INTRODUCTION: Green & Clean environment imply absence of pollution and a better quality of life. The environment is our Living source. Green living is a lifestyle that struggles to create balance in preserving and protecting Earth’s natural resources, habitats, human civilization and biodiversity. Engineer Moqbul Foundation (EMF) takes the initiative of green activities that promote climate friendly and other environmental purposes.

Engineer Moqbul Foundation (EMF) Intent to Implement Varieties of Projects under “GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM”:

[01] Tree Plantation Project

[02] Safe Drinking Water Project

[03] Community Cleanup, Reuse & Recycling Project

[04] Organic Fertilizers, Biogas Plant & Pesticides Project

[01] Tree Plantation Project:

Introduction: In Bangladesh only 6% of the area is now covered by trees and even that number is now decreasing due to lack of knowledge and ignorance of the community people. Trees provide us fruit, fuel, wood, shelter, shade, soil fertility, oxygen for breath, medicine, noise reduction, animal feed, protection from natural disaster and so on.  The community tree plantation aims to ensure the economic, environmental and social benefits to the people. It increases the food production, firewood, fodder, fertilizer and wood which release pressure from the forest. It helps to create cool places for relaxation and recreation. The planting of trees in vacant lands helps to increase biodiversity. As the tree grow, the nature of the habitat will change. In community tree plantation, trees and their associated vegetation serve as a source of food and shelter for a variety of animals and birds. As the biodiversity grows, a natural habitat grows for all population. That helps to increase the number of populations and creates ecosystems.

The followings are the categories of Tree plantation: [a] Large trees: providing oxygen & shed, conserving water, soil & Providing food- shelter for the birds and small animals, [b] Palm tree plantation: Thunder-storm protection, [c] Road side plantation: to protect the soil erosion, [d] Timber tree: providing wood, [e] Fruits tree: Providing food & nutrition, [f] Flowers tree: Community Gardening, School Garden, [g] Horticulture Nursery :It means any grounds or premises on which nursery plants are propagated, grown or procured for resale and held for sale throughout the year; [g] Herbal plantation: Medicinal tree, [h] Native plant species restoration garden: To develop a demonstration garden or landscaping plot using native plant species to encourage restoration of the local natural habitat and water conservation.

Engineer Moqbul Foundation (EMF) intend to work on this issue to increase the Tree plantation in the community.

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Target Area of Project: Shasrasti, Chandpur.

Fund Estimation for a “TREE PLANTATION PROJECT”: BDT

[02] Safe Drinking Water project:

Despite significant progress over the past few decades, there are wide inequalities in the availability, quality and prices of safe drinking water among urban, rural, hilly, wetland, drought and coastal people. Before industries era, people had mostly used dug-well, rainwater, pond & river water for drinking, cooking and domestic use. Later on, the urban people received piped supply water and the   rural people used to rely on tube wells & dug wells for safe drinking water.  But nowadays none of these sources are safe as contamination, pollution is very high and the water level has dropped drastically. In a nutshell, problems of safe drinking water are due to salinity(costal), Arsenic (many districts), iron, pollution, water borne disease, long distant travel to collect drinking water (in char and hilly areas), no central piped drinking water supply network in rural areas in Bangladesh.

Many initiatives are taken at different parts of the country as pilot by the government through the help of global financier and NGOs to provide the safe drinking water using different cost-effective technologies. Some of the cost-effective water purification technologies are, gravity-based water purification, solar paneled water treatment, ceramic filter, mechanical filtration, membrane filters, ion exchanges, desalination, RO method, UV light, multi-stage purifiers, removal of arsenic with plastic bottle, electrocoagulation, nano technology etc.

Engineer Moqbul Foundation (EMF) also intent to work on Safe Drinking Water under GREEN ENVIROLMENTAL PROGRAM.  The Safe Drinking Water projects include the “Tube-well Sinking & Rainwater Harvesting Projects”

a.     Rain-water harvesting project for Safe drinking water:

To get the safe drinking water, there are many options among the city dwellers, but unfortunately this opportunity does not exist among rural residents. The rural residents depend on the natural sources for drinking water, like tube-well, dug-well, river, pond, fountain & rainwater. The loopholes of these sources have been discussed earlier.

Rainwater harvesting is becoming increasingly popular around the world. Whilst many people collect roof-top rainwater for non-potable uses such as watering the garden, washing the vehicles, water for livestock & small irrigation, a way to replenish groundwater levels and more people that are turning to rainwater for potable purposes such as drinking, cooking, and bathing.

Rainwater must be treated prior to drinking, making filtered rainwater no different than city-treated or well water that runs through our home's filters. Drinking rainwater without filtration is not only unbeneficial, but it can be hazardous to our health.

Two key steps you can take to improve the quality of rainwater are to boil it and filter it.1 Boiling the water will kill off pathogens. Filtration, such as through a home water filtration pitcher, will remove chemicals, dust, pollen, mold, and other contaminants. In some cases, these two processes can be achieved at the same time, and other techniques require these to be performed separately.

b.    The Tube-well sinking project for Safe drinking water:

A significant number of rural people are using polluted water from the local pond, canal or fountain due to unavailability of the safe drinking water source. As a result, suffers from chronic water-borne diseases. Even the shallow-depth tube-well water contains excessive iron, arsenic and other harmful minerals that should not be used in home. Safe water can only be accessed through hand pumps connected to deep bore wells, which bypass these shallow layers of groundwater.

Engineer Moqbul Foundation (EMF) aims to take initiatives for the Tube-well sinking project to ensure the safe drinking water in the rural community.

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Target Area of Project: Shasrasti, Chandpur.

Fund Estimation for a “Safe Drinking Water project”: BDT

[03] Community Cleanup, Reusing & Recycling Project:

The environment is our home. If it is not healthy, we will not be healthy either. When people misuse the environment, this affects us all. If water is polluted, if the air is full of smoke and chemicals, if food contains poisons, people (and plants and animals) get sick.

 Community cleanup brings volunteers together to clean, repair, and improve public spaces or other areas that have been neglected, vandalized, or untidy. Community cleanup projects can come in many forms:

[a]. Trash and litter collection from the sea beach, river & urban canals, [b]. Beautification projects, [c]. Flower planting incentives.

Villages are generally more difficult to clean than the modern neighborhoods in the city as they lack the facilities.

            House-hold items Reusing project: Engineer Moqbul Foundation (EMF) will collect all kinds of household items those are in good condition and no longer needed. Our foundation collects a range of house hold items from various sources & the donated items will be stored in a warehouse and renovated for reuse. Lastly the donated items will go directly to support people who need it.  Below is a list of items that we collect from the community: Clothes, Shoes, Handbags, Sports Equipment, Kitchenware, Pots & Pans, Jewelry, Paintings, Ornaments, Children’s Toys, Baby Items, Homeware, Hand Tools, Bird Cages, Photo Frame, show pieces.

Recycling community waste is a big step on the road to sustainability for our immediate environment. There are several creative and imaginative methods in which community recycling projects can help to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle waste materials. These practices can’t be done by personal effort. Engineer Moqbul Foundation (EMF) will take the initiatives of creating these recycling plants in our different communities. These are: [a] Recycling of kitchen garbage, [ b] Community Plastic Recycling Projects, [c] Community Textiles Recycling Projects, [d] Community Electronic Waste Recycling Projects, [e] Recycled Art Installations.

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Target Area of Project: Shasrasti, Chandpur.

Fund Estimation for a “Community Cleanup, Reusing & Recycling Project”: BDT

[04] Organic Fertilizers, Bio-gas plant & Pesticides projects

Bangladesh is endowed with fertile soils and favorable climatic conditions for producing various crops throughout the year. But with heavy use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides on fields, soil quality is poor and leads to low yields. As a result, the crops & vegetables can be the reason for health hazards when contaminated with different chemicals such as pesticides. Adding organic fertilizer & pesticides in cultivation is a very effective solution to this issue. Organic fertilizers are derived from living things such as animals and plants. Most common are manures, bone meal, fish meal, vermin compost etc. Nowadays, Organic fertilizer and vermicompost has become very popular among the farmer communities in Bangladesh and getting optimum production.

A biogas plant is a facility that provides oxygen-free conditions where anaerobic digestion can occur. Simply put, it’s an artificial system where you can turn waste into sustainable energy and fertilizers, with positive effects on the environment

Engineer Moqbul Foundation (EMF) intent to sponsor the training program for small farmers on how to make and use organic fertilizers, vermicompost and pesticides.

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Target Area of Project: Shasrasti, Chandpur

FUND ESTIMATION for a project under  “Organic Fertilizers, Bio-gas plant & Pesticides projects”

Meet Our “Organic Fertilizers, Bio-gas plant & Pesticides projects”: [Upcoming Projects]

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