This document summarizes a project called Household Economic and Food Security of Extreme Poor/SHIREE Project that aims to help 37,000 extreme poor households in coastal Bangladesh graduate from extreme poverty by 2015. The project is implemented by local partners CODEC and Prodipan across 9 upazilas in Khulna and Bagerhat districts. It provides households with productive assets, skills training, cash transfers, and links them to social services and safety nets to help them improve livelihoods and food security over time until they can sustain themselves above the extreme poverty line. Major achievements so far include selecting and providing inputs and training to over 37,000 beneficiary households.

1. Welcome to presentation on
Household Economic and Food Security of
Extreme Poor/SHIREE Project in Khulna and
Bagerhat Districts
Advocacy Workshop, May 11, 2013

2. Summary of HEFS/SHIREE Project Con’t
Title: Household Economic and Food Security of Extreme Poor/SHIREE
Project
Goal: Government of Bangladesh MDG-1 targets 1 and 2 on income poverty
reduction and hunger achieved by 2015.
Purpose: 37,000 extreme poor households in the coastal areas have
graduated out of extreme poverty within three years.
Duration: April 2009 to March 2015
Partners: CODEC in Bagerhat and Prodipan in Khulna

3. Summary of HEFS/SHIREE Project
Outputs:
1.Enhanced capabilities of extreme poor to access safety nets;
2.Productive asset base and livelihood options of extreme poor HH
enhanced;
3.Capabilities of extreme poor households enhanced to practice existing
or new livelihoods including climate resilient livelihoods;
4.Improved ability of extreme poor households to demand social
entitlements related to nutrition, health, education, water and sanitation;
5.Enhanced capacities of extreme poor households (HHs) to adapt to risks
and shocks, including climatic variability, extreme events and long-term
changes.

4. Household Economic Security (HES) Model
Extreme Poor,
Food and Nutrition
insecurity, extreme
deprivation,
fatalistic attitude
Current
Situation
Threshold
for poverty
MS-1
Ability to Meet
dietary
requirements
and basic
survival needs
12th
Month
Immediate Cash Transfer,
HH level Micro Plan, Link
with Safety net
MS-2
18th
Month
Productive assets
and skills transfer
MS-3
Improved
Health and
Nutrition
status, Food
Utilisation
24th
Month
Awareness on health and
nutrition, Linkages for basic
services, entitlements
MS-5
Movements
towards self
sustain
48th
Month
Community level mechanisms, Linkages,
Continued support
MS-
6
Reduction of
Poverty, Food &
Nutrition
Security Tk
>40/person/ day
@ 2010 pr.
60th
Month
MS-4
Diversification of livelihoods, Coaching and
mentoring, Disaster preparedness Training and
linkages
MS-4
Movement out of
Extreme Poverty
(Income Tk 40
per capita per day
@ 2010 prices)
36th
Month

5. BagerhatDistrict4 Upazilas37 Unions529 Villages
20,000 BHHs
BagerhatDistrict4 Upazilas37 Unions529 Villages
20,000 BHHs
Khulna District5 Upazilas35 Unions577 Villages17,000 BHHs
Khulna District5 Upazilas35 Unions577 Villages17,000 BHHs
Geographical Coverage of HEFS/Shiree Project

6. Name of
District
Name of
Upazila
Unions
Covered
Villages
reached
BHHs
Selection P-1
BHHs
Selection P-2
Total Beneficiary
Khulna
Dacope 09 97 2,804 2585
5,389
Koyra 06 128 2,025 2502
4,527
Paikgachha 10 212 2,171 3130
5,301
Terokhada 06 99 - 1029
1,029
Dighalia 04 43 - 754
754
Bagerhat
Morrelganj 15 171 4,337 5405
9,742
Rampal 10 134 1,848 2376
4,224
Mongla 05 76 1,815 2104
3,919
Chitalmari 07 124 - 2115
2,115
Total 09 Upazilas 72 1106 15000 22000 37,000
Project Area and Coverage Phase II

7. Core Criteria for Extreme Poor Beneficiary Selection
1. Less than 3 meals a day for at least 4 months in a year;
2. Non recipient of long term (1 year or more) livelihood recovery and
non recipient of asset transfer programme except relief;
3. Not owner of more than 10 decimals of cultivable land; and
4. Not owner of more than 10 decimals of homestead land; and
5. Owner of productive assets not more than Tk. 5,000 at current price
(for example, goat, pig, poultry, rickshaw, bicycle, van, sewing machine,
boat, fishing net, small shop) and
6. No outstanding formal credit from any MFI (except loans used for
food consumption and or medical reasons/emergencies).

8. Major achievements of HEFS/Shiree Phase 1
(From April-2009 to March-2012)
Activities Khulna Bagerhat Total
Beneficiaries Selection
7000 8000 15000
Training provided 6988 8938 15926
Input delivered 6781 7754 14535

9. Major achievements of HEFS/Shiree Phase 2
(From April-2012 to April-2013)
Activities Khulna Bagerhat Total
Beneficiaries Selection 10000 12000 22,000
Baseline Data Collection 10000 11831 21,831
Household level Micro plan 9059 11278 20337
Training provided 5245 6323 11568
Input delivered 4707 6818 11525

10. Input Delivery as of April, 2013
Inputs Categories Khulna Bagerhat Total
Cow and Heifer 28 28
Pig 76 76
Van 188 83 271
Boat 271 592 863
Sewing Machine 332 50 382
Fish culture /fish fry 66 315 381
Crab fattening 51 215 266
Farming and agricultural Inputs 193 663 856
Toolsfor handicrafts production 13 15 28
Small business 3443 4884 8327
Fishing Net/ materials 46 1 47
Total 4707 6818 11525

11. Major Livelihood support packages

12. Photos of activities in Project Areas
Princess Anne’s visit in project area
Andrew Mitchell, UK's secretary of state for
international development visit the project area
British celebrity Myleene Klass, an ambassador
for Save the Children visit the Project area
Mayor KCC inaugurating the Market
Linkage Fair
All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
has visited the HEFS Project areas
Joint Secretary RDCD [PD EEP] visit the
Project area

13. Cold wave response January 2013
•Families with 2
years children
and
•Family with 5 to
10 years children
Package
•Blanket 1 piece
•Gents shawl 1
piece
•Ladies shawl 1
piece
•Sweater 30/32
size 1 piece
•Sweater 34 size
1 piece

14. Emergency response: Cold Wave 2013
PNGOs
Family with 2
years children
Family with 5 to 10
years children
Total
Prodipan (Khulna) 870 400 1,270
CODEC (Bagerhat) 993 32 1,025
MSSUS (KCC) 24 206 230
Total 1,887 638 2,525

15. Thank