Earth Development Foundation

Dhaka, see you on 23 September, 2026!

Earth Development Foundation (EDF), supported by Pure Earth Bangladesh, is hosting the Local Action for Lead-Free Communities: Youth-Led Solution Workshop in your district.

Location: Global Platform Bangladesh, Road 128, Gulshan 01, Dhaka-1212

This intensive, day-long session is designed to engage and empower young people from Dhaka to:

Learn: Discover how lead actually moves through your district, covering sources, toxicology, and health impacts.

Map: Work with expert facilitators to map the problem, identifying root causes, stakeholders, and pressure points.

Innovate: Build your own community intervention idea from scratch.

Develop: Get a 3-day window after the workshop to turn your concept into a full, actionable project.

The Top 3 ideas will pitch live to our multi-sectoral judging panel and the Top 6 finalists will present their projects at the ILPPW 2026 exhibition in Dhaka.

Form Link: https://forms.gle/GEhV2sNSLAYwW4RA8

Apply Now: Local Action for Lead-Free Communities: Youth-Led Solution Workshop, Dhaka Join Earth Development Foundation (EDF) to address the hidden lead exposure in your community! We are selecting youth advocates in Dhaka to learn about lead pollution and design community-rooted interventions for Lead contamination. Program Date: 23th September, Saturday Time: 09:00 AM- 6:00 PM Venu...

That’s a wrap on an incredible day of problem-solving at Mymensingh!

Yesterday we concluded the "Local Action for Lead-Free Communities: Youth-Led Solution Workshop,” with the support of Pure Earth Bangladesh, hosted by Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Earth Club.

The workshop brought together youth across different backgrounds interested in addressing the lead pollution to break this massive challenge down into solvable, local pieces. The workshop also guided participants through rethinking historical environmental crises, mapping out real local lead sources like used lead-acid battery (ULAB) recycling, adulterated spices, metallic cookware and shifting the focus from global statistics to grassroots action.

Our youth participants spent the day building real-world local-led interventions. Using a six-question framework, analyzing who owns, controls, benefits, consumes, suffers and handles the waste, their solo and group works unpacked the root inequalities of pollution. They then designed their own community-based solutions, ranging from occupational protection and water testing to youth peer-education networks. Every pitch was discussed to ensure it was feasible, locally tailored, scalable and highly impactful.

Certificates of Participation were then handed over to everyone who completed the day. Now, the next 3 days belong to them to formalize those ideas into full submissions.

Mymensingh, you asked good questions today. Now it’s time to build something. Thank you.

অগ্রযাত্রা নারী ফোরাম আয়োজিত আজকের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ কর্মশালা
আজ ১৯ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৬ তারিখে অগ্রযাত্রা নারী ফোরাম-এর আয়োজনে “Building a Strong Safeguarding Culture in NGOs” শীর্ষক একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ কর্মশালা অনুষ্ঠিত হয়েছে।
কর্মশালাটি সঞ্চালনা করেন মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান মিঠু। কর্মশালায় এনজিও ও উন্নয়ন সংস্থায় একটি শক্তিশালী সুরক্ষা সংস্কৃতি (Safeguarding Culture) গড়ে তোলার প্রয়োজনীয়তা, নীতি, দায়িত্বশীলতা এবং প্রতিষ্ঠানের সকল পর্যায়ে নিরাপদ ও সম্মানজনক কর্মপরিবেশ নিশ্চিত করার বিভিন্ন দিক নিয়ে আলোচনা করা হয়।
একটি কার্যকর ও দায়িত্বশীল প্রতিষ্ঠান গড়ে তুলতে শুধু নীতিমালা প্রণয়নই যথেষ্ট নয়, বরং তা প্রতিষ্ঠানের দৈনন্দিন কার্যক্রম ও সাংগঠনিক সংস্কৃতির অংশ হিসেবে বাস্তবায়ন করা জরুরি।
নিরাপদ প্রতিষ্ঠান, মর্যাদাপূর্ণ পরিবেশ এবং জবাবদিহিমূলক উন্নয়ন কার্যক্রম নিশ্চিত করার লক্ষ্যে এ ধরনের উদ্যোগ অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ।
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Mymensingh, we’re coming to you tomorrow!

Earth Development Foundation (EDF), supported by Pure Earth Bangladesh, is hosting the Local Action for Lead-Free Communities: Youth-Led Solution Workshop in your district.

📍 Location: 2nd Floor, Old Administrative Building, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Mymensingh

This intensive, day-long session is designed to engage and empower young people from Mymensingh to:

Learn: Discover how lead actually moves through your district, covering sources, toxicology, and health impacts.

Map: Work with expert facilitators to map the problem, identifying root causes, stakeholders, and pressure points.

Innovate: Build your own community intervention idea from scratch.

Develop: Get a 3-day window after the workshop to turn your concept into a full, actionable project.

The Top 3 ideas will pitch live to our multi-sectoral judging panel and the Top 6 finalists will present their projects at the ILPPW 2026 exhibition in Dhaka.

Earth Development Foundation (EDF), with the support of Pure Earth Bangladesh, is proud to announce the launch of Local Action for Lead-Free Communities: Youth-Led Solution Workshops!

We’re bringing these youth-focused workshops to Mymensingh (September 19), Dhaka (September 23), and Khulna (September 26); with intensive, day-long sessions designed to engage and empower young people to:

Learn: Discover how lead actually moves through your district, covering sources, toxicology, and health impacts.

Map: Work with expert facilitators to map the problem, identifying root causes, stakeholders, and pressure points.

Innovate: Build your own community intervention idea from scratch.

Develop: Get a 3-day window after the workshop to turn your concept into a full, actionable project.

Who can apply?
Anyone aged 18–25, including undergraduate students, environmental and public health researchers, and grassroots youth advocates.

🏆The Top 3 ideas per district (Total 9 semi-finalists) will be selected and given an opportunity to pitch their ideas Live to our multi-sectoral judging panel.

🏆The Top 6 finalists will present their project at the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) 2026 exhibition in a high-level national event in Dhaka!

A Certificate of Participation will be awarded to everyone who completes the full workshop day.

If you are interested and eager to learn, contribute, and take action toward a lead-free Bangladesh, Please Apply Now!

🔗 Application Process:

Mymensingh: https://forms.gle/YFLmRhLCfZ8cobHq6

Dhaka: https://forms.gle/GEhV2sNSLAYwW4RA8

Khulna: https://forms.gle/t3UnYPafFqCnweLk7

⏳ আর মাত্র ০৫ দিন বাকি!

Earth Development Foundation (EDF)-এর ১ বছর মেয়াদী "Youth Alliance for Public Health & Climate Action, Khulna"-এ আবেদনের সময়সীমা প্রায় শেষ পর্যায়ে!

তুমি কি জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন এবং জনস্বাস্থ্য নিয়ে কাজ করতে আগ্রহী? প্রফেশনাল মেন্টরশিপ, রিসার্চ এবং সরাসরি ফিল্ড ক্যাম্পেইনের মাধ্যমে নিজেকে একজন লিডার হিসেবে তৈরি করতে চাও? তাহলে এই সুযোগটি তোমার জন্য!

🎓 কারা আবেদন করতে পারবে?

খুলনা শহরের যেকোনো বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ১ম, ২য় এবং ৩য় বর্ষের শিক্ষার্থীরা (যেকোনো বিভাগ থেকে) আবেদন করতে পারবে। (পূর্ব অভিজ্ঞতার প্রয়োজন নেই!)

শেষ মুহূর্তের তাড়াহুড়ো এড়াতে আজই তোমার আবেদনটি সম্পন্ন করো এবং সমাজের ইতিবাচক পরিবর্তনে আমাদের সাথে যুক্ত হও!

⏳ আবেদনের শেষ তারিখ: ১৯ সেপ্টেম্বর, ২০২৬

🔗 আবেদনের লিংক: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczre9pcGScm-KYB2C2cfUNV9j-FZHOqB2ZSKO11Vok6LWknA/viewform

📞 প্রয়োজনে যোগাযোগ: +8801677787404 | [email protected]

Youth Alliance for Public Health & Climate Action, Khulna About the Alliance Youth Alliance for Public Health & Climate Action, Khulna is a platform of motivated students who are passionate about climate change and public health issues. Members will learn and act through seminars, study circles, workshops, conferences and direct involvement in campaigns an...

No, this is not the mid-20th century, where lead has been directly shortening our life spans, but now, it's rather a slow poison that is yet to leave our systems and our food and environment.

A study conducted by a team of researchers from Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) and Daffodil International University tested six types of metals and how much of these metals can be found in our food items. The study found a strong correlation between chromium and lead, suggesting that these two metals are likely to come from the same contamination source or process. Children are at higher risk of falling ill due to being exposed to lead since they weigh less than adults; hence, they are more susceptible to lead poisoning or being affected by it more.

A few symptoms of lead damage can range from having low IQ and anemia to kidney damage and so on; these symptoms seem like something that you can hear everyone having and not think is very concerning. If one were to look at how anemia is considered quirky and is sometimes romanticised by Gen Z as something that'll go away by just "chewing on ice" or how people having low IQ is just the norm and not something to be concerned about, it is also something that has us blinded from considering lead as a pressing health hazard. A systematic review across 44 low- and middle-income countries found roughly 48.5% of children in LMICs had blood lead levels exceeding 5 ug/dL. In high-income countries, only about 5% of children exceed that same threshold, and just 1% exceed 10 ug/dL. People in Bangladesh, especially in low- or middle-class households, cannot always afford to buy food or toys or dishes or even go for health checkups monthly due to time and money, and people with low calcium and iron levels in their bodies are more susceptible to lead poisoning.

We are constantly blinded by our own ignorance. Yes, everything can be correlated back to a Bangladeshi ordinary citizen's income, food security, job security, and public healthcare, but we also fail to record lead into account as one of the major leading causes as well. Lead is in the air that you breathe, in the paint that chips off of your walls, in the dishes you eat out of, and in the auto rickshaw batteries you take, so it's faster for you to reach the place you refused to leave 10 minutes early for. It's in the make-ups and cosmetics that you use every day or the toys that you kids play with or chew on, and it's definitely in your water and your food. It is an inescapable cycle, one that most people are completely unaware of.


We first and foremost need to take the initiative to be more aware of what we are being exposed to in every step of the way and leave a clear and conscious mind open for new information regarding the environment and our health as well as educating and making our friends and families and other people in our communities aware of the effects that lead have caused us to have in our day-to-day life. We also need to be aware of all the technologies that we're using, especially to debate whether it's something that is a need or it's a want that you could go without. Technology is ever-evolving, and as much as it is impressive and convenient, it can easily be as harmful and something that is becoming detrimental to our planet and livelihood, so we need to be more cautious and aware of it.

দেশে বিদ্যমান সকল সরকারি/বেসরকারি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে সামাজিক দায়বদ্ধতা কর্মসূচির (CSR)-এর নামে তামাক কোম্পানির সকল কার্যক্রম নিষিদ্ধকরণ সংক্রান্ত 'ধূমপান ও তামাকজাত দ্রব্য ব্যবহার (নিয়ন্ত্রণ) (সংশোধন) আইন, ২০২৬'-এর 'ধারা-৫(৩)'-এর বিধান প্রতিপালন নিশ্চিতকরণে প্রয়োজনীয় ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণ করতে সকল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়কে বাংলাদেশ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় মঞ্জুরী কমিশন কর্তৃক নির্দেশক্রমে অনুরোধ জানানো হয়েছে।

📢 Calling all young changemakers in Khulna!

Are you passionate about climate change and public health? The Earth Development Foundation (EDF) is thrilled to announce the launch of the Youth Alliance for Public Health & Climate Action, Khulna!

This is a structured, year-long civic engagement platform where you can learn, act, and lead through direct involvement in campaigns and research.

🌟 Program Highlights:

Structured Training: Participate in workshops on public health fundamentals, climate science, and community advocacy.

Mentorship: Receive one-on-one guidance from professionals in the health and environmental sectors.

Certification: Earn an official certificate of participation from EDF upon successful completion!

🎓 Who Can Apply?

Current 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students from any university in Khulna City.

Students from ANY department or institute are welcome!

No prior experience is required, just a genuine interest in making a difference.

🗓 Duration: 1 Year (October 2026 – October 2027)
⏳ Deadline: 19 September, 2026

🔗 Apply Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczre9pcGScm-KYB2C2cfUNV9j-FZHOqB2ZSKO11Vok6LWknA/viewform?usp=dialog

📞 For Any Queries: +8801677787404 | [email protected]