Currently SDI stopped all its regular activities/program for the cause of Govt. General Vacation but observed the situation gravely. SDI initiated response by establishing Hand wash points at different public places, distribution of awareness building leaflet and by erecting banner in the working area.
NU facilitated community forums - Citizens Rights Group (CRG) are working on 63 unions of 7 upazilas of Barishal, Pirojpur, Tangail and Rangpur district to aware people about the risk of spreading COVID-19, ensuring expats maintaining home quarantine, assisting administration and law enforcing agencies in maintaining social distancing as well as connecting the most vulnerable people to the government emergency support
ESDO is very much familiar with downward of accountability mechanism and have understanding on CHS, Sphere and other humanitarian & accountability standards. At present, ESDO is working with institutional disaster response donor Start Fund Network for responding COVID 19 pandemic crisis in three districts- Panchagor, Thakurgaon and Lalmonirhat.
Since 17 March to till the date, Caritas Bangladesh (CB) reached protective and preventive messages to 1,131,765 people (226,403 HHs) under 490 unions of 130 upazila (sub-districts) in 43 districts and more than 80 wards under 10 Municipalities and six City Corporations. CB implemented the followings to reach the above mentioned people.
Mass campaigning by sending BRAC staff to a million households with information and sanitation products. Focusing on behavioural change and community engagement for prevention of spread. Connecting doctors to IEDCR for public hotlines.
For COVID-19 response, since March 21, ASF has undertaken to support the local community particularly women and girls in 5 districts (Dhaka, Sirajganj, Bogura, Narshinghdi and Comilla) of Bangladeshduring this crisis through its awareness campaign by social media.
The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening lives and livelihoods across the world. In just four months, about 2 million people in 185 countries have fallen sick from the viral illness, while at least 1 lac people have died. Bangladesh also has become a victim of this outbreak of corona virus.
Unnayan Sangha has been implementing different activities on COVID-19 from 18 March’2020. By this time the organization has distributed 30000 posters/leaflets, 5000 masks, 5000 soaps and organized more than 2000 demonstration on hand washing, arranged small group meeting with about 5 lakh households and 270 sex workers at Jamalpur brothel in Jamalpur and Sherpur districts
MLAA works for ‘Improving real situation of the prisons’ with an aim to reduce prisons overcrowding in the prison through a project of GIZ and planned to assist poor prisoners and their families.
YPSA has already taken following initiatives for staff and program participants in greater Chattogram division considering the escalation of COVID-19 at community level
