From Invisible Losses to Visible Stories - Documenting Non Economic Loss & Damage

Project Overview

This project will document the lived realities of Non-Economic Loss and Damage (NELD) in coastal Bangladesh, focusing on the Manta community, a highly climate-vulnerable, riverine and coastal population experiencing deep but underreported losses. Through a combination of written report and short documentary video storytelling, the project will explore invisible losses such as identity erosion, cultural disintegration, psychosocial stress, loss of sense of place, and disrupted education systems. By centering community voices, especially women, youth, and elders, the project will produce one in-depth written feature and one 5-minute documentary video, aimed at influencing public discourse and policy attention on NELD across Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal region.