Resilience strengthening of vulnerable populations in northern, western and eastern Bangladesh through a network approach of 5 partner organisations (BMZ-PT)
Donor/Partners:
Malteser International (German Cooperation)
Project Duration:
01 December 2022 to 31 st December 2025
Project Budget:
2,83,75,023 BDT (246739.33 EURO)
Targeted Community/People:
Community-Chowfaldandi and Khuruskul Union of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Upazila People-Marginalized Women, Persons with Disabilities, Climate Refugees, Ethnic Minorities (Rakhine) and Climatically Vulnerable Communities.
Project Introduction:
From December 2022 PHALS (Program for Helpless And Lagged Society) is being implementing “Resilience Strengthening of Vulnerable Populations in Northern, Western and Eastern Bangladesh through a Network Approach of 5 Partner Organizations” project. An alternative Livelihood Training Center run by the local non-governmental organization PHALS started a market demand based hand and sewing training program as a means of alternative livelihood for sheltered climate refugee women under the pilot project of Khuruskul government special shelter project and Chowfaldandi union in collaboration with the international organization Malteser International. At present, in the first phase 210 women in 8 Self Reliant Group (SRG) are engaged in making products after training in various trades as follows: Embroidery-52, Tailoring- 50, Block-Batik-49, Handicraft-49 and Handloom-10
Project Objectives:
Vulnerability of vulnerable, marginalized, rural riverine and coastal communities is reduced through improved socioeconomic conditions and emergency preparedness.
Project Activities:
o Conduct Study and disseminate result
o Partner exchange visit and Zoom meeting
o Group formation (Self Reliant Group-SRG, Apex Body) & establish savings
o Establish Resource Center at Khuruskul and Chowfaldandi
o IGA Training-Embroidery, Block-Batik, Tailoring, Handicraft, Handloom
o Kind Support for the SRG member
o IGA Promotion-Embroidery, Block-Batik, Tailoring, Handicraft, Handloom
product production and Marketing
o Meeting-SRG, Apex Body, Courtyard meeting,
o Capacity development training for project staff and SRG member-
Entrepreneurship Development & Marketing, Leadership, Financial
accounting, Gender Mainstreaming & Disability Inclusion (GM&DI),
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)-Climate Change.
o Advocacy workshop/meeting with different Govt. Official, Fisherman,
Businessman/Buyer, Bank Official, Union Disaster Management
Committee (UDMC)
o DRR responsive community group formation and equipment support
o Develop and print Information, Education and Communication (IEC)/
Behavioral Change Communication (BCC) materials
o Day observation-World Environment Day (WED), National Disaster Risk
Reduction Day (NDRR), International Climate Action Day (ICAD), Tree
plantation
o Annual Fair/Learning Sharing-Display and sale SRG product
o Project baseline and end line survey
Project Achievements:
o From exchange visit learning beneficiaries finally motivated for group savings
o SRG Savings 47,450 Tk. and Bank account open
o Trend beneficiaries IGA product production & sale
o 151 beneficiaries sold out product at an amount 142,285 Tk.
o DC visit and commitment for display center at tourist zone
o Disseminate study result with UZ and Dist. Officials
o Market linkage
o Participated market event in WED at cultural center for display/product
sale 14000 Tk.
o SRG account maintain by the SRG members
o 3 Resource Center established. Khuruskul-1 and Chowfaldandi-2