Active Citizens Climate Change Social Action

Projects:
Youth Engagement COP26: Challenge Funds for Young People
Application Form
Please e-mail this application form to Please submit duly filled application
form to Society.Bangladesh@bd.britishcouncil.org by 30 January 2021,
11:59pm Bangladesh local time. Please mention in title “COP26 – Youth
Engagement Challenge Fund”.

Context:

The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) takes place in
Glasgow on 1 – 12 November 2021. Hosted by the UK, this international climate change
summit will bring together over 30,000 delegates, including heads of states, climate experts
and campaigners to agree coordinated action to tackle climate change.
 
The British Council is working with partners worldwide to support the success and legacy of
COP26 by creating opportunities for cooperation, dialogue and action in arts, education and
science that address the shared challenges of climate change. There will be an innovative
and creative programme of activity and engagement which includes bringing together young
Active Citizens from around the world to share learning, engage in advocacy and build
networks.

Through the Youth Engagement COP26: Challenge Funds for Young People, the Active
Citizens Programme will support environmental/climate change Social Action Projects which
focus on the COP26 priority areas:

(1) Adaptation and resilience. ‘Helping people, economies and the

environment adopt and prepare for the impacts of climate change.’
(2) Nature. ‘Safeguarding ecosystems, protecting natural habitats and
keeping carbon out of the atmosphere.’

Criteria:
Please see Annex I for details of selection criteria, your proposed project should cover all.

Supporting documents:
Please attach the following with your application:
- Active Citizens programme certificate of all project team members (if there are new
non-AC participants please mention in submission email)
- References and contact information (at least two professional references are
required)
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Part 1: Applicant Information
Name of partner organisation: Volunteer for Bangladesh
(attended AC with)
Name of Applicant: Sayoda Mahafuja Misti

National ID card number: 3759781614

Please provide a brief description of My journey with AC started at 2018 as a youth leader from Barishal.I
your AC journey and present work: attended the program through VBD( Volunteer for Bangladesh).I am
currently working as a youth leader of AC at Barishal.

Contact email: msayodamahfuja@gmail.com

Contact phone number: +8801714208814

City: Jhalokati Sadar

Name of initiative/project: It’s time to breathe safe

Number of team members involved 5

(if applicable):
COP26 thematic area (please Nature. Safeguarding ecosystems, protecting natural
choose from the two listed above): habitats and keeping carbon out of the atmosphere.
(If existing project) Start date of
initiative:

(If new project) Expected start date 8 March,2021

of initiative:
Amount of seed funding applied for 2,53,000 BDT
Maximum grant offer:

BDT 100,000 to 300,000

Name of British Council country Tom Miscioscia

manager (if known):
*Please note that if the project is successful, the grant will be processed in two instalments. The first
instalment of 90% of the grant will be processed upon approval and official sign-off by the Active
Citizens/COP26 Team. The final instalment of 10% of the grant will be processed upon completion of
all monitoring and evaluation requirements.

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Part 2: Social Action Project Information
What we are asking you to do
Please tick the box to confirm if your project is existing or new: Existing ☒ New:☐

Here are a few ideas of what to include in your response; please note these are only suggestions.

- What does the initiative/project involve? (What issue is the project tackling? Where
does the project take place? How long has it been running?)
- Who is involved? (Who does the project target? Who are the main contributors? Number
of participants involved?)
- What is the impact? (What success have you had? Who is benefitting from the project?
How is it changing people and communities?)
- What next? (How are the contributors going to build on the project’s success? How is the
project sustainable?)

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Please describe your initiative/project (maximum 200 words). This should be typed.

Our project “ It’s time to breathe safe ” involves the filtration of air which is dangerously polluted
by carbon and Green House Gas emission containing heavy, Nano and PM(2.5) particles which
are equivalent to bullets to our respiratory system. So we, having a determinant team then
decided to tackle this issue. Primarily we started surveying at Jhalokati Sadar Upazilla. Our
project targets safe emission from brick kilns, motor vehicles, safe burning of biomass at the end
of harvest season, safe and secure burning of stubble off the fields by reducing volatile organic
compounds and hydrocarbons. That’s why we introduced the Activated Carbon Air Purifier to the
owners of Brick kilns & Rice Mills in Jhalokati. We explained every pros and cons of Activated
Carbon Air Purifier and encouraged them to use it in their kilns .And the hope is, we got several
positive responses.16 brick kilns willed to use it till now. We hope to supply Activated Carbon
Filters to several Brick kilns as samples to encourage others to use it. According to several
researches, it is evident that Activated Carbon Air Purifier can filter the carbon contents in air up
to 95%. And We are planning to expand our program to rice mills, farmers and motor vehicles
factory. We have a rigid vision of a harmful carbon free Bangladesh where every motor vehicles,
brick kilns, rice mills, industries will use Activated Carbon Filters and we will no longer be anxious
to breathe. We also run several campaigns encouraging the use of electric vehicles instead of
motor affiliated. We arranged tree plantation programme twice in 2020.Thus we are combating
the climate change. We are still self-financed where the members of our team are the main
contributors. If we get the funding, we are hopeful to launch our project in a full- fledged approach
in March 2021.

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Part 3: Seed Funding Proposal
2.2 Please describe how the seed funding will support the intended outcomes of your project,
including sustainability. (Maximum 300 words)

Basically our team has now 5 members only. Apart from this, our project is still self-financed. That’s why
we couldn’t scale up our project as much. But the optimum outcome of this project will not come until we
could enlarge our project. And to do that we need funding immediately. Seed funding will accelerate our
project in the following manners:

1. To cover a large area, we will need more man power and resources. Seed funding will help us to
do so.
2. To arrange campaigns, meetings on combating climate change in a sustainable way, this funding
will help us.
3. As Activated Carbon Air purifier is bit expensive, so in order to supply the samples of it to more
region, this funding will support us.
4. As we run tree plantation program , this fund will certainly mobilise this program to be arranged
in a large manner.

Part 4: Budget Breakdown

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 Please include a breakdown of your proposed budget (this could include costs from the Partner to
support project mentoring) and expected timescale/milestones. (Maximum 200 words)
Items Cost
1. No. of ACF buying(Primarily For Encouraging 15*Tk.13000=1,95,000 BDT
People)=15

2.Campaigning Cost in 4 Sub-districts of 4*Tk.4000=16,000 BDT

Jhalokati(Including
Installment,Handbills,Foods,Transports,Instruments
etc.)
3.Tree Plantation Program 4 Sub-districts of 12000 BDT
Jhalokati(800 plants)
4.Safest Gas Emitter Award Ceremony to 15000 BDT
encourage the industries
5.Program Arrange to exhort people to use Electric 15000 BDT
vehicles instead of motor Vehicles
Total Costs 2,53,000 BDT

Your projects may be promoted through the Active Citizens website, Facebook and Twitter
channels or publication and British Council platforms. https://active-
citizens.britishcouncil.org/
https://www.facebook.com/activecitizens/
https://twitter.com/ActiveCitizens

If we share photos from the Social Action Projects we will follow the guidelines below:

Intellectual property rights

You will retain copyright in any stories or images (‘Response Material’) you submit to the
British Council. You will need to obtain copyright permission from the photographer to submit
images if you are not the photographer.

By sending the Response Material, you grant the British Council, free of charge, permission
to use the Response Material (including, without limitation, modifying and adapting it for
operational and editorial reasons) in countries where the programme has been delivered and
any media worldwide relating to the Active Citizens programme. You confirm that the
Response Material does not infringe copyright, that you have the right to give the British
Council permission to use it for the purposes specified above, and that all necessary
consents for the submission of the Response Material has been obtained.

Signing below indicates you agree to the British Council’s digital terms and conditions

Name Date
      Sayoda Mahafuja Misti      06-02-2021
Signature (written by hand if possible)

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Annex I – Social Action Project Criteria

A. (MANDATORY) The project proposal should address one of the two

priority areas:

(1) Adaptation and resilience. ‘Helping people, economies and the environment
adapt and prepare for the impacts of climate change.’
(2) Nature. ‘Safeguarding ecosystems, protecting natural habitats and keeping
carbon out of the atmosphere.’

B. (MANDATORY) Projects should be:

• Feasible
• Socially impacting
• Sustainable
• Collaborative
• Innovative
• Needs-based
• Measurable
• Well organised
• Community involving
• Dialogue based

C. (OPTIONAL) Projects should use at least one digital tool to

engage/mobilise communities/beneficiaries.