Location:
Sariakandi union in Sariakandi Upazila (sub-district) under Bogra District is situated about 28 KM east from the Bogra city. Kamarjani Union is in Gaibandha Sadar Upazila under Gaibandha district which is located in the North-west region of Bangladesh. Gaibandha is about 300 km from Dhaka.

Local Host Organizations:
Practical Action Bangladesh and Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK) will host the field visit in Bogra and Gabandha for CBA workshop participants.
Practical Action Bangladesh works to build the technical skills and capacity of the small scale producers and their institutions in selected areas of the country so that the beneficiaries can improve their livelihoods.
It provides technical assistance to NGO/GO staff through skills training, information dissemination, and research, and demonstration, exploration of market opportunities and policy advocacy since 1997 in Bangladesh.
Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK) has been working in Gaibandha district as a local non-profitable voluntary organization from 1985 with numerous development programmes for the people who are deprived, neglected, helpless and very poor.
Core Programmes of the organization:

• Development of human resources and sustainable institution building program
• Improvement of livelihood and protection of income, erosion program
• Promotion of gender equality and women empowerment program
• Promotion of accountability and good governance program; and
• Disaster and environment management program.

Climate and environment related problems in the areas:
Thousands of poor people live with the constant threat of homelessness, damage to, and loss of, their possessions and means of livelihoods, and risks of injury and death due to weather – related natural disasters like flooding, river bank erosion, storm, cyclone, drought, cold wave and desertification.
Meteorological data reveals that temperature has increased over the last 30 years with seasonal variations in this region. Increasing winter temperatures have negative effects on winter crop, particularly potato production.
Climate change adaptation measures should be taken by the communities at local level to reduce their vulnerabilities. Climate related variability has already affected the lives and livelihood of different occupational groups e.g, farmers, fishermen, wage laborers, small traders, rickshaw pullers etc.
Recent study findings have identified the following areas for reducing Climate risk and vulnerabilities:

• Awareness to the communities,
• Strengthen livelihoods through adaptation,
• Capacity building of the community and other stakeholders and
• Policy influence and linkages.

List of activities by village to visit:

• Cluster housing in Paikpara village and seed preservation modalities practices in Dighalkandhi of Sariakandi (Programs of Practical Action Bangladesh)
• Flood shelter at Kunderpara Village
• Plinth raised houses at Kunderpara
• Diversified crop agriculture at Kundarpara and Baitkamary Villages in Kamarjani Union
• Local adaptation techniques including portable cook stove, storage of fuel etc.
• Community based disaster preparedness activities in Kamarjani Union
• Observe some raised Homestead, raised Tube- well and flood copping activities in Kharjani Villages; and
• Observe river bank erosion sites.