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JNUS’s project, ‘Women in Building Social Cohesion in Cox’s Bazar,’ empowers influential women from host communities to initiate discussions and dialogues with women in Rohingya refugee camps. These women receive leadership and life skills training and then pass on these skills to other women in both communities through group discussions. The project also engages them with various stakeholders, including youth and community leaders, to foster cohesion. Thirteen forums have been formed, with seven in refugee camps and the rest in the host community.

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JNUS has been conducting a research to understand the trends in safety and security of female staff and volunteers. The report and the guideline are awaiting to be published.

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JNUS, funded by the DFATD , has been implementing this project to protect rights in livelihood among the women in fishing community in Cox’s Bazar. Under this project, JNUS will support 200 women in 10 groups to strengthen their livelihood against the impact of climate change.

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JNUS, as a member organization of START Network, has been undergoing a due diligence process to enhance the capacity of the organization. The Start Network provided two seed funds and mentoring support to increase the capacity of JNUS.

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JNUS implemented a multifaceted project to promote Localization, Gender Mainstreaming, Social Cohesion, and Disability Inclusion. Empowering women, promoting gender equality, and fostering social cohesion were key goals. The project also focuses on disability inclusion and aimed to strengthen the community to enhance gender equality, and promote social harmony.

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Women leaders from the host community and Rohingya Refugee Camps were empowered to undertake efforts to boost women’s involvement in peace-building and social cohesion initiatives. Trained on gender-based violence (GBV) and paralegal roles, they acted as ‘Maitree Apa’ in both communities. Their primary mission was to foster communication, collaboration, and cooperation among women leaders from both communities, aiming to cultivate mutual understanding and trust.

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This project, implemented by JNUS, aimed to strengthen the protection of vulnerable women and girls in both refugee camps and the host community. JNUS offered a range of services, including support, referrals, mediation, and legal aid to address Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The project actively engaged with local administration and community leaders to prevent and respond to GBV. It also empowered survivors and activists among women affected by violence, extended services to adolescent girls, boys, women, and men in both host and refugee populations. Notably, the project activated fifty Self Help Groups (SHGs) to combat violence and discrimination against women and girls.

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The initiative formed in 2019 engages civil society, women leaders, religious figures, and teachers to foster social harmony in Ramu Upazila, Cox’s Bazar. Proactively combating extremism, the group organized intra and inter-community dialogues and consultations. Leveraging their extensive social networks and influential capacities, the project significantly contributed to the establishment of peace and stability within the community.

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The six-month project by JNUS aimed to improve knowledge and understanding of personal protection and good hygiene behaviors. It successfully installed 60 handwashing facilities, distributed 12,000 masks, and offered mental health and counseling services to address COVID-19-related psychological trauma. Local journalists and JNUS youth ambassadors were trained to promote COVID-19 prevention through community journalism and social media.

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JNUS partnered with Ited Ltd., a UK-based consultancy firm, to facilitate the collection of primary data in both host communities in Ukhiya and Teknaf, as well as in all 37 Rohingya Refugee Camps where WFP conducted interventions. The data collection involved 68 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and 100 peer-to-peer surveys. JNUS collaborated closely with the Itad Ltd. evaluation team to support WFP’s strategic evaluation in Bangladesh.

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JNUS, in partnership with Street Child, UK, implemented this project to empower National and Local NGOs to develop concept note, project proposal, project management and M&E. Two sets of training had been organized to build capacity of the thirty local organizations.

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JNUS implemented a project entitled “Empowering CSOs, Youth, and Women for Transparent and Accountable Bangladesh (ECTAB)” in partnership with ARTICLE 19 in Cox’s Bazar till December 2022. The goal of this project was to enhance the capacity and confidence of selected CBOs and grassroots organizations in using the Right to Information (RTI) Act as a tool to ensure the public availability of information and support activists and human rights defenders.

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JNUS, in association with BRAC, implemented a project entitled PRISE (Partnership Reinforcement for Integrated Skills Enhancement) from June 2022 to March 2023 funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) at two unions of Ramu Upazilla in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh. The objective of the project was to provide skills development training on Mobile Phone Servicing (MPS), IT Support Services, Tailoring and Dress Making (TDM), and Wood Furniture among drop out students (14-18 ages), Divorcee (18-20 ages) and Persons with Disability (14-20 ages) and ensure their job placement. In this project, JNUS set up two training centers at two unions of Ramu and provided training to 100 learners of the above mentioned category. After receiving training, job placement had been ensured for most of the learners and few of them became self-employed.

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This project was designed to provide primary health care services to the Rohingya individuals who had endured massive loss or injured due to a devastating fire on 5 March 2003 at Camp 11 of Ukhiya Upazilla in Cox’s Bazar. The primary health care services had been provided through establishing a satellite clinic, which included medical consultations to the victims of fire, distribution of medicine for the treatment of common ailments such as headache, fever, gastric, skin diseases, allergy, asthma, nutrition kits, Anti-natal Care (ANC) and Post-natal Care (PNC) support for pregnant women, psychosocial counseling to the victims of burns and injuries and referring of the patients to other medical facilities available around Camp 11 in Kutupalong camps. Finally, this project reached to 600 Rohingya individuals through medical consultations and distribution of medicines, 500 women and adolescent girls with hygiene to improve their menstrual health by providing hygiene kits and 150 pregnant women offering nutrition supplements to address their conditions of malnutrition.