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PAST
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
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a.
College based Micro-credit Program |
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Unnayan
Uddog provided skill development training leading micro-credit
support to the poor rural women to be involved in different
types of economic activities under this programme in 1991. The
student of a private college worked as animators to run the
programme with the financial assistance of PACT Inc, USA. |
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b.
Empowering Rural Poor Women: Though Implementation of Collective
Enterprises by Utilizing the Services of an Educational Institution
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Different
types of support services were provided to the rural poor women
to reduce their absolute poverty. Some echo- friendly agricultural
activities were introduced under this programme. NORAD funded
this programme in 1991. |
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c.
Development of Fish Drying in Chanda Beel |
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The
aim of the project was to develop the technique of fish drying
system for the fishermen/women of Chanda Beel (a vast water
body) area. The Government of Bangladesh funded this project
with the assistance of ADB in 1995. |
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d.
Elimination of Child Labor Project |
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Unnayan
Uddog implemented the `Elimination of Child Labour Project'
to humanize the working environment of the street children (garbage
sorter) of Dhaka city by introducing a suitable garbage management
system (house to house garbage collection system) and providing
them with a package of essential services to meet up their minimum
needs for physical and mental development. The children were
provided with basic education up to grade III, primary health
care services and recreational facilities. House to house garbage
collection system was introduced to substitute their income
because they lost their previous income opportunity due to withdrawal,
which was essential for their family. ILO-Bangladesh funded
this project in 1996. |
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e.
Arsenic Mitigation Programme |
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Unnayan
Uddog implemented the `Arsenic Mitigation Programme' jointly
with Unnayan Shamannay with the assistance of UNICEF and Directorate
of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) at Tangail Sadar Upazila
between 2002 and 2003. The objectives of the project were as
follows: |
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To provide information among community people regarding arsenic
problem;
· To determine the extent of arsenic contamination through
testing of tube wells;
· To identify arsenicosis patients and help them in taking
possible treatment measures;
· To mobilize the local communities for arsenic mitigation
through local government and existing NGOs and CBOs;
· To help the communities in selecting alternative safe
water technologies;
· To find out alternative sources of safe water;
· To develop a replicable model of community-based arsenic
mitigation that can be executed in other affected areas of the
country in a wider scale. |
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Unnayan
Uddog carried out an action research titled 'Monitoring and
Quality Improvement of Traditional Dug Well to Mitigate the
Arsenic Problem' with the financial assistance of the Ministry
of Science and Information & Communication Technology for
the financial year 2004-2005. |
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f.
Observance of World AIDS Day 2006 and World Population Day 2007
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Unnayan
Uddog observed the World AIDS Day-2006 and World Population
Day 2007 with the assistance of UNFPA and Bangladesh Garments
Manufacturers Association (BGMEA). |
