City Desk :
Shakti Foundation
Leaders and activists of Shakti Foundation, one of the largest non-governmental organizations in Bangladesh, celebrated its founding anniversary with a month-long, nationwide green space initiative. Shakti aims to plant a total of 3,100 trees in the 55 districts that it operates in. In collaboration with the respective DC Offices, trees of various kinds will be planted within the DC office premises or a designated public space. Starting from the second instant, 310 trees have thus far been planted in the districts of Feni, Natore, Bogura and Netrokona. The chief guests presiding over the ceremony in each district were the DC and District Magistrate Shamim Ahmed (Natore), DC Mr. Md. Saiful Islam (Bogra), DC and District Magistrate Abu Salim Mahmud-Ul Hasan (Feni) and NDC Md. Mehedi Hasan (Netrakona). Representatives from Shakti Foundation were also present at the occasion. This initiative will take place in 33 more districts during the current week.Established in 1992, Shakti Foundation has been contributing towards the national shift in poverty alleviation and gender rights through women empowerment, fully digitalized microfinance, basic healthcare.
water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), climate action and sustainability, skills training, advocacy, and disaster response. Under Shakti’s Climate Change Program, over 3,200 trees have been planted in the districts of Dhaka and Cumilla, with public green space interventions currently underway in Mirpur’s Jallad Khana and Mohammadpur’s Lautala Canal.
