BANGLADESH

LIFE PROJECT CENTER - DACCA

Since September 2019, a team of Catalysts has been working to open the first Life Project Center in Bangladesh, where 55% of the population lives in slums and 2 million Youth struggle to find decent work. In Bhashantek, a shanty town north of Dhaka with more than 30,000 inhabitants, LP4Y started working in February 2020 with 10 Youth, mostly women, occupying a room lent by the community. The search continues for a building to settle the Life Project Center where work will begin to mobilize a local ecosystem. A network is being developed and partnerships are being established between businesses, civil society and local institutions. Things bode well for an effective collaboration to support the social and professional integration of the Youth who will make up the program.

*LP4Y is private limited company, non for-profit.

Fahad Hossain

Operations manager - Water & Life Bangladesh

"The unemployment rate in Bangladesh is huge and is considerably risen up, overall among Youth. The lack of placement policy and poor skill development initiatives from the Government results in joblessness which is pushing the youth into precarity. Hence, there is a huge opportunity for LP4Y to play a vital role in training young adults to build their social and professional integration and job creation. In Bhashantek, LP4Y team will create a value to the youths in terms of their self empowerment and productive life. LP4Y program will be the beacon of youth for a better future."

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