Author: Ali Shahin

Emergency food distribution for 5000 shipbreaking workers and families for one month

YPSA, an organization for sustainable development, has provided food assistance to 5,000 unemployed workers and poor families of shipbreaking industry. These food items were distributed in packets among the unemployed workers and poor families of shipbreaking factories in 10 unions and 1 municipality of the Sitakund upazilla of Chattogram in …Read More

Accidents kept happening in the ship breaking yards

Today, on 3rd december’20, another worker died in one of the infamous ship breaking yards, MA Ship breaking, in Sitakund, Chattagram. The name of the dead worker was Mahfuz (35), who was working in the yard as cutter helper. The accident took place by falling from height as the worker …Read More

World day against child labour

END CHILD LABOUR While important achievements continue to be made in the fight against child labour in Bangladesh, some 1.2 million children are still trapped in its worst forms, according to the latest National Child Labour Survey report, published in 2015. YPSA expresses it solidarity with the day. YPSA considers …Read More

World Environment Day Marked by YPSA

World Environment Day is marked on Friday June 5th 2020. It is an environmental awareness day, run by the United Nations. It is sometimes also unofficially called Eco Day or Environment Day. The aim of the Day is to raise awareness of the environment and specific environmental issues. YPSA expressed …Read More

May Day 2020: YPSA express its solidarity to work with government to support the workers

On the eve of International Workers’ Day on May 1, the United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO) warned that half of all workers worldwide – amounting to 1.5 billion people – are in danger of having their livelihoods destroyed by the corona virus pandemic. In line with the ILO, YPSA …Read More

28th April: World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020: It is celebrated on 28 April. This year it will focus on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, mainly on the COVID-19 pandemic. YPSA as an organisation working on the worker’s issue has been expressing its solidarity on the significance of addressing the Covid 19 as infectious …Read More

ToTs arranged by YPSA for the shipbreaking workers

Four ToTs were arranged in last six month (July’19-December’19) with the coordination of a government enlisted training centre to provide training jointly with YPSA-Safety First project and DIFE. A number of 112 senior workers have participated in these trainings. All of the trainings were arranged inside the shipbreaking yards with …Read More

Rally by boats with safety messages

A rally by boats with safety messages, was arranged on 12th December, with ten boats with several volunteers on the bay of Bengal along side the ships waiting for dismantling in the yards. All the workers who were working in the yards were witnessing this unique and message based event …Read More

YPSA Celebrated World Environment Day, 2019

YPSA celebrated world environment day on 5th June’19 organizing huge colorful rally and demonstration at Press club area, Chattagram. The event was participated by the representatives from different parts of the society. There were about 200 participants. Honorable DC of Chattogram Md. Eleyas Hossain, Police Commissioner, DIG of DIFE Md. …Read More