwest region, is the poorest district of Bangladesh. The northwest …
Caloco, Philippines: Fisher folks braving complex crises
In Caloco, a village in the Municipality of Tinambac, the fishers’ community is opting for an alternative livelihood option to deal with the dual crisis of the global pandemic and typhoon Pepito. This is the twenty-ninth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Caloco is a village in the Municipality of Tinambac …