Bangladesh Red Crescent Society(BDRCS) conducted a 4-day campaign from April 4 to April 7, 2024, before the Eid festival to raise awareness among various professionals, including those returning home, transport owners and workers, and drivers, about Road Safety Issues, and to initiate a social movement for the formulation and implementation of a comprehensive Road Safety
Category Archives: In Focus
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Apr
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society(BDRCS), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, collaboratively with the Government of Bangladesh, CARE Bangladesh, ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM (ACF), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized the “Consultative Workshop on Shock Responsive Social Protection in Anticipatory Action” at the Pan
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Mar
Mar
Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) is a way of working that recognises and values all community members as equal partners, whose diverse needs, priorities, and preferences guide everything we do. We achieve this by integrating meaningful community participation, open and honest mmunication, and mechanisms to listen to and act on feedback, within our programmes and
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Mar
নানা আনুষ্ঠানিকতায় মহান স্বাধীনতা ও জাতীয় দিবস উদযাপন করেছে বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটি। বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতার ৫৩ বছর পুর্তির এ আয়োজনের মধ্যে ছিলো জাতীয় পতাকা ও রেড ক্রিসেন্ট পতাকা উত্তোলন, জাতীয় স্মৃতিসৌধে পুষ্পস্তবক অর্পণ, হাসপাতালে রোগীদের মাঝে খাবার বিতরণ ও রক্ত সংগ্রহ কার্যক্রম। মঙ্গলবার সকাল ৯টায় বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটির জাতীয় সদর দপ্তরে মহান মুক্তিযুদ্ধে
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Mar
Mar
To understand long term and strategic priorities of BDRCS and the evolving context, and the role of British Red Cross in Bangladesh Country context a two-day long workshop on Partnership Reassessment between Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) and British Red Cross (BRC) has ended successfully. The participants actively added their insights through several group activity
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Mar
Mar
Representatives of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) & the British Red Cross paid a visit to Cox’s Bazar from 18-21 March 2024. The team observed the humanitarian activities of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society(BDRCS) for the displaced Myanmar people in Cox’s Bazar. They observed infrastructures and services of DRR, protection, health livelihood, shelter,
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Mar
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) reached a total of 125,171 people including 97,714 Camps and 27,457 host communities in January 2024 through implementing the Population Movement Operation (#PMO) in Cox’s Bazar. The major humanitarian interventions are Health (including Clinical services, CBHFA & MHPSS) DRM, WASH, Livelihood and Shelters etc. BDRCS has been ensuring Dignity, Access, Participation & Safety,
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Mar
Mar
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society(BDRCS), under the Pilot Programmatic Partnership (PPP), observed National Disaster Preparedness Day 2024 in Rajshahi, Sylhet, and Cox’s Bazar to grow awareness among the local communities on the necessity of preparedness for calamities. Rajshahi City Unit, Sylhet Unit, and Cox’s Bazar Unit organized various activities that includes rallies, fire safety simulations, street
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Feb
Feb
The 7th partnership meeting of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) took place in Dhaka from September 19 – 20 under the slogan “Strengthening transformation for better humanitarian action”. The meeting aimed at reinforcing collaboration between BDRCS and Red Cross Red Crescent Movement Partners, as well as external stakeholders. The overall objective of the partnership meeting
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Feb
Feb
In December 2023, there were many security incidents reported in camps and host communities. Target killings, armed conflict between rival groups, fire incidents, physical and sexual assault, illegal possession of weapons, and illegal drug dealing were the major incidents reported in the camps. Nationwide political movements such as strikes, and blockades continued but did not