
Vision
In the light of the Social Teachings of the Church, Caritas Bangladesh envisions a society, which embraces the values of freedom and justice, peace and forgiveness, to live as a communion and community of mutual love and
respect.
Mission
Caritas Bangladesh tries to become a partner of people – especially the poor and marginalized, with equal respect for all – to attain integral development, to live a truly human life in dignity and to serve others responsibly.
We wish to ensure Ecological Sustainability and sustainable livelihood through the use and preservation of Natural Resources and Capacity Building in Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation.
• Humanitarian assistance to people affected by natural calamities and
man-made disasters.
• Capacity building of the people in coping with disasters and climate
change.
• Promotion of innovative steps to minimize degradation of environment
and depletion of natural resources.
• Promotion of People’s Led Approach/Farmers’ Led Approach (PLA/FLA)
for sustainable livelihood and food sovereignty.
• Advocacy for climate justice for poverty reduction and promotion of
indigenous knowledge and community based approaches for climate
change adaptation.
Our other environmental objectives include:
• Undertake awareness campaign and advocate climate justice for poverty
reduction considering different agro ecological zones and facilitate
awareness on judicious use of natural resources including climate
change adaptation.
• Define and develop awareness, advocacy and behavior change
communication (BCC) materials for family, community, institutions to
disseminate and mainstream good practices; and promote dialogue,
exchange of information and coordination to ensure rights and well being
of the climate refugees and migrants.
• Join and support local, national, regional and international initiatives to
develop broad-based awareness, linkage and networking for policy
initiatives to review and enforce climate justice, environmental
laws/conventions including climate change adaptation.
• Replicate learning and good practices for sustainable use of natural
resources, farmer led approach for sustainable livelihood for food
sovereignty.
• Facilitate innovation, implementation and replication of climate change
adaptation knowledge and technologies at home and abroad.
• Undertake awareness campaign and advocate for safe food for reduction
of harmful effects of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
Contact Information:
1/C, 1/A Pallabi Mirpur-12
Dhaka Bangladesh
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