Project Location within Country: Savar, Dhaka

Name of Funding Agency: LGED through CDS

Professional Staff provided by your Organization: 01
No. of Staff: 02
No. of Person-months: staff month: 36

Management Agency: LGED & CDS
Start Date [Month/Year] October 2006 Completion Date [Month/Year] : Oct. 2007

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No. of Professional Staff Provided by Strategic Partner: None
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Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

The objective of the project is to improve livelihoods of the urban poor, by ensuring community participation, improvement of the infrastructure and establishing governance. The specific objective of the project:

• To conduct baseline survey for identification of the beneficiaries.
• To implement Poverty Alleviation Programs based on Poverty Reduction Action Program (PRAP).
• To organize and mobilize urban poor to develop Community Based Organization (CBOs).
• To prepare plan for the utilization of Urban Poverty Alleviation fund and operation of micro credit for the urban poor.
• To prepare plan and estimate for physical works as per design to be constructed in the slum areas.
• To organize training and technical support for capacity building of urban poor as well as CBOs.
• To undertake health and sanitation programs for the urban poor.
• To organize skill trainings for the beneficiaries.
• To develop and introduce participatory monitoring system.

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Md. Gazi Deluar Hossain

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Mobilization of Slum People
• Group formation
• Capacity development training
• Develop relationship of Urban poor with Municipal Authority

Project Location within Country: Babugonj upazila of Barishal district.

Name of Funding Agency: Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)

Duration of assignment (months): 35 months

Management Agency: Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)
Start Date [Month/Year] August, 2003 Completion Date [Month/Year] : June 2006

Professional Staff provided by your Organization:2 No. of Staff: 6
No. of Person-months: 280 staff months

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No. of Professional Staff Provided by Strategic Partner: None
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Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Small Holder Support Project (SHSP) is designed to target poverty alleviation in the parts of southern-western Bangladesh following holistic approach. The approach has unique methodology that integrates LGED to improve rural physical structures including rural road networks, Bank and NGOs to supply and manage cash flow during the needs of farmers and DAE as lead organization to transfer agricultural technologies to the project. The output and success of the project mostly depend upon the convergence of activities in target population, area and organizations. Sustainability of groups depends upon the processes of group formation. Group formation processes could be rightly followed if the NGO has its strength in the locality. GHARONI take responsibility of the area/ location where it has its own establishment.

The main goal is to improve the living condition including the nutritional status of the target group members through diversifying as well as intensifying on-and off-farm activities. The NGO is to form groups of 15-25 (averaged 20) members of different categories of poor farm families. The categories are likely to be Marginal and landless Group members having an operational land holding between 0.20-0.60 hectare including homestead and small Farmers Group members having operational land between 0.60-1.0 hectare including homestead. Group graduation by social mobilization and flow of micro-finance as per need/demand is the role of NGOs in the project. The role of DAE is to provide technology training to the GO/NGO staff as well as the beneficiaries of the project. The modern agricultural production technologies are to be demonstrated in the NGO led groups by the DAE in collaboration with other GO and private sectors. Development of rural infrastructure is a part to support easy movement of commodities for better marketing.

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: K M Shahidul Islam, Project Coordinator

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Farmer selection
• Group Formation
• Training on different IGAs
• Training on Health and Nutrition
• Savings mobilization
• Credit support
• Group graduation
• Follow up & monitoring Credit Support

Project Location within Country: Alikadam & Rowangchari Upazila of Banderban Hill District

Name of Funding Agency: FAO

Duration of assignment (months): 36 months

Management Agency: FAO
Start Date [Month/Year] August 2003 Completion Date [Month/Year] June 2007

Professional Staff provided by your Organization: 1 No. of Staff: 2
No. of Person-months: 144 staff months

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Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Special Program for Food Security is a special project which has initiated for developing the tribal community. The tribal people have enough potentialities and skills to do many productive works for improving their socio-economic condition. But due to lack of skills, credit facilities and technical support they are suppressed to live in inhuman condition from generation to generation. For ensuring household food security these people need to be trained in the field of agriculture and given credit supports to develop their skills and effectiveness so that they can address their own development towards sustainable quality of life.

Project Objectives:

• Enhance capacity of the farmers for increasing agricultural production and income of farmer’s family through agricultural practices.

• Increase access of farmers to micro-credit to buy production resources, tools and technologies The project has been implementing in the Alikadam upazila and Rowangchari upazila of Banderban District. The district is located in South parts of Bangladesh penetrating its heads in to the India. The male and female farmers are the primary beneficiaries of the project. The project has covered 60 farmers of 3 groups. All of the groups will consist of male & female.

The expected output of the proposed project are as follows:

i. 60 beneficiaries trained to developed their skills and efficient management of the agricultural technologies.

ii. Enhanced the economic productivity of 60 farmers providing credit and enabling them micro-entrepreneurs.

iii. Created access to production resources (materials and inputs) for 60 farmers to implement agricultural technologies in the field.

iv. Increased capacity of staff to provide support to the beneficiaries and operate credit program smoothly.

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Mr. Rabindra Chandra Roy, Coordinator

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Constraint analysis and Social Mobilization
• Formation of Village-based organization
• Activity/technology/ farmer category based group formation
• Capacity building and training for beneficiaries group
• Savings mobilization
• Credit support
• Monitoring & Supervision

Project Location within Country: Kaliakoir Upzila of Gazipur

Name of Funding Agency: The world Fish Center Supported by DFID and Department of Fisheries

Duration of assignment (months): 40 months

Management Agency: The world Fish Center
Start Date [Month/Year] April 2003 Completion Date [Month/Year] March 2007

Professional Staff provided by your Organization: 2 No. of Staff: 4
No. of Person-months: 192 staff months

No. of Strategic Partner, if any:

No. of Professional Staff Provided by Strategic Partner: None
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Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Bangladesh is a country of rivers, Beels and Haors, even though; the country is facing severe shortage of fishes and fish-products. The main reasons for this shortage are lack of proper knowledge for fish production, unconscious and disobedient fishermen, tenure systems of Beels and Haors, unconscious villagers dwelling surrounding the Beels and Haors etc. For the improvement of the fisheries sectors, a project has been launched by WorldFish Center named Community Based Fisheries Management with the implementing strategy of Participatory Water body Management by the neighbouring village communities & assist them to generate alternative income source for improving Livelihood of fishermen community to reduce the dependency on only fishes. Surrounding communities of a Beels are mobilized and motivated to form a committee to maintain and manage the eco-systems of Beels to have higher quality abundant fishes in the Beels as well as to reduce dependency on fishing by creating AIGAs for the fishermen and their families. GHARONI has been implementing the project at Kaliakoir Upazila of Gazipur district since April 2003. The selected Beels namely Kuradanga Beel, Cakidam Beel, Shailamara Beel, Falimara Beel, Fatil Beel and Dakurai Beel are located at Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur districts.

The objectives of the project are as follows:

• To increase the income of fishermen through proper utilizing the off period by involving with alternative income generating activities.
• To involve the women of the fishermen community with different micro enterprise development activities;
• To ensure the participation of the farming community in protecting the eco-system of the open water bodies & sustainable production;
• To aware people on Health, Nutrition, Fish & Fish Products
• To develop the institution of the fishermen community through which they will able to raise their voice in union, upazila and district level

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Md. Shamim Ahamed Yousuf, Project Coordinator

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Mobilize poor community people and fishers
• Form group of fishers and poor community people.
• Train the beneficiaries on open water fisheries management
• Provide skill training to the beneficiaries
• Provide capacity building training to the office bearer of CBOs.
• Motivate beneficiaries for savings.
• Aware people on fish laws and their responsibilities and Health & Nutrition.
• Develop folk-talent group to motivate local people through drama, songs etc.
• Establish Fish sanctuary at each beel.

Project Location within Country: : Kotalipara upazila of Gopalgonj district.

Name of Funding Agency: Department of Agriculture, Extension (DAE)

Duration of assignment (months): 26 months

Management Agency: Department of Agriculture, Extension (DAE)
Start Date [Month/Year] April 2003 Completion Date [Month/Year] May 2007

Professional Staff provided by your Organization:2 No. of Staff: 08
No. of Person-months: 400 staff months

No. of Strategic Partner, if any:

No. of Professional Staff Provided by Strategic Partner: None
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Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

The Integrated Area Development Project is basically a poverty alleviation project being implemented in Kotalipara Upazila of Gopalpur district with the support of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and GOB. The poverty alleviation is targeted through agricultural development by transferring improved technologies among the resource poor (marginal and small farmers) farm families. An integrated rural development approach is designed involving LGED, Ngo, Bank and DAE as lead agency. The group –led extension approaches are to be done using partner NGOs to inject micro-credit to achieve accelerated adoption processes. Rural infrastructures mostly rural communication facilities as well as facilitate marketing of agricultural commodities to overcome seasonal glut for vegetables, which is very common in the present days.

The main goal is to improve the living condition including the nutritional status of the target group members through diversifying as well as intensifying on-and off-farm activities. The NGOs is to be formed groups of 15-25 (averaged 20) members of different categories of poor farm families. The categories are likely to be Marginal and landless Groups (up to 0.60 ha landholdings), and small Farmers Groups (0.60-1.0 ha landholdings). Group graduation by social mobilization and flow of micro-finance as per need/demand is the role of NGOs in the project. The role of DAE is to provide technology training to the GO/NGO staff as well as the beneficiaries of the project. The modern agricultural production technologies are to be demonstrated in the NGO led groups by the DAE in collaboration with other GO and private sectors. Development of rural infrastructure is a part to support easy movement of commodities for better marketing.

The specific objectives of the project are:

• To enable landless and marginal families to increase their income and improve their nutrition through agro-based and other income generating activities and homestead gardening.

• To enable small farmers to intensify and diversity crop productions as well as purpose other rural enterprises.

• To create employment opportunities It is anticipated that there are two vital tasks to be done by the GHARONI i.e.

(a) group formation (both MLG and SFG) and development (graduated) through discussion, group meeting and pertaining appropriate training courses

(b) rural savings and credit management to Income Generating Activities (IGA) for MLGs and to agricultural enterprises development for SFGs.

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Md. Shamim Ahamed Yousuf, Project Coordinator

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Farmer selection
• Group Formation
• Training on different IGAs
• Aware on Health and Nutrition
• Savings mobilization
• Credit support
• Follow up & monitoring

Project Location within Country: : Feni Sadar, Dagonbhuiyan and Chagolnaiya upazila of Feni District

Name of Funding Agency: Department of Livestock Services & DANIDA

Duration of assignment (months): 63 months

Management Agency: Department of Livestock Services & DANIDA
Start Date [Month/Year] March 2002 Completion Date [Month/Year] June 2007

Professional Staff provided by your Organization:12
No. of Staff: 49
No. of Person-months: 3843 staff months

No. of Strategic Partner, if any:

No. of Professional Staff Provided by Strategic Partner: None
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Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Poultry production in most developing countries is based mainly on scavenging backyard systems. This low input/output practice has been a traditional component of small farms all over the world for centuries and will continue to be so in the future. For example, it has been estimated that 80% of the poultry population in Africa is found in this traditional production system, which contributes up to 90% of poultry products in some countries. Approximately 20% of the protein consumed in developing countries originate from poultry. In spite of the importance of backyard poultry, few activities have been initiated in this field in order to improve the output.

Previously, projects were typically implemented by governments through the established extension service systems; today, many projects work through village groups supported by local NGOs and with government agencies in facilitating role. Examples of this are the Smallholder Livestock Development Project, SLDP (1993-98) in Bangladesh supported by an IFAD loan and a Danida grant, and the Participatory Livestock Development Project, PLDP (1998-2002), also in Bangladesh, supported by an ADB loan and a Danida grant. A third Danida-funded project, SLDP 2, is soon to start. The design of these projects is based on two previous projects in Bangladesh: the Vulnerable Group Development Programme, coordinated by WFP, and the Rural Development Programme, implemented by the Bangladesh NGO BRAC. Approximately two million smallholders have been established and are in operation within these projects.

Overall objective

The overall objective of the Network for Smallholder Poultry Development is poverty alleviation and improved welfare of the moderate and extreme poor in rural areas.

The immediate objectives

The immediate objectives of the Network are to support sustainable improvement of the traditional free-range poultry production in the smallholder sector of developing countries.
An important objective is to help to develop local research capacity - not merely through collaboration with the Danish Network but also by involving partner institutions and researchers in the research process at all levels. It is imperative that the research networks created promote communication between the village and the laboratory and among the local research institutions themselves.

Another objective is to explore the varieties of traditional poultry management within a given region and to improve the theoretical and practical understanding of the forces, which shape specific strategies.

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Md. Mazibur Rahman, Program Coordinator

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Beneficiaries selection
• Group formation
• Training on Poultry & Livestock
• Aware on Health & Nutrition
• Credit & input support
• Technical support
• Follow-up & supervision

Assignment Location within Country: Mohangonj and Barhatta Upazilla of Netrakona district

Name of Client: BNFE, Ministry of Primary & Mass Education

Duration of assignment (months): 42 months

Start Date [Month/Year] August 2003 Completion Date [Month/Year] January 07

Professional Staff provided by your Organization:01
No. of Staff: 2
No. of Person-months: 126 staff months

Name of Associated Consultants, if any: None

No. of Person-Months of Professional Staff Provided by Associated Consultants: None

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Mr. Rabindu Chandra Roy, Supervisor

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Literacy for All is a human right and essential for human resources development. The constitution of the country has clearly spelt the kind of the basic education the country must have and it enjoins upon the government to impart such education within a given time frame. As a signatory to the World Conference on EFA held in Jomtien in March 1990. World Summit for Children held in New York in September, 1990, EFA Summit of Nine High Population Countries held in New Delhi, in 1993, the Government of Bangladesh is committed to achieve 62% literacy by the year 2000 AD and total literacy for all by 2006.

The purpose of post literacy and continuing education project is (as the name suggests) to provide post literacy and continuing education. In the post literacy phase the objective is to consolidate, upgrade the acquired skills of neo literate and in the continuing phase the objective is to provide them with skill training. In the post literacy phase, the beneficiaries will have opportunities for further strengthening of the acquired literacy skills and would have an exposure on the opportunities of skill training so that they can choose the skill training from the list of available and suitable skills considering the market demand and supply situation.
NGOs are envisaged to play a key role as the interface between the project, and the institutions involved in the project, and the stakeholder communities concerned. They would provide long-term support to communities that are of key importance in dealing with the management of human resources. NGOs also have an important role to play in creating linkages between the learner/ center and the existing credit mechanisms and resource-user groups and technical training providing institutions.

The goal of the project is to capacitate the disadvantaged community female sections for facing the problems that exist in their surroundings. The project is implemented by an implementing organization. GHARONI is only providing support for monitoring the project activities and it’s effectiveness in the community. The poor community people who have no literacy are the main target group of the project. The project will provide educational resources and local need based training for developing their skill on specific trade that they can earn themselves.

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Center visiting
• Provide suggestions and technical supports
• Performance evaluation
• Reporting

Assignment Location within Country: Atpara of Netrakona district, Ullapara of Shirajgonj District

Name of Client: Ministry of Primary & Mass Education

Duration of assignment (months): 36 months (Each Phase 9 months)

Start Date [Month/Year] August 2001 Completion Date [Month/Year] January 08

Professional Staff provided by your Organization:01 No. of Staff: 124
No. of Person-months: 4500 staff months

Name of Associated Consultants, if any: None

No. of Person-Months of Professional Staff Provided by Associated Consultants: None

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Mr.Saiful Islam, Supervisor

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Literacy for All is a human right and essential for human resources development. The constitution of the country has clearly spelt the kind of the basic education the country must have and it enjoins upon the government to impart such education within a given time frame. As a signatory to the World Conference on EFA held in Jomtien in March 1990. World Summit for Children held in New York in September, 1990, EFA Summit of Nine High Population Countries held in New Delhi, in 1993, the Government of Bangladesh is committed to achieve 62% literacy by the year 2000 AD and total literacy for all by 2006.

The purpose of post literacy and continuing education project is (as the name suggests) to provide post literacy and continuing education. In the post literacy phase the objective is to consolidate, upgrade the acquired skills of neo literate and in the continuing phase the objective is to provide them with skill training. In the post literacy phase, the beneficiaries will have opportunities for further strengthening of the acquired literacy skills and would have an exposure on the opportunities of skill training so that they can choose the skill training from the list of available and suitable skills considering the market demand and supply situation.
NGOs are envisaged to play a key role as the interface between the project, and the institutions involved in the project, and the stakeholder communities concerned. They would provide long-term support to communities that are of key importance in dealing with the management of human resources. NGOs also have an important role to play in creating linkages between the learner/ center and the existing credit mechanisms and resource-user groups and technical training providing institutions.

The goal of the project is to capacitate the disadvantaged community female sections for facing the problems that exist in their surroundings. GHARONI is providing support for running the project activities and develop knowledge and skill. The poor community people who have no literacy are the main target group of the project. The project will provide educational resources and local need based training for developing their skill on specific trade that they can earn themselves.

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Center establish
• Selection of students (11-45) age group
• Training
• Motivation
• Center based education

Assignment Location within Country: Shibaloya upazila of Manikgonj

Name of Client: Ministry of Primary & Mass Education

Duration of assignment (months): 9 months

Start Date [Month/Year] June 2006
Completion Date [Month/Year] March 2007

Professional Staff provided by your Organization:01 No. of Staff: 31
No. of Person-months: 288 staff months

Name of Associated Consultants, if any: None

No. of Person-Months of Professional Staff Provided by Associated Consultants: None

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Md. Anisur Rahman Supervisor

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Literacy for All is a human right and essential for human resources development. The constitution of the country has clearly spelt the kind of the basic education the country must have and it enjoins upon the government to impart such education within a given time frame. As a signatory to the World Conference on EFA held in Jomtien in March 1990. World Summit for Children held in New York in September, 1990, EFA Summit of Nine High Population Countries held in New Delhi, in 1993, the Government of Bangladesh is committed to achieve 62% literacy by the year 2000 AD and total literacy for all by 2006.

The purpose of post literacy and continuing education project is (as the name suggests) to provide post literacy and continuing education. In the post literacy phase the objective is to consolidate, upgrade the acquired skills of neo literate and in the continuing phase the objective is to provide them with skill training. In the post literacy phase, the beneficiaries will have opportunities for further strengthening of the acquired literacy skills and would have an exposure on the opportunities of skill training so that they can choose the skill training from the list of available and suitable skills considering the market demand and supply situation.
NGOs are envisaged to play a key role as the interface between the project, and the institutions involved in the project, and the stakeholder communities concerned. They would provide long-term support to communities that are of key importance in dealing with the management of human resources. NGOs also have an important role to play in creating linkages between the learner/ center and the existing credit mechanisms and resource-user groups and technical training providing institutions.

The goal of the project is to capacitate the disadvantaged community female sections for facing the problems that exist in their surroundings. GHARONI is providing support for running the project activities and develop knowledge and skill. The poor community people who have no literacy are the main target group of the project. The project will provide educational resources and local need based training for developing their skill on specific trade that they can earn themselves.

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Center establish
• Selection of students (11-45) age group
• Training
• Motivation
• Center based education