A presentation on ACTIVITIES OF NGOs AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN BANGLADESH

1. ACTIVITIES OF NGOsAND COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN RURAL
DEVELOPMENT IN BANGLADESH
Submitted to
Dr. Lavlu Mozumder
Associate Professor
Dept. of Rural Sociology

2.  WHAT IS NGO?
A non-governmental organization
(NGO) is any non-profit, voluntary
citizens' group which is organized
on a local, national or international
level.

3.  NGOs are also traditionally known as:
Voluntary Organizations (VOs),
VoluntaryAgencies (VAs),
Voluntary Development Organizations (VDOs),
Non Governmental Development Organizations(NGDOs).

4.  Characteristics of NGO
Four defining characteristics
1.Voluntary
2.Independent
3.Not-for-profit
4.Not self-serving in aims and related values

5.  What is CBO ?
An NGO is a nongovernmental
organization and a CBO is a community
based organization. Basically, a CBO is a
subset of NGO types.
An NGO can focus impact on anything
from a small group to ending world hunger.
A CBO is an NGO, but it’s focus is strictly
on community based activities. It works on
a local level only.

6.  Top NGOs and CBOs in Bangladesh
• BRAC
• Caritas Bangladesh
• CARE International
• ASA
• JAAGO Foundation
• Prochesta Foundation
• Oxfam
• Heed Bangladesh

7.  BRAC
BRAC is the largest non-governmental development organization in the
world.
BRAC start their journey in 1972 and has introduced itself as “a pioneer in
recognizing and tackling the many different realities of poverty.”
Their vision is of just, enlightened, healthy and democratic
societies free from hunger, poverty, environmental degradation
and all forms of exploitation based on age, sex, religion and
ethnicity.

8.  What BRAC Do?
Microfinance
Dabi - Poverty alleviation for poor landless women
Unnoti - Microenterprise development for marginal
farmers
Progoti - Small enterprise development for
businesses

9.  Program Support Enterprise
-Aarong
-Dairy and Food Project
-Vegetable Export
-Nurseries
-Feed Mills
-Poultry Farms & Disease Diagnosis Lab
-Broiler Production & Marketing
-Seed Enterprise
-Fisheries Enterprise

10.  Education
-Pre-PrimarySchool
-PrimarySchool
-Children withSpecialNeeds(CSN)
-EducationforIndigenousChildren
-CommunityandFormal School
-PartnershipwithMainstreamPrimary Schools
-SecondarySchool
-ContinuingEducationProgramme(CE)
-AdolescentDevelopment Programme

11.  Health Program
-EssentialHealthCare
-EHC-STUP
-WASH
-MNCH-Rural
-Manoshi-MNCHUrban
-TuberculosisControl
-MalariaControl
-HIV/AIDS
-Shushasthya
-BRACLimb andBraceCentres
-PilotInitiatives

12.  Human Rights & Legal Services
-Human RightsandLegal Education
-CapacityBuildingof Sheboks/shebikas
-LocalCommunity LeadersWorkshop
-HumanRights ImplementationCommittees
-LegalAssistanceandLegalAidClinics
-HumanRights ViolationCases

13.  Social Development
-Polli Shomaj-ward level federations
-Union Shomaj- union level federation
-Capasity Development of Local
Government
-Popular Theatre
-Human Rights Violation Issues

14.  Agriculture
-Support Programmes and business
-Poultry and Livestock Programme
-Support Enterprise for Livestock and Poultry
Poultry farming
-Support Enterprises forAgriculture
-Fisheries Programme
-Support Enterprise for Fisheries
-Social Forestrhy Programme
-Support Enterprises for Social Forestry
-Sericulture

15.  Caritash Bangladesh
Caritas Bangladesh works in integrated
development, disaster management, and human
resource development. They start their journey in
1967 as Caritas East Pakistan. In 1976 they were
re-introduced their name as Caritas.

16.  CaritasBangladeshisimplementingover90
ongoingprojectsrelatingtothesesix
goals/sectors:
1. Improvement of the Quality of Life of the
Extremely Poor and of Vulnerable Communities.
2. Promote Education Rights and Inclusive Quality
Education.
3. Improve Health Education, Care and Public
Health Services.
4. Strengthen Disaster Response and Community
Resilience.
5. Strengthen Ecological Sustainability.
6. Improvement of the Living Standards of
Indigenous Peoples.

17.  PROSHIKA
• Established in 1976
• Proshika was founded by social
workers trained in BRAC who
decided to concentrate mainly
on human development
training

18.  The rural development activities of PROSHIKAcan be
grouped into three broad categories :
1. Building self-awareness and
confidence
2. Promotion of income
3. Development of education

19.  ASA
• Established in 1978.
Rural development programs taken by ASA
• Loan
• Savings
• Insurance
• Health awareness
• Primary education
• Higher education
• Partnership building among rural people

20.  JAAGO Foundation
• The JAAGO Foundation is a civil society
organization established in April 2007 and
based in Bangladesh.
• The foundation has more than 25,000
volunteers via its volunteer platform 'Volunteer
for Bangladesh' who celebrate this day by
raising awareness for children's rights.

21.  JAAGO Foundation School
• It has 12 fully functional branches and over
3,000 students. The JAAGO School is the
first of its kind to provide free of cost
education of international standards to the
destitute children of Bangladesh.
• The primary course of instruction is English
although students are also taught Bangla to
have a very strong background in Bengali.

22. THANK YOU !
Submitted by-
MD. Mahedi Hassan Himel
ID- 1705044
MD. Tahmid Hassan Khan
ID-1705084
Rokonuzzaman
ID-1605085