The Coastal Area Development Program of Kachua Dalima Association (KDA) focuses on building resilience, improving livelihoods, and ensuring dignity for the highly vulnerable coastal populations of Bhola, Patuakhali, and Barguna. These communities—especially fishermen, small farmers, day labourers, char (island) dwellers, boat-dwelling families, and landless persons—are on the frontline of climate change impacts, facing recurring cyclones, tidal surges, saline intrusion, river erosion, and displacement.
- Fishermen losing access to safe fishing grounds.
- Small and marginal farmers affected by water salinity and erratic rainfall.
- Day labourers and landless workers lacking income security.
- Char dwellers displaced by river erosion.
- Boat-dwelling families with no permanent shelter or access to education and healthcare.
- Women and children facing extreme vulnerability in disaster-prone, low-income coastal zones.
- Introduce salt-tolerant crops, floating gardens, and homestead gardening for char and landless families.
- Provide tools, nets, cold storage support, and cooperative marketing facilities for fisherfolk.
- Establish climate-smart training centers for youth and women in tailoring, solar installation, mobile repair, boat-making, and crab farming.
- Launch income-generating cooperatives and provide seed capital for small businesses by landless families and day labourers.
- Construct cyclone shelters, raised platforms, and embankments in flood-affected villages.
- Form community disaster response teams trained in first aid, search and rescue, and emergency preparedness.
- Support local governments with data collection and digital mapping of vulnerable zones.
- Install rainwater harvesting units and solar-powered water purification systems.
- Provide mobile health clinics for remote char and boat-based populations.
- Train women in community health, hygiene, and menstrual care awareness.
- Implement mangrove reforestation and sand dune stabilization with community participation.
- Promote eco-tourism and green jobs to diversify local income sources.
- Encourage plastic-free fishing and community-led coastal cleanup campaigns.
- Establish floating and mobile schools for children of boat-dwelling and displaced families.
- Provide literacy and life skills programs for women and out-of-school adolescents.
- Support landless people with legal aid, access to social safety nets, and national ID services.
- Empowering local voices through participatory planning and leadership roles in all projects. • Ensuring inclusive access to education, vocational training, healthcare, clean water, and housing.
- Creating sustainable jobs adapted to the coastal environment and local skills.
- Strengthening community infrastructure, including safe roads, cyclone shelters, and embankments.
- Building social protection networks, especially for widows, elderly, and disabled individuals.
- Promoting dignity and social justice for historically neglected groups like char dwellers and boat families.
Kachua Dalima Association urgently appeals to donors, INGOs, humanitarian agencies, and government ministries to collaborate with us in transforming the lives of Bangladesh’s coastal poor. Your financial and technical support can make the difference between survival and progress for thousands of forgotten families.
With your help, we can turn climate threats into opportunities for inclusive and sustainable development.
Together, let’s build a safer, stronger, and more hopeful future for our coastal communities.