ESDO

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Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO)Collegepara, Thakurgaon-5100, Bangladesh

Phone: 088056152149, Fax: 088056161599

Cell: 08801714663360Email: [email protected]

Web: www.esdo-bangladesh.org

1. Background

A group of young social organizer of Thakurgaon District initiated ESDO primarily in order to support the 1988 flood victims. Afterwards the close association and involvement with the community especially with the disadvantaged section of the society inspired them to feel and realize that a planned and organized effort is imperative to change the fate of the poorest people in general and the women in particular. Out of the urge and their heart-felt realization, ESDO emerged as a Social Institution in Bangladesh. 2. Executive Summery Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) continuous its mended for holistic development of rural populations in the areas of livelihood, skill development, health, education, water and sanitation, nutrition, mother and child health care services, kitchen gardening, growth monitoring, immunizations, arsenic mitigation and the developing needs of marginalized people of Bangladesh from its inception 1988. At the same time ESDO has been continuing micro credit, social development, food security, disaster management, agricultural development, livestock, fisheries, water resources management, hazardous child labour reduction, counter trafficking intervention, human rights, adult education, child education, skill development activities for ensuring equitable society free from poverty in ESDOs working area.

ESDO managed mentioned programs in 492 slums, 657 unions, 103 upazilas and 23 districts of Bangladesh, directly reaching more than 6.1 million poor and vulnerable people. Different need-based programs are aimed to enhancing the capabilities of deprived people in terms of social development, disaster facina, food security, agriculture, gender, nutrition, micro finance, health, environment, rights and governance, education and human development, and with empowering them to solve the problems that affect their lives and to cooperate with each other to resisting oppression and exploitation. The undertaking of such self-initiated and autonomous actions is an important achievement in a context where the deprived people are dependent for their livelihood and social security.

For last two decade, ESDO has been serving with untiring efforts to bring forth and optimum development situation in Bangladesh. During this long span of time ESDO has been intent to adapt with the changing situation and provide the most time-fitting services especially for the poor and disadvantaged. The comprehensive software & hardware support package has been dedicated to ensure, skill development activities ,social development, food security, disaster management, agricultural development, livestock, fisheries, water resources management, micro credit ,hazardous child labour reduction, counter trafficking intervention, human rights, adult education, child education, health and nutrition, hygienic sanitation and personal hygiene for the grassroots people while focusing on community motivation and empowerment of people. A community focused and people centered approach has been adapted by ESDO while considering the national policy and millennium development Goal (MDG) as its guiding principle.

For the sake of bringing sustainable food security, skill development, livelihood development, ESDO provides demand-driven and bottom-up services, instead of supply-driven and top-down services, ensuring community participation in every step from planning, through decision-making to implementation and monitoring and follow-up as well as cost sharing by community people. Maintaining this process ESDO has succeeded in creating a sense of ownership of the programmes among the community. This approach has contributed greatly to the sustainability of the program success.

ESDO has made advocacy programmes having major components like gender awareness and women rights, social mobilization, legal aid services, hazardous child labour reduction movement, disaster management, social assistance to Adibashis and extreme minorities, counter trafficking etc. along with various promotional activities.

ESDO Training & Resources Centre (ETRC) provided various types of training courses considering the category and capability of the recipients. During the period, 203572 Beneficiaries received different types of training. ETRC is well equipped with all sorts of facilities such as OHP, Multimedia, Projector, Sound System and many modules. A group of well experienced and dedicated trainer providing continuous services to the beneficiaries through ETRC’s own training plan. Due to changing context of the development sectors as well as the emergent need to build the capacity of the development workers in facing the new challenges in the development field, ESDO provided different types of trainings to its staff at country and abroad level. As the outcome of the staff development initiative, the staff that received training and participated in the development process became competent and skilled in their concern working area. They became capable in relation to effective programme planning, implementation, programme and organizational management and contributed effectively in solving problems relating to their professional responsibilities.

ESDO initiate formation of groups through a systematic empowerment of the people of a certain area to achieve the set goal. Under micro finance programme, up to June 2013 a total of 8665 groups has been formed comprising 109658 Members. A total of Tk. 7830615000.00 was disbursed during this period.

ESDO has long realized that fact that only credit services cannot bring a sustainable change towards improved lifestyle among the beneficiaries. Therefore, it started different integrated development package.

ESDO started its agricultural development programme with and aim towards contributing to self-sufficiency of the country in agriculture sector through production of more crops using appropriate methods, technologies and apparatus. During this period, 44133 farmers constituting 1252 groups were enrolled. Among them, 44133 farmers received different types of training and 33844 farmers were benefited from the supply of inputs and technical assistance. A total amount of 777107000.00 Tk. Was disbursed as loan among 33844 farmers considering their categories.

To make the village women financially sound, ESDO started poultry & livestock programme from the very beginning. In this regard, Tk. 1442920900.00 was disbursed among 11576 beneficiaries. ESDO has also providing technical assistance quality breed and marketing linkage. Moreover, a total of 850000 poultry birds and about 156000 cattle were vaccinated during the period.

ESDO started its education programme back in 1988 by providing formal and non-formal education along with vocational training to improve their knowledge and skills under DNFE, ILO, Manusher Jonno, Oxfam, Directorate of Labour and Plan-Bangladesh. In this connection, ESDO awarded as a Best Non-Government Organization in Non-Formal Education at 1996 by Government of Bangladesh.

ESDO has been working since its inception on raising awareness on different social and legal issues amongst the organized groups with the support of SDF, WFP, IOM, PKSF, CARE, HEKS-Switzerland, WFP and different donors.

Considering the health implications and requirement of good nutritional status, ESDO set forth its health, nutrition and environmental development programme. ESDO provided various types of reproductive, child and general health services by operating a total of 100 satellite and static clinics through Health Pilot Programme (HPO), Community Managed Health Care Initiative (CMHCI), ESDO Community Hospital (ECH) and Hazardous Child Labour Reduction Movement (HCLRM). Through these projects ESDO is contributing towards improving the health and nutrition status of the people within the intervention areas through NMR / MMR reduction, family planning, immunization, TBA training, distribution of Vitamin A capsule, Primary health care services, WATSAN, health education etc. Under these projects, 81,000 community people have so far been benefited. Being aware about the risk factors during delivery and pregnancy, 98% delivery cases were done safely by ESDO’s qualified persons. Besides, more than 62% delivery was done by ESDO’s trained TBAs. On the other hand, a total of 210000 under one year were immunized under ESDO’s health intervention. As regards to family planning services, ESDO provided various types of clinical and non-clinical services to its beneficiaries. ESDO provided various types of safe water, sanitation and hygiene education services under the projects Advancing Sustainable Environmental Health (ASEH), Arsenic Mitigation Programme, Sanitation, Hygiene and Water Supply Project. Through these projects, ESDO is contributing towards improving the safe water, sanitation and hygiene education of the people within the intervention areas. Under these projects, a total of 3705275 community people have so far been benefited. About the safe water and sanitation, 163090 no. of tube-well screen for arsenic mitigation 17682 no. of tube-well installation 60320 no. of sanitary latrine installation and more than 90% people aware about hygiene education.

ESDO has been conducting Community Nutrition Initiative (CNI) and SHOUHARDO with the support of World Food Programme (WFP) and CARE/ USAID. The activities according to objective were highly satisfactory and significant change has been occurred. A good number of children were covered by the growth monitoring & promotion activity through regular follow-up, supervision & monitoring. A huge number of underweight newborn infants have been substantially improved from the status of severe malnutrition.

ESDO regularly conduct three types of planning for project activities. These are: (i) Strategic Plan (ii) Business Plan (iii) Yearly Plan.

ESDO facilities monitoring considering it as an essential tools for its programme management to measure the effectiveness of ESDO programmes both on quantitative and qualitative aspects. The effective facilitation of regular monitoring also enables the ESDO management take necessary correctively measures on its programme interventions at the right time. ESDO’s all project activities are monitored monthly and quarterly basis by the respective project supervisors besides this ESDO has a group of experienced monitor team under the guidance of team leader. The monitor team has monitored the project activities quarterly and submits report to the Executive Director as well as in monthly coordination meeting. According to the monitoring findings, the ESDO management undertook action to improve the planned activities.

For ensuring qualitative and quantities programme ESDO’s all project activities periodically and regularly audited by ESDO’s Internal Audit Team. A professional group regularly audited ESDO’s entire project under the direct supervision

of Executive Director. As per audit findings, the concern sectoral coordinators ensure to meet-up their lacking or shortfall within require period.

ESDO regularly evaluated ESDO’s programmes and projects through different period. Mid-term evaluation and final evaluation is mandatory for each programme.

ESDO has its own transparent financial system as well as comply with donor’s requirement. ESDO maintain both accruals, cash basis accounting, and follow the double entry accounting system. Keeping accounts both way manually and by software also.

Weekly, monthly and Quarterly reporting systems are established. ESDO is able to produce and provide report to the donor as per their requirements.

ESDO believes that efficient staff is a significant parameter of organizational strength. ESDO consider them as the most valuable resources. 3885 staff has been working with ESDO, among them 1897 are male and 1988 are female. Of the total staff 105 are working in the central office and the rest 3780 are working under the regional and branch offices.

3. Vision We seek an equitable society free from all discriminations.

4. Mission

Reduction in income poverty and human poverty of the people in ESDOs working area through undertaking massive intregrated development program for the poor and marginalized community through service delivary and rights based approach.income generation literacy programme nutrition and health programme human rights and good governance programme giving proper importance to environmental protection and regeneration. ESDO firmly believes and is actively involved in promoting human rights, dignity and gender equality through people's social, economic, political and human capacity building. Women in general and children are the core and central focus of its activities. Strengthening the organizational capacity carries importance to ensure quality of its services. Extending its services to the ultra poor is its main manifesto.

5. Establishment: 3rd April 19886. Legal Status

Registered with the Department of Social Service in 1988, Registration No. DSS/440/88 Registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau in 1993, Registration No. 694/93 (Renewed-2012) Registered with the Miicro-credit Regulatory Authority, No: MRA-0000204 Registered with the Department of Family Planning in 2000, Registration No. A-149/2000 Licensed with Directorate of Health Services (for Hospital), License No. 1983 Tax Identification Number (TIN)-280-300-0100/Circle-47 Vat Number: Area Code: 60302, Registration No: 6131020432

7. Networking Child Labour Elimination Action Network (CLEAN), CAMPE, ECDN, IEF, ADAB, CDF, Educate the Children International, Global Microcredit Summit-USA, Food Security Cluster-Bangladesh, CSA for SUN, BD, Market Development Forum (MDF).

8. Development Partners

World Food Programme (WFP), WFP-IFPRI, UNICEF, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), European Union/SRDI-GoB, European Union/Directorate of Women Affairs-GOB, European Union/CARE-Bangladesh, PLAN-Bangladesh, CARE-Bangladesh/USAID, HEKS-Switzerland, DFID-Maxwell Stamp/PLC, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Bangladesh NGO Foundation, Local Government Engineering Department-GOB, Directorate of Health-GOB, Water Aid-UK, Directorate of Women Affairs-GOB, Directorate of Primary Education-GOB, Embassy of Japan, UCEP-Bangladesh, Steps Towards Development (STD).

9. GovernanceA General Body governs ESDO. General Body elects a 7-member Executive Committee (EC). EC provides policy guidelines. The Member Secretary of the EC guides the team/staff members in order to accomplish the day to day activities, as Executive Director of the organization. As member secretary of the organization, Executive Directior

organize monthly meeting and all agendas including problems of the participants which are collected from field level are discussed in the meeting and the executive committee take decision on behalf of organization and send to the field. In this process two way techniques (Bottom to up and Up to Bottom) are maintaining in decision making. Beside ESDO organizes Annual General Meeting in each financial year, where all member of general body attend the meeting. As the executive committee is accountable to the general body so in this meeting all agenda of the year are discussed. All sectoral head on behalf of the executive director present their yearly progress and provide answer to the general body if required. Yearly budget also review and budget for next year is approved in the AGM. In ESDO’s AGM there are various stakeholders invited like public representative, member of civil society, media man, officer of the social welfare, member of the beneficiaries group, Go NGO personnel, staff etc.

10. Present Structure: General Body : 18 membersExecutive Committee (EC) : 7 members

11. Participants selection criteriaPoor & disadvantaged people, especially women and children.Who earn livelihood by selling manual Labour.Extreme Minority, Ethnic group and Indigenous people.

12. Recognition:ESDO awarded by Govt. of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh as a “Best Organization in Non-Formal Education Sector-1997”.ESDO awarded by Citibank N.A. (USA) as a “Best Microfinance Institution of the year-2006”.

ESDO implemented Pojects at Lalmonirhat District:

1. Activating Village Court of Bangladesh2. Community Managed Health Care Project (CMHC) project3. Human Resources development for Health (HRH) project4. Sustainable Education through Community Participation Project (SECP)5. Women And Their Children`s Health Project (WATCH) 6. Social and Economic Transformation of the Ultra-Poor Project (SETU)7. Prime Project (PRIME)8. ESDO Enterprise (ETRC) Lalmonirhat

Step by step description of the projects:

1. Activating Village Court in Bangladesh Project

Local Government DivisionMinistry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives

Financed By : European UnionTechnical Support By : UNDPImplementing Associate : Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO)District : Lalmonirhat

Background: In line with ensuring good governance, efficient and stable justice sector is indeed Inevitable In this context, Bangladesh is under tremendous pressure with much workload and inadequate number of officials and staff to dispose the cases. Consequently, the case backlogs add up to the existing pending cases and at present it stands on about two million cases. It creates a negative impact for the rural poor and vulnerable group of people who cannot afford the expenses of cases and do not have clear understanding of how to get access to justice in the upper courts on some issues that could be easily resolved at the local level. In this backdrop, Local

Government Division (LGD), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MoGRDC) has initiated a project BGD/07/007 'Activating Village Courts Project in Bangladesh' with the partnership of UNDP and European Union (EU) Bangladesh. The project supports in strengthening the justice system through activating Village Courts in 350 selected Union Parishads (UP) in the country. It also intends to develop capacity of the Village Courts (VC) members, elected representatives and other relevant officials in a bid to run the VCs smoothly. It also carries out comprehensive advocacy activities to involve the community and other key stakeholders actively in efforts to activating the Village Courts through enhancing their awareness on legal rights and overall justice system.

Over all objectives: The project aims at strengthening local justice system in 500 union perished through village courts intends to improve access to justice for disadvantaged and marginalized groups and enhance human rights systems and process in BangladeshSpecific objectives:

To empower women, the poor and disadvantaged groups to seek remedies for injustices and to enable justice institutions to be responsive to claims

To improve and protect human rights security through a human right based approach to development and delivery

To empower citizens to resolve their disputes at the local level in an expeditious, transparent and affordable manner

To strengthen local government institutions to be responsive to local need and offer appropriate legal service through well functioning village courts

Working Area

Name of District Name of Upazila Number of Union Name of Union

Lalmonirhat

Sadar 05

1. Gokunda2. Khuniagach3. Kulaghat4. Mogolhat5. Rajpur

Aditmari 05

1. Bhelabari2. Durgapur3. Kamlabari4. Mohishkhocha5. Shaptibari

Kaligonj 05

1. Bhotmari2. Chandrapur3. Dalagram4. Gorali5. Madati

Hatibandha 05

1. Dawabari2. Goddimari3. Patikapara4. Shingimari5. Sinduna

Patgram 05

1. Baura2. Dahagram3. Jongra4. Kuchulibari5. Sreerampur

05 Upazila 25 Union

Staff Position:

Total Staff : 45 (Male: 25 Female: 20)District Coordinator : 01Upazila Supervisor : 05Field Worker : 13Village Court Assistant : 25Office Assistant : 01

Activities taken by AVCB ProjectA. Preliminary Activities and staff development1. Office Establishment 2.  Equipment and other logistics support for office decoration 3.  Staff deployment4.  Workshop on CBO formation to staff5.  Staff basic training on VC,197 person 5 days in 7 batch6.  Refreshers ToT on facilitation on skill for field staff (Residential for 2 days)B. Community Mobilization1.  CBO formation Per union 10 CBO 2.  Conduct Courtyard meeting 3.  CBO members meeting C. Capacity Building1.  Complete training to the UP elected reps & CBO members of each UP 2. Complete refresher training to the UP elected reps & CBO members of each UP 3. Issue based skill development (gender, human rights, legal aid and property rights) for

women 4. Upazlia level Capacity Building for Imam on local justice and VCs 5.  Capacity building of Village Police (1 day training)D. Advocacy and communication 1.  Annual Upazila level sensitization workshop 2. Half annual Upazila level sensitization workshop 3. Half Annual youth workshop at UP level 5. Conduct Community workshop at Upazila level 5.  Conduct Community workshop at UP level6. Workshop on mediation techniques for CBO's 7.  Conduct Rallies, campaigns, street drama and folksongs8.  Organize experience Sharing meeting with UP 9. Project Planning workshop 10.  Day Observancei) International women dayii) World Child rights dayii) International Human rights day11.  Conduct Bi-monthly PMC meeting12.  Monthly staff meeting

13.  Bi monthly LGD and NGO coordination meeting 14.  Bi monthly district Coordination meeting E. Input support to UP for establishing village court1.  Office Signboard2.  Village court Wooden furniture and UP furniture (Ajlash & 1 Table and 1 chair for VCA for each

UP)

3. Transportation cost for village court Ajlash and furniture for new 6 union4.  Incentive for Village Police, Chakidar , Dafadars6. UP furniture (1 table, 1 file cabinet and 1 wooden rack for each UP)

6.  Oath plate and name F. Reporting1. M&E, Reporting and Documentation

Three Years Case Status of Village Court:

District1st Year

(Sep'10- Aug'11)2nd Year

(Sep'11- Aug'12)3rd Year

(Sep'12- Aug'13)

Case Reported 542 2144 1719

Case Resolved 155 2127 1850

Pending Case 387 404 273

Total 1084 4675 3842

2.2. Community Managed Health Care Project (CMHC) project :Community Managed Health Care Project (CMHC) project :

Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) a non-government, non-profit and non-political organization registered with NGO Affairs Bureau of Government of Bangladesh started its operation in 1988 with an objective to alleviate mass poverty by the initiative of a group of youths of Thakurgaon. At the beginning it started philanthropic welfare activities in its own way. Afterwards, initiators’ close association and involvement with the community especially with the disadvantaged section of the society inspired them to feel and realize that a planned and organized effort is imperative to change the fate of the land-less and asset-less people in general and the women in particular. Its experience of a devastating flood in the operational areas of the ESDO in its very initiation year eventually compelled the initiators to formulate a plan and develop a systematic approach to address the problems of this section of people with special emphasis on children and women. Since then ESDO has been undertaking various need based development activities including health services within its operational areas.

PROJECT IDENTIFICATIONPROJECT IDENTIFICATION11 Implementing OrganizationImplementing Organization Head Office Address:Head Office Address:

Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)College Para, ThakurgaonTel: 0561-52149. 61599Fax: 0561-61599

Dhaka Office Address:Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)ESDO House. House#748, Road NO:8,Baitul Aman Housing Society,Adabor, Dhaka-1207Tel: +88-02-8154857

22 Project TitleProject Title Community Managed Health Care ProjectCommunity Managed Health Care Project

33 Project DurationProject Duration Three Years and six months (December 2011 to June-Three Years and six months (December 2011 to June-2015)2015)

44 Project AreaProject Area Sadar and Aditmari Upazilas of Lalmonirhat District Sadar and Aditmari Upazilas of Lalmonirhat District

55 Total BudgetTotal Budget

Total Budget: Tk 3,88,06,520.00 7.7. Organizational RegistrationOrganizational Registration

NumberNumberNGO Bureau: 694/93NGO Bureau: 694/93Renewed: 2008

88 ExecutiveExecutive Dr. Md. Shahid Uz ZamanDr. Md. Shahid Uz ZamanExecutive DirectorEco Social Development Organization(ESDO)

Project area, # of CCs under Community Clinic project

District NameUpazilla

Name

Total

Community Clinic

Community Groups

Support Group # of union

Lalmonirhat Aditmari 29 87 8

Lalmonirhat Sadar

36 108 9

Total 65 195 17

Specific objectives of the project

To improve access to quality primary health care services through functioning community clinic, UH& FWCs and Upazila health complex and strengthening referral linkage between community to CC to UH&FWC to UHC in Hatibandha Upazila by 2015.

To improve exclusive breast feeding among 0-6 month children through behavior change communication and mother support group in 5 unions of Hatibandha Upazila by 2015.

To increase number of functional CCMGs through formation/ reformation , training and advocacy with community, local government and local health department in Lalmonirhat district by 2015

Results

Immediate results (outputs): Following are the expected output of the intervention All the CCMGs in program areas are trained. UH&FWC management committees are trained. Majority of the service providers at CC and UH&FWC (FWA, FWV, HA, CHCP, SACMO, community

midwives) are trained. Developed referral linkage established. BCC sessions on health and nutrition issues held regularly at community level. Actively involved in related health and nutrition networks. Issue based round table discussion and workshops held.

Changes after completion of the project (outcomes): Following outcomes are the expected CCMGs are functional. Community clinics are functional. UH&FWC management committees are functional. More people receiving services from community Clinics Linkage mechanism functional Improved nutritional status among the women and number of institutional delivery increased. Stakeholders are cooperative to establish quality health services.

Major project activities are :

- Awareness raising and information gathering: - Human Resource Development and Community capacity building:

- Utilization of GoB’s institutions and resources: - Mobilization and utilization of local resource: - Advocacy and networking:

CCMG(CG) facilitation :

Under Community Health Care project Community Clinic Management Group (Community Groups) facilitation will be main activities in which ESDO provide capacity building training to all CCs under district like ; CC management training, Organization development training, Leadership development training , gender and rights , Book keeping and accounting , exposure visit and day observance. Beside this community support group formation and mobilization, fund raising linkage and networking with local government and FWC committee

3.3. Human Resources development for Health (HRH) project :Human Resources development for Health (HRH) project :

Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) a non-government, non-profit and non-political organization registered with NGO Affairs Bureau of Government of Bangladesh started its operation in 1988 with an objective to alleviate mass poverty by the initiative of a group of youths of Thakurgaon. At the beginning it started philanthropic welfare activities in its own way. Afterwards, initiators’ close association and involvement with the community especially with the disadvantaged section of the society inspired them to feel and realize that a planned and organized effort is imperative to change the fate of the land-less and asset-less people in general and the women in particular. Its experience of a devastating flood in the operational areas of the ESDO in its very initiation year eventually compelled the initiators to formulate a plan and develop a systematic approach to address the problems of this section of people with special emphasis on children and women. Since then ESDO has been undertaking various need based development activities including health services within its operational areas.

PROJECT IDENTIFICATIONPROJECT IDENTIFICATION

11 Implementing OrganizationImplementing Organization Head Office AddressHead Office AddressEco Social Development Organization (ESDO)Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)College Para, ThakurgaonTel: 0561-52149. 61599Fax: 0561-61599

Dhaka Office Address:Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)ESDO House. House#748, Road NO:8,Baitul Aman Housing Society,Adabor, Dhaka-1207Tel: +88-02-8154857

22 Project TitleProject Title Human Resources development for Health (HRH)Human Resources development for Health (HRH)

33 Project DurationProject Duration 2 Years and Nine month ( July 2012 to March-2015)2 Years and Nine month ( July 2012 to March-2015)

44 Project AreaProject Area Patgram and Kaliganj upazilla of Lalmonirhat District Patgram and Kaliganj upazilla of Lalmonirhat District

55 Total BudgetTotal Budget Total Budget: Tk 1,29,91,556

66 Bank InformationBank Information CD# 1309. Janata Bank, Hatibandha BranchCD# 1309. Janata Bank, Hatibandha BranchHatibandha, lalmonirhat

7.7. Organizational RegistrationOrganizational Registration NumberNumber

NGO Bureau: 694/93NGO Bureau: 694/93Renewed: 2008

88 Name and DesignationName and Designation Dr. Md Shahid Uz ZamanDr. Md Shahid Uz ZamanExecutive DirectorEco Social Development Organization (ESDO)

The Ultimate Outcome of the HRH project is to improved maternal and neonatal health status of poor women, girls and boys in Bangladesh.

Intermediate Outcome (ITO) is improved maternal and neonatal health services provided to the poor by trained nurse midwives and community skilled birth attendants. LAMB-trained CSBAs would be expected

to provide high-quality midwifery services, thus improving access for the poorest women in areas where CSBAs are deployed.

Project Area :

The project will be implemented in Patgram and Kaligonj upazila of Lalmonirhat District.

Target group :Women and children living in two upazilas such as Kaligonj and Patgram under Lalmonirhat District of Bangladesh will have access to better maternal and neonatal services. CSBAs trained under HRH project with adequate competency in midwifery skills and abilities needed to manage normal birth, care of newborn and referral of complicated cases to nearby health facility where EmOC services are available. ESDO will strengthen CCMGs for playing effective role in utilization of CSBAs services at community and improving referral linkage. As the FWAs and FeHAs are already involved in health service delivery at community level and accepted by the community people as CSBA they will create demand and increase access to maternal health services at the community level.Major project activities :

1. ESDO will implement the piloting of BCC intervention to increase utilization of CSBA services by the community as well the a model of functional referral linkage between CSBAs in community level and facilities with EmOC. The intervention will be implemented Kaligonj, and Patgram upazilas of Lalmonirhat district.

2. Community Clinic Management Group (CCMG) formation and reformation

3. Strengthening capacity of Community Clinic Management Group(Community Group)

4. Demand creation for CSBA services

5. Safety net support for the poor for referral of maternal & newborn complications

Expected results of the project :

- CCMGs will be capable to manage the Community clinic in favor of providing quality health service.- Increased number of births will be conducted by CSBAs in selected communities - Increased number of women will receive PNC within 2 days of delivery from CSBAs in selected

communities - Increased number of referrals made by CSBAs will be acted on for maternal & newborn complications

to upgraded FWC, UHC, District Hospital or Medical College

Gender Equality

Each and every step of the project component will be given attention to maintain gender equality such as formation of CCMG and CSG. Training of the CSBAs trained under this project will improve access to skilled attendants during delivery directly supporting the right of women to essential health care particularly for the poor. Besides other gender constraints sometimes sex (male) of service providers, insensitive/ unfriendly attitude of providers, long waiting time etc discourage women to seek pregnancy care from health facilities. As CSBAs are women, trained and got skills to provide pregnancy care and as they will provide services at household level this will help to increase their access to skilled care.

Sustainability

CSBAs after training will return and stay in their communities and will continue to provide services with supportive supervision from the government system which is planned to be strengthened through this project. In addition, strengthening the CCMGs and involving them in demand creation, accountability of CSBAs and referral at local level will increase community ownership and ensure sustainability at this level.

4. Sustainable Education through Community Participation Project (SECP)

Goal: Strengthening capacity and improve attitude of duty bearers towards creating access to Early Childhood Development and completion of primary education with quality for girls & boys.Objectives:

• To develop and strengthen capacity of local level duty bearers for creating access of 3 to 5 years old children to home based early learning (SBK) and preschool.

• To increase skills of community human resources & school teacher for ensuring quality primary education including SBK & preschool.

• To create preschool opportunity for all 5-6 years age group children with the collaboration of local education department & LGIs.

• To strengthen capacity of relevant stakeholder and education department to implement School Improvement Plan (SIP) aligning with Government primary education at 30 primary school for ensuring interactive teaching-learning process in the classroom

• To build awareness of community local level duty bearers for creating fear free learning environment in project area.Key Intervention:1. Shishu Bikash Kendra (SBK) for 3-5 years aged group Children2. Preschool for 5 years aged group children 3. SIP for Total Improvement Planning of 30 Government Primary School

Target people / beneficiaries: 3 to 11 years age group children.Working strategy:

1. Awareness rising2. Capacity development3. Teaching aid support4. Networking & linkage5. Advocacy6. Resource mobilization7. Gender equality8. Monitoring & supervision9. Reporting & documentation

Working area: 07 unions of Hatibandha upazila under Lalmonirhat district.

Staff information: Project Staff: Male-17 and Female-2, Total= 19Community staff: Male-36 & Female-277, Total= 313

5. Women And Their Children`s Health Project (WATCH)

Goal: To achieve Millennium Development Goal 4 & 5.

Objectives: 1.To build the capacities of the community (both men and women) to recognize, prevent and respond to basic MNCH issues at the household and community levels in Hatibandha upazilla.2. To improve the quality of health care services and increased accountability through strengthened rural women friendly health care systems in Hatibandha upazilla.

Target people / beneficiaries: Women of child bearing age (15-49 years), newborn baby and under five children.

Working strategy: 1. Community awareness2. Capacity development3. Networking4. Advocacy5. Resource mobilization6. Referral system7. Gender equality8. Monitoring9. Reporting

Working area: 12 unions of Hatibandha upazila under Lalmonirhat district.

Staff information:

Project Staff- Male-8 and Female-2, Total= 10Community staff: Male-26 & Female-51, Total= 77

6. Social and Economic Transformation of the Ultra-Poor Project

Financed By : DFID/SHIREETechnical Support By : CARE BangladeshImplementing Associate : Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO)District : LalmonirhatProject Duration : March 2009 to July 2014Total Budget : 13,50,80315 Taka

Background: The Context of Bangladesh: Bangladesh has made significant progress towards poverty reduction over the past decade. During this period the proportion of people living in poverty fell by 9% and was accompanied by marked improvements in other economic and social outcomes1. These changes are understood to have stemmed from the country’s strong economic growth which

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averaged 5% per annum throughout the nineties. As a result of population growth however, Bangladesh still entered the new millennium with the same absolute number of poor people in its population as ten years previously. Bangladesh therefore remains one of the poorest and most densely populated countries in the world, with 50% of its population of 126 million living in poverty, and with 85 percent of the poor living in rural areas. Some 30 million people currently live in extreme or hard-core poverty, as defined in terms of dietary consumption by a calorific intake of less than 1,805 kcal per capita per day2. The extreme poor did not benefit proportionately from the national economic growth trend of the nineties, and in fact inequality actually increased over the period. Ensuring that the extreme poor are able to participate in and benefit from economic growth by means of innovative and targeted interventions is therefore a key challenge for the achievement of further poverty reduction in Bangladesh.

Over all objectives: The purpose statement for the Shiree Challenge Fund provides the long-term Goal of the project:

Over 1,000,000 people in rural and urban areas have lifted themselves out of extreme poverty by 2015.

The project Purpose is that:

Women and men of 40,000 extreme poor households in Northwest Bangladesh are empowered to collectively address the causes of their economic, social and political exclusion that keep them in extreme poverty

This purpose highlights the need to facilitate collective action by the extreme poor and the institutionalization of poverty reduction initiatives by the local state. It also emphasizes the need to address underlying causes of extreme poverty which shape and perpetuate the exclusion, marginalization and vulnerability of the extreme poor. This purpose will extend beyond the initial three year period of the project’s life as the consortium partners believe that the journey to sustainable graduation from poverty for the very poorest people is likely to be around a 6-7 year timeframe

ESDO-SETU will be implementing women and men of 4463 extreme poor households at Three Unions of Aditmari and Kaligonj Upazila under Lalmonirhat district are empowered to collectively address the causes of their economic, social and political exclusion that keep them in extreme poverty

This purpose highlights the need to facilitate collective action by the extreme poor and the institutionalization of poverty reduction initiatives by the local state. It also emphasizes the need to address underlying causes of extreme poverty which shape and perpetuate the exclusion, marginalization and vulnerability of the extreme poor. This purpose will extend beyond the initial three year period of the project’s life as the ESDO partners.

Over All Activities of ESDO SETU Project:

o Context and participatory poverty analysis with 145 communities (This analysis also

includes the institutional and vulnerability context, including for example, poor people’s - especially the poorest women’s - access to health services and markets).

o Constructing household profiles of 4463 extreme poor households selected as primary

beneficiaries for SETU

o Community mobilisation to trigger collective action and emergence of local leaders in 145

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o Formation of 145 Para Unnayan Committees (PUC) and support to natural leaders

o Development and implementation of 145 Community Action Plans

o Formation of interest based community action groups, including EKATA (Reflect Circles for

Women – a particular strategy for women’s empowerment. (These groups are also central to the project’s health and nutrition strategy)

o Formation of community based savings and loans groups

o Building linkages to local government (UPs, standing committees, schools, health services)

and other service providers with clear articulation of expected outcomes

o Self evaluation and assessment workshops for organizational development of PUCs

o Cash for work projects to mitigate the impact of monga in collaboration with the Union

o Community assessments with regard to potential economic development opportunities (this

ensures community capabilities to continue to develop and pursue new opportunities)

o Pro-poor sub-sector value chain and market assessments and interventions (dairy,

vegetable) – in ways that allow for even greater participation of the extreme poor e.g. in the production cycle and not just in fringe services;

o Building sustainable social enterprises of networked village industries involving extremely

poor and poor people, and investing in value addition and building sustainable links to market services;

o Capacity building of local leaders for business development. Examples of this include

capacity building in the areas of business management, accounting and record-keeping, negotiation and bargaining, leadership and enterprise

o Development of community based businesses and employment plans that include the

poorest people in the community

o Building a rural sales-force of self-employed women from extremely poor households to

help diversify income generating options (bottom-of-the-pyramid sales, but more importantly to help promote sales for local enterprises, and a network through which knowledge and awareness on a range of issues of relevance to reducing vulnerability to poverty)

o Nurturing the start-up and development of IGAs, specifically targeting the inclusion of

members of the poorest households

o Transfer of small assets or matching grants for business start-up after pre-determined

conditions are met

o Facilitate linkages to service providers, markets and regulatory institutions to enable access

to information, technology, and innovation required for productive and profitable small-scale development (this is linked to individual as well as small group IGA)

o Engagement with UP members and chairmen for poverty analysis and planning (also

includes sharing information about the union gathered during union selection process)

o Capacity building and skills training for UP members (facilitation skills, poverty analysis,

gender and rights awareness, financial management, participatory planning, management and negotiation, enabling business development)

o Establishment of forums for civic engagement with local government (gram sabhas,

reactivating standing committees

o Promoting participatory pro-poor governance based on joint local government-citizen

planning

o Facilitate improved targeting of social safety nets and emergency relief resources and

gather information on levels of resources required for effective social protection for the extreme poor in these unions

o Establish a system for the participatory monitoring and evaluation of UP performance of 03

UPs

o Capacity Building for project staff (CARE and partners) – especially facilitation techniques to

support processes of participatory poverty analysis, community mobilization for community led development, and assessment of economic and business opportunities

o Development of a comprehensive Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation (LME) System

(including systems to measure impact, program process, and program support/ organisational development)

o Organising annual learning events and regional and national levels focused on key

knowledge areas (this will also generate information for advocacy at national policy levels)

o Documentation/ publication of promising practices and lessons from the field

o Influencing national policy and its implementation (National Food Policy 2006; Monitoring

and influencing the targeting of government social protection schemes, including the new 100 days employment guarantee; Popularize and monitor the implementation of the Women’s Development Policy 2008; Advocating for approval and resourcing of Domestic Violence Legislation in Bangladesh

Office AddressOffice Address

Lalmonirhat Office Address:Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)Banvasha More, Taluk KhotamaraLalmonirhat,Mobile: +88-01713149226

Head Office Address Dhaka Office Address:Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO) Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO) Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO)College Para, Thakurgaon ESDO House. House#748, Road NO:8,Tel: 0561-52149. 61599 Baitul Aman Housing Society,Fax: 0561-61599 Adabor, Dhaka-1207 Tel: +88-02-8154857

Working Area of ESDO SETU Project, Lalmonirhat

Name of District Name of UpazilaNumber of

UnionName of Union

LalmonirhatAditmari 01 6. Polashi

Kaligonj 026. Kakina7. Chalbala

02 Upazila 03 Unions

Staff Position:

Total Staff : 15 (Male: 09 Female: 06)Project Manager : 01Finance and Administration Officer : 01Monitoring and Evaluation Officer : 01Community Facilitation Officer : 11Office Assistant : 01

Basic Information of ESDO SETU Project:# of Staff 15  

# of union coverage 3  

# of ward coverage 27  

# of para coverage 145  

# of Union Action Plan 3  

# of union history collected & documented 3  

# of Para history collected & documented 145  

# of Review Union Action Plan 145  

# Open budget sharing at Ward Level 21  

# Draft budget sharing at Union Level 2  

# of Social and resource map completed 145  

# of Well-being analysis completed (WBA) 145  

# of Seasonal calendar completed 145  

# of Pot Analysis completed 145  

# of Women Mobility completed 145  

# of Flow- Diagram completed 142  

# of CLTS Ignition session 142  

# of Community Action Plan (CAP) 145  

# of Participant selection 4463  

# of House hold Profile 5003  

# of Para Unnayan Committee formed 145  

# of Para gathering for solibrating collective Action 95  

# of Assemble Market established 1  

# of Savings Groups 145  

# of Fish Culture Group 3  

# of Natural Leaders Organization 3 1050000/-

# of EKATA center Established 27 108000/-

# of RBC Participants 45 270000/-

# of Karchupi Participants 25 110425/-

# of Honey Participants 50 200000/-

# of Input Support Participants 3863 26795269/-

# of Cash for Work Participants 875 5146980/-

# of Savings groups 145 2094950/-

Improved nutrition status of BHHs membersReduced mortality & morbidityReduced health hazard/costHealthy & productive Household members

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Primary list of EP BHHs preparedCLTS ignitedCAP preparedCommunity-based savings group formedCommunity solidarity builtPUC, EKATA & NLO formedCollective action initiated

Input support received by BHHs for business / IGA Business progress reviewed at communitySustainable employment opportunities created/enhancedEmployment in RMG sector & other companiesEmployment in Rug factoriesRural sales business establishedPro-poor markets

Pro-poor UP budgetSupportive UP bodiesCommunity linked to UPExtreme poor engaged in development process (e.g. UP Standing Committees) More accountable UP

Dependency reducedHealth hazard/cost reducedExploitation reducedExternal links developedResilient community

Year round income and employment Livelihood options diversifiedLivelihood assets & food security enhanced

Greater access to public resources & services (e.g. safety net, khash land, etc.)

Targeted beneficiary households sustainably graduated out of extreme poverty

SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT NUTRITIONAL SUPPORTPOLITICAL EMPOWERMENTECONOMICAL EMPOWERMENT

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