• World Vision and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) organized a lessons learned workshop on November 2021, ensuring the results achieved by USAID’s ‘Nobo Jatra – new beginning’ project sustain and families stay resilient in the long term. Key representatives from Government including Dr. Md. Enamur Rahman MP, Honorable State Minister, MoDMR, Mr. Md. Mohsin, Secretary, MoDMR, USAID, donors, private sector and academia shared experiences and lessons learned from Nobo Jatra to support stakeholders effectively carry forward key sustainable services to strengthen the food security, nutrition and livelihoods of poor and extreme poor people in Bangladesh.

  • Honorable Additional Secretary Md. Moyazzem Hossain of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (3rd from the left) is visiting Chamok Reverse Osmosis (RO) water treatment plant in Dacope on January, 2021 to observe how the RO plant works to ensure sustainable safe water for the communities in southwest Bangladesh.

  • “Independence in my eyes is having a farm where I grow vegetables, cultivate fish and rear ducks – and teach others how to do the same!” Says Ayesha Khatun, one of the 199 lead farmers in southwest Bangladesh capacitated by USAID’s Nobo Jatra Project in climate smart agricultural technologies and eco-friendly farming techniques.

  • “Our crops are climate resilient, I earn 20,000 Taka on average per month and invest that for the quality education of my children!” says Rabbani Sarder, one of the 199 USAID’s Nobo Jatra project trained lead farmers in southwest Bangladesh whose production and income increased threefold using climate smart agricultural techniques and organic fertilizer.

  • Nutrition safety nets for pregnant and lactating women in south west Bangladesh


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  • US Ambassador visits USAID’s Nobo Jatra activity

    US Ambassador Earl R. Miller visited Nobo Jatra working areas in Dacope. Accompanied by World Vision Bangladesh National Director and Nobo Jatra Chief of Party, the Ambassador interacted with lead farmers to observe climate smart agriculture and local entrepreneurs with hatcheries.

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Nobo Jatra – New Beginning is a seven year USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance funded Resilience Food Security Activity implemented by World Vision Bangladesh. Nobo Jatra is implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Disaster Management, Government of Bangladesh and Winrock International.

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Our Goal

USAID’s Nobo Jatra – New Beginning activity, implemented by World Vision Bangladesh works to improve gender equitable food security, nutrition and resilience for vulnerable populations in south west Bangladesh.

Our Purposes

Improved nutritional status of children under five years of age, pregnant and lactating women and adolescent girls

  • Improved utilization of WASH practices
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy
  • Increased equitable intake of nutritious food
  • Increased practice of gender equitable norms in the household (food distribution, work load, supporting environment, and decision making)

Increased equitable household income

  • Increased diversification of livelihoods for graduation participants
  • Increased production of safe, diverse and nutritious-foods

Strengthened gender equitable ability of people, households, communities and systems to mitigate, adapt to and recover from natural shocks and stresses

  • Strengthened disaster preparedness and response of communities
  • Strengthened disaster preparedness and response of government institutions and private organizations

Improved social accountability and national policy engagement of service provision for vulnerable men and women

  • Increased responsiveness of market-based local service providers (WASH & Agriculture) to meet the needs of vulnerable men & women
  • Increased responsiveness of government service providers (H&N, DRR, AgE, social protection) to meet the needs of vulnerable men and women
  • Vulnerable communities raise demand on social & technical services

Our Components

Maternal Child Health & Nutrition (MCHN)

Nobo Jatra works to change childcare behaviors, improve intra-household food allocation, and integrate MCHN services and messages with GoB and private health care providers to improve nutritional status of CU5 and caregivers.

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)

Nobo Jatra aims to reduce incidences of diarrhoea among children under 5 through improving access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene for poor and marginalized communities.

Agriculture & Livelihoods

Nobo Jatra supports vulnerable men and women to increase their income and access to nutritious food through entrepreneurial literacy, agriculture and alternative livelihoods with an emphasis on approaches with potential for high involvement and low barriers to entry for women and youth.

Gender

As a cross cutting area, the project makes continuous efforts to ensure women’s equitable participation, improve access to/control over resources and increase decision-making power.

Good Governance & Social Accountability

The social accountability gender integration strategy will focus on facilitating women’s access to leadership positions, leadership training and strengthening their role in decision making.

Disaster Risk Reduction

Nobo Jatra works towards improvements in household and community resilience in the southwest coastal context through coordinated and focused support of multiple actors including households and communities themselves.

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