Climate Change and Disaster Management

Working Area

Patiya Upazilla, Anwara Upazilla and Chittagong City Corporation

Aim

• To create awareness in the society about the importance to protect environment & the effect of climate change
• To create awareness and prepare people about different natural disasters and management.

Objective

 To create awareness and conscious in people minds about the climate change.
 Ensuring the proper action on Climate Change & different natural disasters 
 To provide in formations & ideas about proper disaster management.
 Reduce risk at natural disaster

Duration: From 1991- on going

Target Group

People of Costal area, Hills, Earth Quack relevant Area, Rural & Urban Slum & residences, Flood Relevant area. Special emphases to PWDS, Women & Children and Old age people

Activities

 Social Awareness programs
 Costal & Social forestation
 Hill & Land Reform.
 Pure water & sanitation support
 Action to reduce air pollution and river safety
 Orientation in Schools, Colleges and CBOs/Clubs
 Meeting, Seminar, Workshop Arrangement
 Local & Government level Advocacy & Networking on Disaster Management and Information system.
 Technical & Financial Support on disaster 
 Relief and equipment support to the affected area
 IGA loan support.
 Management and Resource development.

No. of total Beneficiary: about 14,800

Highlight of Actions

 Awareness raised in target area 
 All leaders of the committee given training.
 Orientations have done with religious leaders (Imam, Monk and Ancestor) and in 15 school, college, madrasha students.
 Relief and equipment support in Cyclones and flood affected area.
 Forestation in hills, rive-side and costal areas..
 NOWZUWAN is the only NGO representative in Chittagong Hill a7 Land slide Disaster Management Group

Technical financial supports

 NOWZUWAN general fund
 World Vision
 Food for Hunger International(FHI)
 Forest Department