Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– Airtel Bangladesh limited has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with CARE Bangladesh, Oxfam, Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and Centre for Global Change to help Bangladesh’s coastal fishermen communities to save their lives and livelihoods by using digital telecom technologies.
Airtel Bangladesh chief executive officer Chris Tobit, CARE Bangladesh country director Nick Southern, Oxfam’s country director in Bangladesh Gareth Price-Jones and CGC executive director Ahsan Uddin Ahmed signed the MoU at a ceremony held at Airtel’s head office at Banani in Dhaka.
The primary objective of the joint effort is to save lives of drowning fishermen and restore their livelihoods, a company press statement said on Saturday.
Fishermen were severely affected in recent years due to frequent occurrence of rough sea events and an advance warning in a foreseeable timeframe viz. next 48 hours could enable them to avoid being affected, drowned and at risk of losing lives.
Airtel will use its newly constructed towers to disseminate voice warnings through digital telecom devices stored in each fishing boat or vessel.
BBN/SSR/AD-30Jan11-4:25 pm (BST)
