YPSA’s works in Ship breaking – Ship Breaking in Bangladesh

Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), a NGO, is working to improve the conditions in the Chittagong shipbreaking yards. To do this we are:

Running a campaign and doing advocacy to raise awareness in the community and at the national level.
Trying to influence international policy makers for ensuring environment friendly ship dismantling.
Aiming to influence the policy makers to ensure that the necessary measures are taken to uphold the rights of workers and that shipbreaking is conducted in a safe and environmentally friendly way.
Conducting research, monitoring and fact finding activities at the grassroots level on the conditions and impact of shipbreaking activities in Chittagong.
Providing support and assistance to injured shipbreaking workers and the families of deceased workers along with different development programs in the surrounding villages.

Initiatives