1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jlcgm7ktxX"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/08/02/life-skills-education-in-bangladesh-save-lives/life-skills-based-education-khona-4/">Life Skills Based Education – Khona</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/08/02/life-skills-education-in-bangladesh-save-lives/life-skills-based-education-khona-4/embed/#?secret=jlcgm7ktxX" width="600" height="338" title="“Life Skills Based Education – Khona” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="jlcgm7ktxX" 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/2019/08/D030-0869-52-2.jpg800532Students from a Life Skill Based Education Session at Khona Secondary School in Khona Village in Southwest Bangladesh show their appreciation for the program in a group photo. The sessions teach students leadership and communication skills, as well as how to stop child marriage and what to do if they see it. These sessions are put on by Nobo Jatra, a five-year development program implemented by World Vision Bangladesh and funded by U.S. foreign assistance. To make sure children can benefit from this program long after Nobo Jatra has ended, World Vision is working with Bangladesh’s Department of Education to ensure the sessions are incorporated as part of standard curriculum in the future. Currently, Nobo Jatra’s life skills education course is in 142 schools – all with their own incredible stories of students who used the communication and leadership skills they gained to transform their own lives for the better. Nobo Jatra – a five-year development and food security program implemented by World Vision and funded by USAID – is working to help families in southwest Bangladesh improve their nutrition, livelihoods, and resilience to disaster. World Vision Bangladesh (along with World Food Program, Winrock International, and three local partner NGOs) began the project in September 2015. To achieve its objectives, the program uses integrated interventions in the following six areas: maternal and child health; gender; water, sanitation, and hygiene; agriculture and alternative livelihoods; disaster risk reduction; and good governance and social accountability.