SDS Executive Director Mrs. Rabeya Begum stayed in Colombo, Sri Lanka from August 19 to August 23 to attend the Annual General Session of Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA). The main session was held from 20 to 22 August. He attended the session as the Chair of the Steering Committee of CANSA Bangladesh. Representatives of 75 organizations from South Asia Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan attended the session.
The CANSA Board is elected every two years. Following this, the Executive Director of SDS Mrs. Rabeya Begum elected as a member of the (CANSA) Board for the next two years.
It should be noted that a total of 13 people from five South Asian countries namely Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka have been elected as members of the new committee.
We (SDS) are delighted to have been selected as board members of CANSA, a network working intensively on climate. In future we want to work more intensively in this arena and stand by the victims. We wish good health and long life to our Executive Director.
