Sustainable Access to land Equality (SALE) of Uttaran organised a very colorful inaugural programme of draft publication/public display under the project of Access to Land Rights of government of Bangladesh Funded by European at two mouzas (Bondokuturia and Chakkuturia) of Jamalpur on 28th November, 2015. In the draft publication programme it is displaying the maps…
Written by: Shahidul Islam, Director, Uttaran a. The Introduction: Since 1980s, a vast area in the southwestern part of Bangladesh has been waterlogged. The inhabitants comprehend that the Coastal Embankment constructed during the 1960s is mainly responsible for this water logging. There were a number of popular movements demanding a sustainable solution to this problem of water-logging…
A team of DFID (Department for International Development) and Manusher Jonno Foundation has came to visit Uttaran’s programme activities on 14 May, 2015. Uttaran is implementing access to khasland project with funding support of MJF and DFID since 2004. The team consisting of Mr. Graham Gass, Social Development Advisor of DFID, Tahera Jabeen, Programme Manager…
Wetland International (an international development organisation) working on wetland management and WASH programme has facilitated a training on `Environmental Sustainability in WASH activities’ for the period of 2-5 September 2015 in Bangladesh. The training was organised at the training centre of Uttaran, Tala, Sathkhira. Total 11 participants of Uttaran, Practical Action, Dalit and Mukti Foundation…
“God will do you good and make you very successful in life because you obtained for us the land which we purchased through our hard earned money,” said Julekha. Julekha and Afsar Ali are the residents of Belbelia Mouza, Jamalpur and members of primary organisations of Uttaran. Julekha regularly attends the courtyard meetings conducted by…
Uttaran delivered three batches of training on `Youth Leadership’ with 108 youths including (50% women). The trainings are being prepared by British Council with financial support of United State Department of Democracy and delivered by the programme officers who received training of facilitators. The three days long training was delivered with appropriate methods, tools and…
The midterm evaluation mission of European Union has visited Jamalpur to evaluate the impact of ongoing activities of overall Access to Land project’ including Sustainable Access to Land Equality-SALE project on 29-30 April, 2015. Julia Jacoby, Project Manager of Human Rights and Governance Programme of Delegation of European Union of Bangladesh, Mark A Marquardt, Team Leader…
The second year Annual Planning meeting of SALE project was convened on 24-25 June, 2015 with the participation of the members of SALE project, Project Technical Assistance Team-PTAT and Project Management Unit -PMU of Department of Land Record and Survey under Ministry of Land. The planning meeting targeted on three objectives which were as followed;…
Uttaran under the consortium project, Sustainable Access to Land Equality-SALE is working for raising public awareness among the target groups i.e. vulnerable, minority, women, indigenous and poor landowners. Uttaran designed and developed number of communication materials like flipchart, village note, leaflet, folk song, posters, festoons (banner) etc. with technical support of Department of Land Record…