MYAP: Nobo Jibon (New Life)

$22.81M USD

Funder	Department of Agriculture
Recipient Organization	Save the Children Federation, Inc.
Country	Bangladesh
Start Date	Jul 15, 2010
End Date	Nov 14, 2014
Duration	1,583 days
Number of Grantees	68
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`192203-76`

Grant Description

"Nobo Jibon is a five-year (2010-2015) program funded by USAIDs Multi Year Assistance Program (MYAP) and designed to reduce food insecurity and vulnerability for over 190,000 households (representing a population of about one million individual beneficiaries). The project covers nine most food-insecure upazillas in Barisal Division in southern Bangladesh.

The core strategy of Nobo Jibon is to help households to have increased production and income, with improve access to food, links families and community groups with market opportunities that significantly improve households income.

Indirect benefits of the program will spill over throughout Barisal Division as a result of broader disaster preparedness, early warning and response capacity.