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GUC intends to implement this proposed project during the period of March 2023- February 2025 with the purpose of institutionalizing a system and capacity building of enforcing agencies for implementation and monitoring of the tobacco control laws and guidelines to reduce TAPS ban violation and to increase tobacco vendor licensing. Major objectives of the project are as follows:

Objective-1: To provide national-level technical support for the strengthening and implementation of the Local Government Institutions (LGI)’s Tobacco Control Guideline and National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP).
Objective-2: To assist the Taskforce Committees (TFC) and Local Government Institutions (LGI) for improved implementation of NTCP and better compliance with TAPS provisions in 6 (six) districts and 12 upazilas of Barishal division.
Objective-3: To ensure local government institutions’ system strengthening and capacity building for implementation of Tobacco Control guidelines in 1 (one) City Corporation and 17 (seventeen) municipalities of Barishal division.
Objective-4: To strengthen monitoring, evaluation, documentation and support for on ground enforcement of tobacco control laws and LGI guideline for tobacco control

Major strategies to achieve the objectives are as follows:

Strategy-1: National-level technical support for strengthening and implementation of the LGI’s Tobacco Control Guideline and NTCP
Strategy 2: Facilitating advancement of implementation of National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) and promotion of compliance with TAPS provisions by the TFCs and LGIs in 6 (six) districts and 12 upazilas of Barishal division.
Strategy 3: System strengthening of LGIs and capacity building for implementation of Tobacco Control guidelines in 1 (one) City Corporation and 17 (seventeen) municipalities of Barishal division.
Strategy-4: Monitoring, evaluation, documentation and support for on ground enforcement of tobacco control laws and LGI guideline for tobacco control

GUC will implementing the project along with its 18 local NGO partners (non-financial agreement), 18 Municipality/Local Government Institutions (LGIs) and 18 Task Force Committees, 18 Civil Society Action Committees and 36 local schools and colleges. Grambangla has outstanding achievements in implementing earlier two projects supported by The Bloomberg Initiative To Reduce Tobacco Use and The Union. Grambangla has a good number of skilled human resources, infrastructure and a strong local network to run the planned activities of the project.

It hold 3 March 2022 at CIRDAP Auditorium.

From 23 August 2015 a survey team of 4 members consisting started to conduct a Household Survey of Waste Pickers at Matuail Dump Site Area. Grambangla Unnayan Committee directly guided the survey work. So far,

22 December 2015 Shaheen Akter Doly, Executive Director, Nari Maitree visited Grambangla Technical Training Center to observe the training situation and progress. A K M Maksud cordially welcomed her with the bouquet.

On 22 February 2016 Jill Healey, ‎Executive Director, ChildHope UK visited Matuail dumpsite area to observe the activities of Education and Health for Child Waste Pickers’ Project.

Ms. Sian Arulanantham visited Grambangla School and Grambangla Technical Training Center on 8 January 2017. During her visit, she talked with the students and trainees and Grambangla staff to

On 1 December 2016, STI/ AIDS Network of Bangladesh organized a rally to observe “World AIDS Day”. In 2016, the theme was “Hands Up for #HIV Prevention”. About 500 people from different sectors and economic classes joined the rally.

Every year Human Rights Day comes to us with a new and specific theme. This year, Human Rights Day calls on everyone to Stand Up for Someone’s Rights! This year, Gram Bangla Unnayan Committee observed the day by conducting Rally,

To make the CommunityFacilitators familiar with objectives of the “Education and Health for Child Waste Pickers’ Project supported by ChildHope UK/ Big Lottery Fund and their scope of work, an orientation, and training session was organized at Matuail project office on 17 September 2015 at 10.00 AM.

It hold 3 March 2022 at CIRDAP Auditorium.

To make the CommunityFacilitators familiar with objectives of the “Education and Health for Child Waste Pickers’ Project supported by ChildHope UK/ Big Lottery Fund and their scope of work, an orientation, and training session was organized at Matuail project office on 17 September 2015 at 10.00 AM.

On 1st July and 2nd July 2015, a two days Orientation Workshop for the project staff of “Education and Health for Child Waste Pickers’ Project, supported by ChildHope UK/ Big Lottery

The Ministry of Textile and Jute of People’s Republic of Bangladesh has been implementing a project titled- “A Study on the Development of Textile Education Sector in Bangladesh:

Under the project, “Implementation of Bans on Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship of Tobacco Control Laws of Bangladesh in Barisal Division”

Today, 29 September 2019, With the support of The Union & Bloomberg Initiative to reduce tobacco Use, the Grambangla Unnayan Committee organized the Sharing Meeting on