SOLIDARITY has been implementing SDC Shomoshti Project with the techincal assistance of CARE Bangladesh and also work closely with Local Government projects of SDC and CARE’s governance projects to facilitate governance mechanisms and practices inclusive of   the poor, disadvantaged and marginalized groups. Through coordination, collaboration and building synergies, the project will enhance enabling environment for producers groups and communities to access market and basic services including social safety net schemes of the Government.

Outreach and Targeting: Shomoshti’s outreach will extend to at least 26000 rural households of which 70% will be poor, 40% disadvantaged, and 30% women. In targeting of the poor and disadvantaged and marginalized women. Shomoshti recognizes that characteristics of poor, disadvantaged and marginalized women are context specific. The project will follow four steps selection process Identification of poorest & most vulnerable districts and upazilas, Union Identification, Identification of producer groups and communities & Identification of poor & disadvantaged households) to determine specific targeted households as primary outreach.

This Project has been working jointly with Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Kurigram Zilla from March 2005 and continues December 2015 which is funded by Save the Children International. This project is organizing training of NTCF members on Life skill, Journalism, Child rights monitoring report. Total beneficiaries under this project: 100 and this project is working at Kurigram District under Berubary Union.

1.  Project information: Phase 3 (2014-2015)
   

Rice is the main food of our country. Most of the lands are used under rice cultivation. But Kurigram is a flood effected district. In Aman season, a large area of aman rice field are damaged causes 0f flood water in rainy season. So, flood tolerant varieties (BRRI dhan51, BRRI dhan52, BINA dhan11, BINA dhan12) are vary important technology for increasing yield in this area.

SOLIDARITY-IRRI STRASA Project introduced flood tolerant rice varieties at farmers’ field in 400 villages of 45 unions of 9 upazilas under Kurigram district. Its coverage area 500 hectors in this period. 3000 farmers get inputs support for establishing his/her demonstration.

Farmers have mixed impression cultivating the flood tolerance rice. They observed their field and some of them saw that the seedlings of paddy were alive after 18 days in submergence condition, some of them were ruined and some of them have taken care for future observing. More about 80 percent farmers gets benefit that are not destruction their plot and get 1400-1600 kg of rice in each acre.

In this year, the seed of flood tolerant rice have been expansion and farmers grow their crop for seed. Among them 645 new farmers were included in this area who is not involved in flood tolerant rice variety cultivation previously. Considering grain yield and cost reduction, use of stress tolerant rice variety was beneficial to farmers. But farmers opined that they will be more benefitted from this technology. Day by day farmers’ interest is growing to use the technology in their fields. As a result, this technology helps to cover large flood prone area in Aman season and increase production.

This project has started since 2010 as pilot base considering direct beneficiary 5741 and indirect beneficiary 1263. The main objective of the project is increasing capacities of poor households towards elimination of their poverty.

Emergency Response  by ECHO Consortium

The Goal Of The Project: To strengthen community resilience by increasing children, youth and their caregivers’  knowledge on climate change adaptation (CCA) and developing an ‘adaptive culture’

The Objective of The Project:

Objective 1: Children, youth and caregivers are empowered through CCA planning processes and the integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptations (CCA) actions at community level.

Objective 2: Local (Union Parishad) and sub-national (Ward) government mandated disaster management committees are engaged in child-centred adaptation planning processes and validate the resulting community plans.

Objective 3: Key line ministries at sub-national level (upazila, ward and district), including those responsible for agriculture, fisheries, livestock and health, provide support to the development and implementation of the child-centred adaptation plans.

Objective 4: Key Save the Children and partner NGOs staff have the capacity to integrate climate risk and adaptation actions into existing projects and utilize integration indicators to measure progress.

Working Area: Kurigram Sador, Nageshwari & Bhurungamari Upozila

Child Protection

Strengthening Household Ability to Respond to Development Opportunities (SHOUHARDO II) ProgramStrengthening Household Ability to Respond to Development Opportunities (SHOUHARDO II) Program is working onAgricult, Women empowerment, Early child hood education, Livelihoods, Nutrition, Health and Sanitation

Cash support to Women and Children for mitigate their daily food and other need to Flood Affected families 

Provide 5000 cash to each Flood Affected Families.

CLP working at Kurigram from 2004 and worked with SOLIDARITY from 2010.There are seven different project under  CLP. Like as Markets & Livelihoods Project, Infrastructure Unit, Social Development Project, Milk Market Development project, Primary Health care & Family Planing Project,Village savings & Loan Project, Direct Nutrition Intervention Project .

The goal of this project is to contribute to the achievement of national goal on WaSH through context-specifice & scalable water supply, sanitation & hygiene services in hard-to-reach areas of Rural Bangladesh.

Ensure safe water and improve sanitation facilities towards the community the project has installed/implemented different types of intervention such as New Tube Well installation, Tube Well Upgradation/Technology improve, platform construction, water quality test (Speciall Arsenic test), develop hand washing technology at household level, instutional level Tube Well and latrine installation, Public place level Tube Well and latrine installation, CBO Capacity building on WaSH rights, LGI Capacity building on WaSH rights etc.

The project facilated different types community led approachs such CBO led approach, Child In WatSan (CIW) approach, UP led approach, Rights Based Approach etc.

The project developed and disseminated rice verities tolerant of drought, flood submergence salinity, iron toxicity and cold. The project identified the region where stress tolerance variety will have maximum impact and develop a forum for upcoming seed production and adoption.

Overall Objectives:

1. Landless and extreme poor of char areas have overcome their poverty and leading a dignified life

Specific Project Objectives:

1. Food security, income and employment of target families have substantially improved.

Three indicators to monitor the extent the project objective has been achieved.

A   By the end of project period, 50% target beneficiary families have been profitably managing at least

      two regular income generating activities (IGAs)/ income sources.

B    By the end of project period, the average daily food intake of all target families has  

      increased by  at least 60% as compared to baseline situation

c    By the end of the  project period, monthly income of 70% target beneficiaries (women)  have

       increased by at least 50% as compared to baseline situation.

Child Protection and Development/ Child Labour and Labour Rights protection. Funded by Manusher Jonno Foundation. Project period is August 2013 to December 2016.The  project is implanting 16 hard to reach vulnerable areas/unions in 4 upazillas under the untouched areas of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts.  This project will be focused on hazardous child labour elimination and protection rights of the working children and vulnerable workers are involved in hazardous jobs. This project will be implemented for prevention, rehabilitation, development, protection by education mainstreaming programs through non-formal education, vocational training, Schooling, Non-hazardous job, new job targeting the vulnerable to be hazardous children and engaged hazardous and exploitative works of children through the active participation of children, Parents. Communities, Employers, GO and NGOs.

The Goal of the proposed project: “A child labour free Bangladesh where basic rights every child have been fulfilled”

Objectives:      

1. To withdrawn children from GoB listed hazardous workplace.
2. To create conducive working environment for the working children are lawfully eligible to work in non-hazardous works.
3. To protect vulnerable children entering into labour market

Outcome:

1. 2000 children withdrawn from hazardous work and enrolled in formal school.
2. 300   children replaced from hazardous to non hazardous job.
3. 1200 children reassigned from hazardous to non hazardous task within the same work place.
4. 500   employers complied the code of conduct to ensure conductive environment
5. 5000 children got access to first aid primary treatment facilities.
6. 1500 of Children enrolled in formal school before entering into labour market.

Output:

1. 3500 student received NFE from child center to enroll themselves to formal school.
2. 500 employers agreed to release their child employee
3. 3000 parents are sensitized to send their children instead of jobs
4. 300 children received vocational training
5. 4500 children got health cards
6. 500 work place have first aid box
7. 500 employers hanged the code of conduct in their work place
8. 5000 children are informed about the negative consequence of HCL

The Goal of the proposed project: “A child labour free Bangladesh where basic rights every child have been fulfilled”

Objectives:      

1. To withdrawn children from GoB listed hazardous workplace.
2. To create conducive working environment for the working children are lawfully eligible to work in non-hazardous works.
3. To protect vulnerable children entering into labour market

Outcome:

1. 2000 children withdrawn from hazardous work and enrolled in formal school.
2. 300   children replaced from hazardous to non hazardous job.
3. 1200 children reassigned from hazardous to non hazardous task within the same work place.
4. 500   employers complied the code of conduct to ensure conductive environment
5. 5000 children got access to first aid primary treatment facilities.
6. 1500 of Children enrolled in formal school before entering into labour market.

Output:

1. 3500 student received NFE from child center to enroll themselves to formal school.
2. 500 employers agreed to release their child employee
3. 3000 parents are sensitized to send their children instead of jobs
4. 300 children received vocational training
5. 4500 children got health cards
6. 500 work place have first aid box
7. 500 employers hanged the code of conduct in their work place
8. 5000 children are informed about the negative consequence of HCL