Start Network is delighted to announce that the successful partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands is due to continue, with just over £12million GBP allocated for the next three and a half years.
News and blogs
Cyclone Remal caused heavy rain and thunderstorms across coastal Bangladesh, leaving an estimated 800,000 people displaced from their homes when it made landfall on the midnight of 26 May.
FOREWARN Bangladesh, in association with Open Mapping Hub - Asia Pacific, is running the first-ever disaster hackathon in Bangladesh. It has announced its top 8 teams from across public, private, and international universities.
Local and national NGOs in coastal Bangladesh have come together to form the Sundarban Coalition.
After a successful four years, Start Fund Bangladesh has received an additional £1.23 million from the UK's FCDO to continue its lifesaving work across the country.
In 2020, Start Fund Bangladesh (SFB) conducted an Organisational System Strengthening Initiative (OSSI) facilitated by an external consultant. This initiative took a participatory approach in assisting six of SFB’s local members to identify gaps in…
When Bangladesh went into lockdown at the end of March 2020, many families were apprehensive about how they would earn a living. Although the government responded quickly by introducing economic stimulus packages, and support for vulnerable and…
In a recent Desk Review on Enhancing the Potential of Pooled Funds for Localisation (September 2020) conducted by the Grand Bargain Workstream 2 on Localisation, Start Fund Bangladesh (SFB) was held up as a strong example of locally-led humanitarian…
Humanitarian coordination in Bangladesh involves a large number of stakeholders and forums, and a complex system of government committees that relate to disaster management actors, clusters, working groups, NGOs and INGOs. To be successful, this…
Start Fund Bangladesh, since its inception in 2017, has been advocating to change the deep-rooted partnership practices that hinder localisation commitments, one of which is the equal sharing of ICR. Although changes were not reflected initially, in…
Using local membership strength of a pooled funding mechanism to extend humanitarian support during a pandemic.
COVID-19 has caused massive disruption to large-scale national and international mobilisation. Reduced international travel and the lockdown of stations, ports, borders, transportation and supply lines has disrupted the operations of many INGOs,…