Re-Greening Protapnagar: The Community Unites for Native Tree Planting
There was a time when the villages of Protapnagar Union were famous for its greenery and fruit orchards. Towering palm trees lined the narrow paths, wood apple, mango orchards thrived near homesteads. Children played in the shade of banyans that had stood for...
ENGAGE4Sundarbans Showcased at Frugal Innovation Forum 2025
SAJIDA Foundation and the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) had the honour of jointly showcasing the ENGAGE4Sundarbans project at the Frugal Innovation Forum (FIF) hosted by BRAC in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 25-26 July 2025. The forum brought together...
A Beacon of Sustainable Living
Jayanti Rani Saha lives in Pratapnagar, Assasuni, one of the climate change hotspots in Bangladesh. She is a housewife, sharing a modest home with her husband and three daughters. Her husband earns just enough to sustain their family of five. But Jayanti’s...
Local Advisory Committee Convenes at Protapnagar
Farmers Share Updates, Experts Offer Guidance On 1 June 2025, SAJIDA Foundation convened a Local Advisory Committee meeting at the Protapnagar Union Parishad to review agricultural progress and chart the way forward. The gathering brought together Union Chairman Abu...
Creation of a farmer cooperative in Pratap Nagar, Assasuni, Bangladesh
Consultation Meeting on Farmer Cooperatives in Pratap Nagar, Assasuni initiated by the Dept. of Cooperatives, GoB, and SAJIDA Foundation Host Department of Cooperatives, Govt. of Bangladesh, and SAJIDA Foundation jointly organized an important consultation meeting on...
NGO Coordination Meeting Highlights ENGAGE’s Efforts in Pratapnagar
Assasuni, Satkhira — 20 May 2025 An NGO Coordination Meeting was held on 20 May 2025 in Assasuni, bringing together key government officials and representatives from a multitude of development organisations working in the region. Showcasing ENGAGE’s Work in...
Transformative transdisciplinarity
DECOLONIZING DEVELOPMENT IN A TRANSBOUNDARY DELTA - JENIA MUKHERJEE (INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR) Location : HUMANITIES BRIGEFORD STREET, G32 4.30-6PM, WEDNESDAY, 21ST MAY The Sundarbans is the largest contiguous mangrove delta in the world, spanning...
ENGAGE team at UNIL
Wednesday, 19th of March 2025, 4 pm to 5.30 pm: UNIL Room 1620, Geopolis Open event Conference at UNIL Geopolis The conference is open to the public The event will be followed by a small “Apéro” Location: Auditorium 1620, Geopolis, UNIL Mouline, 70 seats. The event...
Seminar at the DDC in Bern
Tuesday 18th of March 2025 12 pm to 1.30 pm: Seminar at SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) in Bern, Eichenweg 5 3003 Bern-Zollikofen SOR4D Seminar “Resilience in the Sundarbans” Tuesday 18th of March 2025, 12 pm to 1.30 pm, Room Nil 1, SDC, Eichenweg...
Scaling up Experiments
"Scaling up co-developed experimentations and Solutions for sustainability". on Monday, 17th of March (10 am-3 pm) at UNIL, Geopolis, Room 2238 Geopolis Two SOR4D projects ENGAGE4Sundarbans and the SCALAGRO team members will join for a workshop to reflect on the...