Extended Community Climate Change Project- Flood (ECCCP- Flood)

The intensity and frequency of storms, surges, floods and other natural disasters have increased in Bangladesh due to global warming and climate changes. These natural calamities are creating barriers to the development of the country. In line with the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, PKSF is implementing the Extended Community Climate Change Project-Flood (ECCCP-Flood) project.

The project benefits 90,000 people directly and another 1,00,000 people indirectly in Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Jamalpur districts. Their resilience to climate change is likely to increase significantly by the end of the project.

After raising plinths of 5,574 homesteads with the project support, the project participants have been able to protect their assets including their livestock by staying at their own houses during flood in 2022. Even some non-participating members of the communities took shelter on their raised homesteads during the flood.

 

In addition, thousands of people of 11 upazilas have been able to protect themselves from the adverse effects of climate change by installing tubewells for safe drinking water, constructing flood-resilient latrines, rearing goat/sheep in slatted sheds, cultivating climate-smart crops, etc.

GCF

PKSF is accredited by Green Climate Fund (GCF) as a Direct Access Entity (DAE) and it also looks after the UN Adaptation Fund as the National Implementing Entity (NIE) in Bangladesh

ECCCP-Flood

PKSF launched the Extended Community Climate Change Project - Flood (ECCCP-Flood) in April 2020 to increase the resilience of the poor living in the flood-prone areas

 

The project sought grant finance from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in the reality that the people living in the riverine char areas are highly vulnerable to climate change fallout, particularly floods. Their homesteads see regular inundation during a normal flood. Their livelihoods depend on subsistence agriculture and agriculture wage labor which also are very sensitive to flooding. They lose their crops almost every alternative year. The women in the char areas are particularly vulnerable to floods because they have to look after children and old members of the households in addition to collecting drinking water, cooking food, looking after poultry and livestock, and other household activities. Adolescent girls and women are also vulnerable to sexual harassments during a flood because they have to stay on the embankments or flood shelters. These poor communities always struggle to meet their daily necessary commodities and have the least capacity to address additional threats.

SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT AT A GLANCE

 

ActivitiesTotal target of the ProjectAchieved until June 2023
Climate Change Adaptation Group (CCAG) Formation10001000
Raising of Homestead Plinths100009744
Installation of Tubewells500494
Construction of Climate-resilient Sanitary Latrines28102722
Providing Support to Raer Goat/Sheep in Slatted Sheds100009432
Household-based High Value and Climate-resilient Agricultural Demonstration among the Farmers100009267

Goal
To increase the resilience of the poor, marginalized and climate-vulnerable communities to the adverse effects of climate change in the flood-prone areas of Bangladesh.

Outcomes, outputs and activities

Outcome 1: Institutions (Implementing Entities) and community groups strengthened capacity on addressing climate change

Output: 1.1: Climate change adaptation groups (CCAGs) formed and operationalized
Activity 1.1.1: Beneficiary selection and group formation
Activity 1.1.2: Preparing beneficiaries’ socio-economic profile
Activity 1.1.3: Arranging monthly group meetings on climate change issues of CCAGs

Output 1.2: Preparation of vulnerability assessment and adaptation action plan
Activity 1.2.1: Carrying out participatory vulnerability assessment
Activity 1.2.2: Preparing local-level adaptation action plan using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools

Output 1.3: Training and workshops on climate change conducted for beneficiaries and stakeholders
Activity 1.3.1: Preparing training manuals and guidelines on climate change issues and project management
Activity 1.3.2: Preparing training plan and organizing training sessions for beneficiaries
Activity 1.3.3: Organizing training for IE staff
Activity 1.3.4: Organizing exchange visits for CCAG members and IE staff
Activity 1.3.5: Organizing workshops and seminars

Output 1.4: Preparation and dissemination of knowledge products
Activity 1.4.1: Preparing and disseminating knowledge products

Outcome 2: Protection of homesteads from adverse effects of flood

Output 2.1: Raised homesteads above flood level
Activity 2.1.1: Raising homestead plinths in clusters

Output 2.2: Reconstruction of climate-resilient houses
Activity 2.2.1: Providing financial support to reconstruct climate-resilient houses on raised plinths

Outcome 3: Increased access to safe water and sanitation

Output 3.1: Installation of flood-resilient tubewells
Activity 3.1.1: Installing tube wells

Output 3.2: Construction of sanitary latrines
Activity 3.2.1: Construct climate-resilient sanitary latrines

Outcome 4: Access to flood-resilient livelihood

Output 4.1: Rearing of goats/sheep in slatted houses
Activity 4.1.1: Providing support to rearing goats/sheep in slatted houses

Output 4.2: Cultivation of flood-tolerant crops
Activity 4.2.1: Cultivation of flood-resilient rice varieties BRRI Dhan 51 & 52, and BINA Dhan 11
Activity 4.2.2: Cultivation of early and disease-protective wheat variety BARI 26
Activity 4.2.3: Cultivationg of vegetables on sand bars

Participants
The total number of direct project participants are 90,000 (20,000 Households). The participant selection criteria are as follows:

  • Those living in riverine char and low-lying flood vulnerable areas
  • Priority on women-headed households and other disadvantaged groups
  • Poor and ultra-poor households [defined in the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES 2016) of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS 2017)]
  • Daily income standing at less than USD 1.75,
  • Those not receiving any support from other projects or organizations

Targeted Areas
The project will be implemented in 5 flood-prone districts of Bangladesh — Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Jamalpur.
Duration: 4 years (27 April 2020 – 26 April 2024)
Budget: USD 13.33 million
Funded by: Green Climate Fund (GCF)

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