CARITAS BANGLADESH

ASIA - BANGLADESH

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Caritas Bangladesh: Promoting the land rights of indigenous communities (ALOC)

Caritas Bangladesh was founded in 1967. Today, the organization mobilizes nearly 6,000 employees and volunteers who work together at various levels, both national and diocesan.

Its interventions are structured around six strategic axes:

Improving the quality of life of people living in extreme poverty and vulnerable communities
Promoting the right to education and inclusive, quality education
Strengthening health education and access to public health services
Improving disaster response and strengthening community resilience
Promoting ecological sustainability
Improving the living conditions of indigenous populations

The CoRe II (ALOC) project

The ALOC (CoRe II) project aims to secure land rights and promote ecological justice for indigenous peoples in Bangladesh. It addresses major challenges such as land grabbing, forced evictions, and the gradual disappearance of traditional knowledge.

To achieve this, the project combines legal assistance, digital land mapping, and advocacy efforts. It also promotes agroecology, biodiversity conservation, the development of sustainable livelihoods, and the empowerment of women and youth.

By strengthening food security, resilience to climate change and community leadership, the project helps to enable indigenous communities to live with dignity, in harmony with their ancestral territories.

Key Activities

Legal assistance and digital land mapping
Awareness campaigns and mobile legal clinics to ensure the recognition of ancestral lands and protect communities from evictions
Promotion of agroecology and ecological agriculture
Biodiversity conservation
Establishment of seed banks, model ecological villages and cooperatives for marketing organic products
Involvement of women and young people through leadership training, intergenerational knowledge sharing and cultural exchanges
Disaster preparedness, improved housing safety, and promotion of environmentally friendly livelihoods

https://caritasbd.org/