FIVDB implements a diverse range of development projects in partnership with various national and international donors. Projects are housed under its core thematic areas, integrating long-standing institutional experience with emerging global ideas and innovations. Each initiative is designed to build on FIVDB’s proven approaches while incorporating new knowledge, technologies, and partnerships to ensure sustainable and scalable development outcomes. FIVDB implies approaches that makes the projects inclusive, community-driven and aligned with national and global development priorities.

Projects in last five years

Rural Advisory
Services for Women Empowerment (RASWE)

A man and a woman standing outdoors in front of a blue sign that reads "Rural Services Center (RSC)" in English and other languages, with green fields and trees in the background.

The Rural Advisory Services for Women Empowerment (RASWE) project works to improve the socio-economic situation of economically vulnerable and politically marginalised women in the rural district of Sirajganj.  The consortium project led by Welthungerhilfe Bangladesh, implemented by Friends In Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) & Uttaran directly supports 3,000 women farmers and entrepreneurs and 100 women Community Service Providers (CSPs)…….

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Feed the Future
Bangladesh
Nutrition Activity

A group of people sitting in a circle on an orange mat outdoors, listening to a man speaking. The group includes women in colorful traditional clothing and children, with some women wearing headscarves. In the background, there are banners and a building.

Nutritional status of Bangladeshis has improved steadily over the past decade, but challenges remain. For example, the prevalence of children under five who are stunted and underweight declined from 43 percent and 41 percent in 2007 to 31 percent and 22 percent in 2017, but these levels are still high. Underlying causes of poor nutrition outcomes are unhealthy diets and lifestyles; low access………

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Climate-resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Community Life in The Haor Region of Bangladesh

Group of four school children walking along a wall, with three girls wearing red skirts and blue uniforms, and one boy wearing khaki pants and a blue shirt, in a rural area with trees and houses in the background.

FIVDB has successfully completed the project “Climate Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Community Life in the Haor Region of Bangladesh” in Derai Upazilla of Sunamganj District. Under the project

  1. In some areas, revetment walls made of concrete blocks was built, and depending on ……..

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