Practical Action's introductory presentation to the Gender Working Group in April 2019

1. Meet Practical Action
Bangladesh Country Programme

2. We put ingenious IDEAS to work
so people in poverty can change their world

3. We have operation through 7 offices in 9 countries
Kenya, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Peru, Bolivia, Sudan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh

4. founder of Practical Action
Dr. E. Fritz Schumacher
(commonly known as E.F Schumacher)

5. Our Vision is for a world where all people have access to the technologies that
enable them to meet their basic needs and reach their potential, in a way that
safeguards the planet today, and for future generations
Our mission:
 Develop and demonstrate practical, technology-based solutions that enable
women and men living in, or vulnerable to poverty lead dignified lives
 Partner with local communities and other organisations to ensure that the
solutions work in the long term
 Inspire widespread adaption of sustainable technologies that work, so that our
pioneering approach can benefit far more people than our work alone

6. Practical Action celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2016
We have been working from 1990 in Bangladesh

7. Workstreams-wise Change Ambitions

8. 20WORKING
DISTRICTS
PROJECTS
13
1.7 Million (People)
Our Current status

9. Practical Action Consulting - PAC
Independent and professional consulting in the use of technology for
poverty reduction
Registered under Joint Stock Company
High quality
national and
international
consultancy
Scale proven
technologies
& approaches
adopting
sustainable
business
model
Scale the
proven
knowledge,
approach and
technology of
the
organization
Research,
development,
and scale the
proven
innovations
Revenue
generation
Five basic objectives of PAC in Bangladesh

10. Our Flagship activities …

11. Raised Riverbed Agriculture
 People living at flood prone
areas in the norther part of
Bangladesh face recurrent
economic loss due to river
erosion
 Apart from domestic
migration, a big number of
people live on the
embankment and in the
isolated Chars
 Practical Action has the
experience of working with
the displaced extreme poor
people living on
embankment since 2004

13. Aquageoponic …

14. Dyke Gardening …

15. Vertical Gardening

16. Promotion of
Organic Agriculture
and Safe Food

17. Vermin Compost

18. Aanshkol: jute fibre extraction machine

19. Krishi Call Centre 16123
• Jointly with AIS (Agricultural
Information Service) started in 2011
• Response over 3000 quarries per
month on Agriculture, Livestock &
Fisheries

20. Citywide FSM system
Disposal
or reuse
Containment Transport Treatment
Point of
generation

22. FSM for Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals

23. Comprehensive housing with water,
sanitation and solar energy solutions
with livelihood

24. Comprehensive market information flow through Digital
Weather Information System at Union Parisad

26. Gender Mainstreaming
Our core principle
- At organizational level
- At programme level
- At project level
Gender mainstreaming at different level is guided by the
Gender Policy, Safeguarding Policy and E-Learning of all staff
on Sexual Harassment in addition to Code of Conduct that
encompasses few clauses on gender friendly work
environment.

27. Awareness on MHM
&
Protection of Child Marriage
(Ten minutes video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYnS2coWHs

28. Personal Hygiene for Girl Children

29. SaniMart
(female-led entrepreneurship) in Sirajganj, Gaibandha,
Jamalpur, Satkhira, Khagrachari, Sariatpur and Chapai
Nawabganj districts

32. SaniMart-produced sanitary napkins are
branded as …

33. SaniMart in the Media
Two minutes video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPwK1JlQR7w

34. hasin.Jahan@practicalaction.org.bd
Thanks …