Taungya

Our work in figures Taungya works with communities, stakeholders and donors across the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

Thematic areas of work: 5
Hill districts in our working area: 3
Donor partnerships to date: 6

About

Taungya is a non-profit organization in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. We bring indigenous communities, environment, and socio-economic advancement together — because landscape restoration and cultural resilience need to happen now.

Thematic areas

Taungya's work spans five areas identified through dialogues and field surveys in relevant local places.

Environment
Short-term and long-term environmental issues and trends, including deforestation and its effect to various unrelated sectors.
Socio-economy
Issues and trends in the fastest-changing economy in the hill areas, and the social organizations involved in the economy.
Education
The state of education for indigenous children in the CHT, seen through community perspectives, especially in remote villages.
Health
Health scenes in the community and effective options based on traditional health care and the services in vogue.
Gender
Constraints on the betterment of gender rights, cultural limitations and obstacles social to changes in established gender roles.

Who we are

A catalyst for the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Taungya intends to be a catalyst towards the articulation of the development perspectives of the people of the CHT and their views on indigenous culture and environment. Given the reach of a voluntary organization, we combine direct projects and dialogues with indirect means such as networking, research, advocacy and publications.