SAVE THE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH aCHIEVEMENTS AND IMPACT IN 2012/13 Key achievements: how we help children to fulfill their rights in 2012/13 Children face multiple challenges to realising their basic rights in Bangladesh. Life, for many, particularly those living in families in remote rural areas and urban slums, is characterised by poverty and depriva- tion, involving poor health and nutrition (stunting, under-nutrition and wasting); high dropout from schools; a lack of quality early childhood development, including limited opportunities to play and develop; and inadequate protection from exploitation, early marriage, various forms of abuse and domestic violence, and vulnerabilities associated with separation and migration. While many children are classified as being poor, many are also marginalised (including street children and children working in the worst forms of child labour), experiencing more severe constraints to fulfilling their basic needs and rights to survival, development, protection and participation. Urbanisation, vulnerability to disaster and the effects of climate change are the major trends shaping the future environment for children, requiring strategic attention. Save the Children has built a solid foundation of work in Bangladesh, with many achievements and lessons learned. The organisation has made positive inroads into developing partnerships with local NGOs and other actors such as the Government, and currently holds a credible and positive reputation amongst the country’s diverse civil society. Save the Children in Bangladesh has 90 projects and works with over 60 partners across seven thematic areas (Child protection, Child rights governance, Education, Emergencies, Health, Food Security &Livelihoods and HIV/AIDS) Programmatically reached directly close to 13 million children, 2.2 million adults. “I was only 13 years old when I was married. My husband did not make enough to feed my little daughter and I. Eventually, he married another women and left me.” Save the Children taught Minati to run a business and using those skills, she started a bamboo handcrafts business. “I used my initial profits to repair my parents’ home and sent my daughter to school. I brought nutritious food for the family. Once that was done, I started saving for my future plan, ” she said. “I wanted to build a house with proper sanitation facilities and a vegetable garden. I wanted to give my daughter a proper place to live for a longer time because I do not want her to marry young.” As Minati has been empowered to give her daughter a better life, she understands the importance of keeping her in school and protecting her from child marriage. “Many women now come to me to learn how to make bamboo products. More women are now working and warning more money. I am a member of a community group that seeks to reduce early marriage and promotes better hygiene.” Case Study Established in 1970 Total annual spend in 2012, over US $50mn 660+ staff Work in 64 Districts 90+ Grants 60+ Partners Photo Credit: Khaza Nizam Uddin / Save the Children
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SAVE THE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESHaCHIEVEMENTS AND IMPACT IN 2012/13
Key achievements: how we help children to fulfill their rights in 2012/13
Children face multiple challenges to realising their basic rights in Bangladesh. Life, for many, particularly those living in families in remote rural areas and urban slums, is characterised by poverty and depriva-tion, involving poor health and nutrition (stunting, under-nutrition and wasting); high dropout from schools; a lack of quality early childhood development, including limited opportunities to play and develop; and inadequate protection from exploitation, early marriage, various forms of abuse and domestic violence, and vulnerabilities associated with separation and migration. While many children are classified as being poor, many are also marginalised (including street children and children working in the worst forms of child labour), experiencing more severe constraints to fulfilling their basic needs and rights to survival, development, protection and participation. Urbanisation, vulnerability to disaster and the effects of climate change are the major trends shaping the future environment for children, requiring strategic attention. Save the Children has built a solid foundation of work in Bangladesh, with many achievements and lessons learned. The organisation has made positive inroads into developing partnerships with local NGOs and other actors such as the Government, and currently holds a credible and positive reputation amongst the country’s diverse civil society. Save the Children in Bangladesh has 90 projects and works with over 60 partners across seven thematic areas (Child protection, Child rights governance, Education, Emergencies, Health, Food Security &Livelihoods and HIV/AIDS) Programmatically reached directly close to 13 million children, 2.2 million adults.
“I was only 13 years old when I was married. My husband did not make enough to feed my little daughter and I. Eventually, he married another women and left me.” Save the Children taught Minati to run a business and using those skills, she started a bamboo handcrafts business. “I used my initial profits to repair my parents’ home and sent my daughter to school. I brought nutritious food for the family. Once that was done, I started saving for my future plan, ” she said. “I wanted to build a house with proper sanitation facilities and a vegetable garden. I wanted to give my daughter a proper place to live for a longer time because I do not want her to marry young.” As Minati has been empowered to give her daughter a better life, she understands the importance of keeping her in school and protecting her from child marriage. “Many women now come to me to learn how to make bamboo products. More women are now working and warning more money. I am a member of a community group that seeks to reduce early marriage and promotes better hygiene.”
Case Study
Established in 1970Total annual spend in 2012, over US $50mn660+ staff
Work in 64 Districts
90+ Grants
60+ Partners
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Gopalganj
Joypurhat
Bogra
Natore
Shariatpur
Panchagarh
Madaripur
Sylhet
Rangamati
Chittagong
Bhola
Tangail
Bandarban
Dinajpur
Comilla
Naogaon
Barisal
Pabna
Mymensingh
Noakhali
Jessore
Sunamganj
Khulna
Patuakhali
HabiganjSirajganj
Satkhira
Rajshahi
Netrakona
Rangpur
Kurigram
Faridpur
Dhaka
Jamalpur
Gazipur
Bagerhat
Maulvibazar
Kushtia
Khagrachhari
Kishoreganj
Feni
Gaibandha
Jhenaidah
Barguna
Chandpur
Narail
Sherpur
Pirojpur
Rajbari
NilphamariThakurgaon
Nawabganj
Magura
Manikganj
Lakshmipur
Brahamanbaria
Narsingdi
Chuadanga
Jhalokati
Munshiganj
Meherpur
Cox'S Bazar
Lalmonirhat
Narayanganj
Barisal
Chittagong
Dhaka
Khulna
Rajshahi
Rangpur
Sylhet
Sundarban
LegendMajor River
Sponsorship Program Area
Child Rights and Governance
Child Protection
Education
Food Security and Livelihood
HIV/AIDS
Health and Nutrition
Districts with Direct Intervention
Emergency (Response, DRR, EiE)
Districts with Indirect Intervention
Prepared by: PDQ Unit
BAY OF BENGAL
Presence in Bangladesh
North
Save the Children total reached in numbers
Children Directly
Adult Directly 12,758,,308
2,262,118
Children reached directly per thematic area
Adults reached directly per thematic areaTotal Funding (USD/ Million) per thematic area 2012/13
SC Member contributions (USD/Million) in 2012/13
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Child Protection, 87,778
Education, 831,678
Health, 421,743
Nutrition, 363,972
HIV/AIDS, 11,193,346
Livelihoods, 150,015
Child Rights Governance, 122,642
Emergencies, 55,413
Other, 328,070
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