1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IfUTEz0CRe"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/07/05/chicks-and-ducks-give-families-a-new-start/nobo-jatra-project-chick-duck-producer-7/">Nobo Jatra project – Chick & Duck Producer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/07/05/chicks-and-ducks-give-families-a-new-start/nobo-jatra-project-chick-duck-producer-7/embed/#?secret=IfUTEz0CRe" width="600" height="338" title="“Nobo Jatra project – Chick & Duck Producer” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="IfUTEz0CRe" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/D030-0863-41.jpg800532Rehana Begum with a duckling and a chick. She is one of the members of a producer group, raising chicks and ducklings in Chunkuri Dakatia village, part of the Nobo Jatra USAID-funded program in Bangladesh. SUMMARY Chicks and ducks lead to a new beginning for families in Bangladesh. Nobo Jatra – a five-year development and food security program implemented by World Vision and funded by USAID – is helping men and women in the area start an unexpected new enterprise: Using an incubator to hatch baby chicks and ducks. “We feel proud to be the pioneers of these incubators,” says Kallal Roy, a student in Chunkuri Dakatia village and a member of a six-person co-op in charge of an incubator. “This is a good opportunity to be first in the area.” The group raised money for the incubator, then underwent training on how to use it. They collect eggs from the community, paying about 12 cents per egg. Then, 21 days later (28 for ducks), they sell the day-old chicks for about 42 cents each. And it’s working well: They’re making money. The group is already getting orders from others in the community, and some local farm owners are contracting with them to get chickens. And best of all, this venture can be done year-round. Once their profits are big enough, the group hopes to buy a second incubator. Rehana Begum, a local mother who’s also a member of this incubator group, is excited about this new business: “From this, we can have a handsome amount of money that we can use for our children’s education.” “The feeling was like a newborn baby came in the world – I felt the same when the eggs first hatched,” she says. *** SEE ALSO D030-0863-STORY ***