Building Capacity and Empowering Communities towards Climate Change Project (BCEC)
BCEC Project was implemented in partnership with Gaia Education, Cifal Scotland and BASD, funded by the Scottish Government from 2013 -17, were been implemented in 60 villages of Dacope (Khulna) and Mongla (Bagerhat).
This project aimed to improve sustainable food security and livelihood development through capacity building, empowerment of poor women and climate change adaptation strategies and interventions. The Result were Permaculture Design Course (PDC) trained up 120 people, Design for Sustainable Development in Bangladesh (DSSB) trained up 50 people, more than 50 projects were implemented on aquaculture, organic gardening, animal husbandry, fishery, vermin composting, nursery and marketing where more than 392 people were employed. There 100 demonstration on Climate Change Adaptation Techniques houses. More than 20 families from each of 60 villages started permaculture design works whose income increased from per month Tk 3000 to Tk. 5000.