1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="otlUVawMSm"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2020/01/17/3-ways-us-aid-helps-world-vision-fight-poverty/nobo-jatra-project-helping-mothers-in-bangladesh-12/">Nobo Jatra Project helping mothers in Bangladesh</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2020/01/17/3-ways-us-aid-helps-world-vision-fight-poverty/nobo-jatra-project-helping-mothers-in-bangladesh-12/embed/#?secret=otlUVawMSm" width="600" height="338" title="“Nobo Jatra Project helping mothers in Bangladesh” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="otlUVawMSm" 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/2020/01/D030-0880-252.jpg800532Lead farmer Sobita Sarder, 34 (in blue and red sari), gives a tour of her organic, climate-smart farm to other women farmers, teaching them the successful ways she grows vegetables. Sobita learned these techniques through Nobo Jatra, a World Vision food security programme. In the foreground is an insect pheremone trap, which helps Sobita avoid pesticides. In yellow is her daughter, Pryanka, 9, who often helps her maintain the farm. Her husband is a day labourer. Summary: The southwest coastal region of Bangladesh is subject to a lot of natural and man-made challenges. The area is frequently hit with cyclones, tidal surges, floods, and droughts. Increased soil salinity, waterlogging, and the conversion of too much cultivable land into shrimp farms has made life difficult for farmers. As a result, many families struggle to put nutritious food on the table and too many children are malnourished. Nobo Jatra, a food security program implemented by World Vision and funded by U.S. foreign assistance, is hoping to change that. One of the many ways they’re intervening is by training and empowering farmers with climate-smart techniques, sustainable production methods, and increased access to markets. It is transforming the lives of farmers in the region. Just ask Sobita Sarder, a mother and farmer in Champaful village in southwest Bangladesh. Before Nobo Jatra, her land was barren, and her family struggled to live off her husband’s income as a day labourer. But then she was trained in climate-smart farming techniques by Nobo Jatra and made a lead farmer in her community so she could teach others what she’s learned. Now, just a year later, she’s won a government award for her lush, chemical-free farm, which yields more than enough produce for her family, with plenty to spare to sell at the market for additional income. Now, her 9-year-old daughter Pryanka is sick less often and the Sarders can afford to send her to a better school. Pryanka loves helping her mother