Brac, 6 NGOs to improve social conditions in Cox’s Bazar

Brac has recently signed a partnership agreement with six local peers for improving economic conditions at the grassroots.  

The six are the Society for Health Extension and Development (SHED), Programme for Helpless and Lagged Societies (PHALS), Alliance for Cooperation and Legal Aid Bangladesh (AKLAB), Jago Nari Unnayan Sangstha (JNUS), NONGOR and HELP Cox's Bazar, says a press release sent yesterday

The six will conduct activities focusing local development, uphold social cordiality, raise awareness for prevention of gender related violence, protection of children, women and the old and mainstreaming people with disabilities of Cox's Bazar.

They are also expected to work for the improvement of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health and education of Rohingya refugees. The deal will expire after December this year.

Copies of the agreement were shared among the stakeholders at Cox's Bazar on Monday.