Stephen Bawm
Project Management | Environmental & Social Standards (ESS) | Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) | Facilitator | Monitoring & Reporting
Development practitioner with 5+ years of experience in NGO-led, community-based, and humanitarian programs, contributing to inclusive development, community resilience, and effective project implementation in remote and disaster-prone areas.
Years Experience
Households Supported
Organizations
Trainings & Awards
Organizations I have worked with
Development and humanitarian agencies I have served and collaborated with across Bangladesh.
A career built on field delivery and inclusive results.
Specialisation
Project Management • Monitoring & Reporting • Environmental & Social Standards (ESS) • Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) & Emergency Response
Field Region
Bandarban, Dhaka, Barishal, Cox's Bazar & Bhasan Char
Musician
Creative practice
Founder
Roots of HopeI am a development practitioner with 5+ years of experience in NGO-led, community-based, and humanitarian programs, including World Bank, UNICEF, USAID, CERF/UN OCHA, and private-sector funded projects. My work spans project management, field implementation, monitoring and reporting, Environmental and Social Standards (ESS), Digital Complaint and Feedback Redressal Mechanism (CFRM), community engagement, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and emergency response across Education, Health, WASH, Education in Emergencies (EiE), Gender, Social Cohesion, Waste Management and Agriculture programs.
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Stephen Bawm is a development practitioner based in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, with 5+ years of experience in NGO-led, community-based, and humanitarian programmes. He is Senior Project Officer, ESS at BRAC, founder of Roots of Hope, and specializes in project management, Environmental and Social Standards, Digital CFRM, Disaster Risk Reduction, and community engagement.
- Name
- Stephen Bawm
- Profession
- Development Practitioner
- Current role
- Senior Project Officer, Environmental & Social Standards (ESS) at BRAC (Cox's Bazar & Bhasan Char)
- Based in
- Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
- Experience
- 5+ years in NGO-led, community-based, and humanitarian programmes
- Founder
- Roots of Hope (self-funded NGO, founded June 2025)
- Core expertise
- Project management, ESS, Digital CFRM, DRR, emergency response, MEAL, community engagement, training facilitation
- Notable impact
- 1,600+ households supported (FAO agricultural inputs); 225+ CFW households; 200+ house repair; 300+ trained; 4,000+ trees planted
- Education
- MBA (Management), Tejgaon College; BBS, Bandarban Govt. College — National University, Bangladesh
- Languages
- Bawm, Bangla, English, Marma, Chakma
- Website
- https://stephenbawm.com
- Contact
- stephenbawm92@gmail.com · WhatsApp +8801820403892
Real outcomes, real communities.
Every number represents a household supported, a system strengthened, or a community reached.
Households Supported
Cyclone-affected households reached with agricultural input support through FAO Bangladesh
Households Supported Through Cash for Work
Vulnerable families supported through Cash for Work assistance under a USAID-funded humanitarian programme implemented by GRAUS in collaboration with CARE Bangladesh.
Participants Trained
Delivered capacity-building sessions on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Environmental & Social Standards (ESS), Digital CFRM, Safeguarding, Education in Emergencies (EiE), WASH, and Waste Management.
Partner Organizations
Worked in collaboration with organizations including CARE Bangladesh and Save the Children, and supported programmes implemented by BRAC, Roots of Hope, FAO, SSIL, HISL, GRAUS, and Helen Keller Intl.
A journey of service and impact.
From field facilitation to ESS and project leadership - a timeline of purposeful development work.
Sr. Project Officer, Environmental & Social Standards (ESS)
BRAC
Lead ESS implementation and monitoring, conduct Safeguarding, PSEA/SH, and Digital CFRM training, and support complaint handling and donor reporting.
Founder
Roots of Hope
Founder of Roots of Hope, a self-funded NGO run with students and several professionals. Focused on educational support and positive social impact.
Where knowledge meets practice.
Development and humanitarian frameworks applied across community, district, and emergency settings.
Project Management
Planning, coordinating, and delivering development and humanitarian projects with effective scheduling, resource coordination, progress tracking, and quality assurance.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL)
Conducting field monitoring, surveys, FGDs, KIIs, data verification, reporting, and learning activities to improve programme performance and accountability.
Emergency Response & Humanitarian Programming
Supporting emergency preparedness, rapid response, recovery, and humanitarian operations in disaster-affected and vulnerable communities.
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Implementing community-based DRR initiatives, early warning, preparedness, resilience-building, and disaster risk awareness activities.
Community Engagement & Stakeholder Coordination
Engaging with community leaders, local government, NGOs, UN agencies, and civil society organizations (CSOs) to promote inclusive programme implementation and strengthen stakeholder collaboration.
Environmental & Social Standards (ESS) & Digital CFRM
Implementing Environmental and Social Standards (ESS), promoting compliance, and managing Digital Complaint and Feedback Redress Mechanisms (CFRM).
Academic foundation.
Formal education and accredited training across project management, MEAL, DRR, and data analysis.
Master of Business Administration in Management
Tejgaon College, Dhaka
Bachelor of Business Studies
Bandarban Govt. College
A multidisciplinary toolkit.
From Project & Field Management to ESS, DRR, Monitoring & Reporting, and Community Engagement
Project & Field Management
8 skillsMonitoring & Reporting (MEAL)
Project Planning & Delivery
Team Leadership
Work Plan Alignment
Budget Tracking Support
Donor Reporting
DRR & Emergency Response
7 skillsRisk Reduction Action Plan (RRAP)
Contingency Plan (CP)
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Early Warning Systems
Emergency Response
Input Distribution (ID)
Let's work together.
Open to development, humanitarian, and project management roles
Let's build meaningful community impact together.
Available for project implementation, DRR and emergency response, and community engagement work across development settings.