Health, Education & Community Radio
Primary healthcare, adolescent and child education, and two community radio stations that keep isolated coastal people informed.
COAST runs primary healthcare from its own resources in remote upazilas of Cox's Bazar, Bhola and Patuakhali: ante- and post-natal care, counselling, basic treatment and medicines at cost, delivered by locally trained paramedics and birth attendants.
COAST supports community schools until communities or government take them over, runs adolescent programmes with PKSF, and education projects for Rohingya children with UNICEF.
Its two community radio stations, Radio Meghna (FM 99.0) in Bhola and Radio Saikat in Cox's Bazar, broadcast local news, early warnings and public service announcements during disasters.
Projects in this programme
ENRICH
- Partner
- PKSF
Adolescent Program
- Partner
- PKSF
- Area
- Bhola
Health Program
- Partner
- COAST own fund
- Area
- Cox's Bazar, Bhola, Patuakhali
Radio Meghna FM 99.0
- Partner
- COAST
- Area
- Bhola
Radio Saikat
- Partner
- COAST
- Area
- Cox's Bazar
Other programmes
01 Social Justice
Building leadership among the poor so they can mediate their demands with local government, organise around local issues and claim their rights.
02 Climate Justice & Advocacy
Campaigning at local, national and international level for climate finance, tax and debt justice, and a fair deal for coastal people, through the EquityBD platform.
03 Rohingya Response & Localisation
Education, child protection, WASH and social cohesion for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox's Bazar and on Bhasan Char, alongside a national campaign for locally led response.
04 Disaster Risk Reduction & Response
A standing disaster policy, own emergency fund and trained staff that let COAST act within hours of cyclones, floods and tidal surges.
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