International Development Grant
Strengthening Resilience in Cox's Bazar
Project Number: CA-3-D004556001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $4,000,000.00
Start Date: March 29, 2018
End Date: March 30, 2020
Duration: 2.0 years
Project Description
This project aims to strengthen the resilience of the host communities in the Cox’s Bazar district benefiting approximately 116 000 people the majority women and girls. Project activities include: (1) maintaining health infrastructure in target facilities; (2) enhancing community outreach and engaging target groups to use sexual reproductive health and primary health care facilities; (3) creating and enhancing women-friendly spaces for survivors of gender-based violence; (4) creating and enhancing child-friendly spaces; (5) setting up adolescent clubs; (6) creating learning centers; (7) training teachers; and(8) building the capacity of local organizations.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved provision and usage of sexual and reproductive health services; (2) scaled up protection services and coping mechanisms for vulnerable women and girls; (3) improved access of children girls and boys including adolescents to safe and protective learning environments; (4) improved access of out-of-school children aged 4-14 years to developmentally appropriate learning; (5) improved management of education by local education officers; and (6) improved compliance of local non-governmental organizations and government programming with international standards.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2020) include: (1) recorded 5 724 skilled and safe deliveries including caesarean sections at seven health facilities established by the project; (2) established a network of 364 community health workers (of whom 56 are Rohingya and 308 are from the host community) to deliver door-to-door behaviour change messaging and encourage the timely seeking of professional assistance at health facilities; (3) 50 421 pregnant women (of whom 50% are from the host communities) received antenatal care while 9 425 mothers (of whom 52% are from the host communities) received postnatal care; (4) 149 traditional birth attendants (TBAs) received training on referral requirements for pregnant mothers to deliver at health facilities; 550 complicated pregnancy cases were successfully referred by TBAs for safer deliveries; (5) 459 community health workers received formal training in sexual reproductive and health rights (SRHR) enabling 450 718 women to have SRHR information; (6) 1 329 individuals (of whom 8 294 are in camps 6 151 are from the host communities) received training on the basic concepts of gender-based violence (GBV); (7) 915 individuals identified as victims of trafficking or survivors of GBV received individual case management support and multi-sectoral services such as medical assistance temporary shelter along with livelihood or income generation support; (8) 6 120 adolescents (of whom 52% are girls) received life skills development support through the 101 adolescent clubs founded by the project (of which 74 are located in Rohingya refugee camps and 27 are located in host communities); (9) established 16 safe spaces for women and girls and 40 community-based child protection committees for the continued response to women and girls’ needs. This includes the identification of vulnerable children and their referrals to service providers; (10) Under the education component enabled 3 174 children ages 4 to 14 (o
Key Information
Executing Agency:
IOM – International Organization for Migration
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
OGM Indo-Pacific
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated