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Community Initiative Society (CIS) is a non-government, community-focused, self-financedinternational humanitarian organization. Since Inception CIS is supporting human rights, community, and social empowerment, disaster management, climate change, refugee response, relief and development aid, health risk management, innovation, capacity building, sustainable development, and livelihood improvement. CIS is working in Habiganj District since 2014. With the support of […]

Bangladesh remains at high risk of the Coronavirus transmission because of its high population density. A majority of the population including in the cities live on daily income and are compelled to continue daily livelihood activities. National response has been weak and the pandemic has exposed the country’s fragile healthcare system.CIS is conducting a diverse

I was enthusiastic to work with CIS after learning that I would help the underprivileged people. I was told from the office to prepare a list of poor and vulnerable people who are located remotely and seldom receive aid. I felt lucky to have been chosen to serve these poor people. In the field, I

The communal violence in Rakhine state on 25 August 2017 caused the massive influx of over 700,000 Myanmar nationals to seek refuge in Bangladesh. This was one of the largest and fastest displacement of people in recent history. The crisis has grown over time and currently refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar hosts about 1.1 million