Name of Implementing Agency: Grassroots Health

Project Location within Country: Jessore

Duration of assignment (months): 36 months

Name of Funding Agency: Manusher Jonno Foundation through CDS

Management Agency: Manusher Jonno Foundation through CDS

Professional Staff provided by your Organization: 02
No. of Staff: 04
No. of Person-months: staff month: 216

Start Date [Month/Year] 1st Oct, 2006 Completion Date [Month/Year] :
30 Sept, 2009

No. of Strategic Partner, if any: 01 [CDS]

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

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Mr. Md. Abdullah, Project Coordinator

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Establishing of Project Office cum Refresh Service Centre
• Provide legal aid support
• Awareness raising
• Training

Name of Implementing Agency: Grassroots Health

Project Location within Country: Noakhali, Feni and Laxmipur

Duration of assignment (months): 36 months

Name of Funding Agency: LGED with Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Professional Staff provided by your Organization: 02
No. of Staff: 04
No. of Person-months: staff month: 216

Management Agency: LGED

Start Date [Month/Year] 1st Oct, 2006 Completion Date [Month/Year] : 30 Sept, 2009

No. of Strategic Partner, if any: 01 [DREAM-Bangladesh]

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

The Government of Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh under the loan Agreement N0: BD-P51, March 22, 2005 has received loans from Japan Bank For Internationals Cooperation (JBIC) for implementation of Estern Bangladesh Rural Infrastructure Development Project (EBRIDP): Greater Chittagong, Noakhali and Sylhet District. In Accordance with relevant provisions of the loan agreement under reference, NGOs at project districts level will be appointed by the LGED with the concurrence from JBIC, in order to facilitate the participatory development, extend effective training and enhance motivation among stakeholders for implementation of the project components of EBRIDP.

The objectives of the project are to accelerate agricultural, non farm economy and social development in the project by improving basic rural transport network and supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner. The improvement of rural infrastructure in encompasses upazila/union roads, bridge and culverts on Upazila/uninon roads, Growth center, markets, Boat landing stages/Ghat and union parisad complex. The project incorporates measures that wills sustain the benefits of the improve infrastructure by collaborating with NGOs in extending training to strength capacity of stakeholders in particular labor contracting society members and women traders/shop owners at improved growth centers market and to involve them into whole process of the project.

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Ms Ayesha Akter Jahan, Team Leader

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Labor Contracting Society-LCS Women member mobilization
• Baseline survey
• Group Formation
• Training of LCS women member
• Facilitation for establishing women market selection
• Training of Selected women traders and shop owners

Project Location within Country: Netrakkona Pourashoba

Name of Funding Agency: ADB,LGED

Duration of assignment (months): 24 months (Initially)

Management Agency: LGED & Netrakona

Professional Staff provided by your Organization: 02
No. of Staff: 04
No. of Person-months: staff month: 216

Start Date [Month/Year] April, 2006 Completion Date [Month/Year] : March 2011

No. of Strategic Partner, if any:

No. of Professional Staff Provided by Strategic Partner: None
No. of Staff:
No. of Person-months:

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

In the development sector, role and experiences of NGOs are well recognized nationally and internationally. The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of UGIIP has invited the NGO’s to participate in the project implementation process. Involvement of experienced NGO’s in the implementation process of the project will bring a sustainable practice among the beneficiaries of the project for a better & secured livelihood for themselves. From this perspective, selection of NGOs as development partner to implement the project is a wise decision taken by the project authority.

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 establish and manage Satellite School.
• To organize skill trainings for the beneficiaries.
• To develop and introduce participatory monitoring system.

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Md. Saiful Islam, Project coordinator

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Group formation
• Skill training
• Education
• Health service
• Credit Support

Project Location within Country: Pabna Pourashoba

Name of Funding Agency: LGED

Duration of assignment (months): 24 months (Initially)

Management Agency: LGED

Professional Staff provided by your Organization: 03
No. of Staff: 24
No. of Person-months: staff month: 648

Start Date [Month/Year] January, 2008 Completion Date [Month/Year] :
December 2010

No. of Strategic Partner, if any:

No. of Professional Staff Provided by Strategic Partner: None
No. of Staff:
No. of Person-months:

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

In the development sector, role and experiences of NGOs are well recognized nationally and internationally. The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of UGIIP has invited the NGO’s to participate in the project implementation process. Involvement of experienced NGO’s in the implementation process of the project will bring a sustainable practice among the beneficiaries of the project for a better & secured livelihood for themselves. From this perspective, selection of NGOs as development partner to implement the project is a wise decision taken by the project authority.

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 establish and manage Satellite School.
• To organize skill trainings for the beneficiaries.
• To develop and introduce participatory monitoring system.

Name of Senior Staff Involved and functions Performed: Ms. Anawara Chowdh, Project coordinator

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Group formation
• Skill trainingury
• Education
• Health service
• Credit Support

Assignment Location within Country: Daganbhuyan upazila of Feni district

Duration of assignment (months): 120 months

Name of Client: Fund Management Unit, Bangladesh Bank

Professional Staff provided by your Organization:1
No. of Staff: 02
No. of Person-months: 360 staff months

Start Date [Month/Year] August 2003 Completion Date [Month/Year] July 2013

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.Kusum Chakma, Project Coordinator

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

In Bangladesh, poverty is concentrated mostly in households who do not have assets (resource poor). The living standard of the people in the project area is very low which is characterized by low and unevenly distributed family income. The middle class are using most of the resources of the Government at the upazila level. They have the easy access to the resources available in the upazilla level than the poor people. The poor people are overlooked and need support for improving their house. Credit in housing sector is necessary for the poor people to change their household condition. There is no any process of providing loan to the poor people for housing purpose from bank or moneylender. Normally, the women have little access to the bank loan. The private moneylenders provide credit often at exorbitant rates of interest.

Grassroots Health and Rural Organization for Nutrition Initiative (GHARONI) has long working experience in the development area and expertise in project implementation may be regarded as its unique strength. The organization has the housing program in a very limited scale. GHARONI has no separate head for the housing program so it is normally calculated in the head of credit program. In this program, the group member is provided with necessary credit supports so that they can build their house.

The objective of the housing program is to provide credit support to the poor people for constructing their house and improving their living standard. The target beneficiaries are the disaster affected homeless poor people who has no resources for constructing their houses. The number of beneficiaries of this project is 80. The activity includes group formation, credit support and follow-up & monitoring. The purpose of the program is to provide housing facilities to the poor disaster affected people.

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff:

• Beneficiaries selection
• Group Formation
• Orientation on project
• Motivation for savings
• Credit support
• Follow-up & Monitoring