in the climate conscious world there is a lot of talk about smart city mayors exchanging solutions; but what about exchnages between 2 billion poorest smart villages
brac's been cataloguing adapation experinecs across generations - it was early into social forestry as an extension of the idea of cash crops (those grow to sell to citizens s)
but other cases emerge from disasters and brac having netwoirks that build on the lessons
eg
Rice cultivation was the only
source of income for Goutom
Mandal and his family. The farmer
from Baroikhali, Khulna, lived well
enough, and was looking forward
to a good future for his only child.
But all his hopes and only means
of survival were destroyed when
Cyclone Aila washed away his rice
crops and left his fields inundated
in seawater. He was unable to plant
new paddy in the saline land and
lost his livelihood. And worse, he
had to stop sending his daughter
to school. Facing poverty and
frustration, Goutom was fortunate
enough to benefit from BRAC’s Aila
rehabilitation project which advised
him to use the brackish water in his
flooded fields for fattening crabs
in pens as an alternative livelihood.
He received 15,000 takas worth of
supplies, including nets, bamboo
fencing, baby crabs and feed. He
made a profit of 2,500 takas within
15 days, managing to meet his
family’s basic needs. His daughter
has restarted school. And Goutom
has again started dreaming
brac and bangladesh offer partners unique opportunities to partner - here's an example from the sanitation challenge of poor nations climate conscious infrastructure leapfroging
