Approx. value of the contract (in current US$ or
Euro): Euro:52,826
Country: Bangladesh
Location within country: Keshabpur Upozila in Jessore district
Duration of assignment (months): 12 Months/phase
Name of Client: Bread for the World-Germany
Start date (month/year): 15/01/1994
Completion date (month/year): 31/10/2003
Narrative description of Project: Objectives:
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To raise
awareness of the rural poor women about the rights and constitutional
entitlements and protection given by the constitution of Bangladesh;
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To protect
the basic human rights of the adult women of poor familiers providing legal
education;
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To ensure
access of the illiterate community peoples within 15-49 years
old to education through providing centre based
literacy and education;
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To organise
the rural poor and illiterate women
and men at the forefront of family as
well as social actions
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To build
capacity of the women’s group to initiating social actions and
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To ensure
the participation of the women in decision making process both at the family and
societal level.
Target Beneficiaries: The illiterate
community peoples within 15-49 years old
Activities:
·
Conducting
a vulnerability and capacity assessment survey;
·
Bevelopment
of the linkage with local community and targeted community;
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Identification of the illiterate adult
women;
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Finally seledtion of the illiterate
adult women and prepare a list of them;
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Formation
of groups of adult women at the selected community;
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Raising awareness on literacy issues
through motivational meeting;.
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Ensuring community involvement through social mobilization;
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Establishment of of legal education centre;
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Formation of Legal education Centre Management Committee;
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Preparation and collection of legal education and other teaching
materials and aids;
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Providing regular centre based teaching to the learners and income
generating means;
·
Conduct teaching evaluation and
Ensure regular reporting to the client as per client’s requirements.
Description of actual services provided in the assignment: Literate 2700 women, formed 90 groups, made well-aware the women group members and the community women, developed family economy of 2700 women, developed unity of 90 groups, made solidarity and reciprocal cooperation among 2700 poor women and women of 90 community, women are integrated with the local power structure, they have become self-dependent and self-reliant. Increased social values of women and participating in decision-makings. They were well aware asto their rights and status.
Integrated Development for Legal Awareness and Livelihood for Ethnic Adolescent Girls.
Approx. value of the contract (in current US$ or
Euro): Euro: 12,830
Country: Bangladesh
Location within country: Kaliganj
upazila in Satkhira district.
Name of Client: Bread for
the World-Germany
Start date (month/year): 01/01/2004
Completion date (month/year): 31/12/2004
Narrative description of Project:
The project was designed to enhance
the capacity of the 150 adolescent girls of the ethnic community, those who
were deprived from any education, dropped out from primary education,
vulnerable to drop out before completion of full course of primary or secondary
education so that in future, they can lead poverty free quality life and they
can be empowered both at the family and societal levels.
Initially, at each of the selected 3 communities/paras/mahallas, a needs
assessment survey was conducted to assess the overall needs of the adolescent
girls including their training needs and to identify the targeted adolescent
girls. Then in each of the communities, a community resource centre (CRC) was
established with the contribution of the community as well as the project,
where all community level development activities were implemented including
training to the adolescent girls.
During the whole project
period, an awareness campaign was conducted by distributing campaign materials
and organising cultural events at the
community level by the community cultural teams to be developed. Birth
registration, child marriage, curse of dowry, importance of education, health,
violence against women, trafficking and environment were major issues of the
awareness campaign. The adolescent girls were provided with life skill training
including livelihood/employment skill development, health education and problem
solving skills that will empower them.
The training on
livelihood/employment skill development, health education and problem solving
skills were provided to the adolescent girls at the CRC. For this purpose, CRC
was furnished with necessary equipments like tailoring machines, embroidery
instruments and other necessary equipments.
The health education were included reproductive health and personal hygiene.
Description of actual services provided in the assignment: The actual services were provided include the organizational staff identified the adolescent girls and their parents and validate their identification and selection through community based detection process with the participation of multiple stakeholders using the RRA tool; after the identification of the adolescent girls and their parents, a primary discussion was held with their participation; as the part of needs assessment, RRA sessions were held in all selected three mahallahs with active participation of adolescent girls and community people along with their parents to assess their needs; after exploring their needs, through a participatory approach, the priority was fixed and based on the outputs of the RRA the proposed project has been developed and training and health services are provided.