Completed projects
College based Micro-credit Programme
Micro-credit and skills development training were provided to poor rural women so that they could take part in different types of economic activity. Students of an intermediate college worked as advisors to run the programme.
Empowering Rural Poor Women through Collective Enterprises
Different types of support services were provided to rural poor women to reduce their acute poverty, delivered by utilizing the services of an educational institution. Some eco-friendly agricultural activities were introduced under this programme.
Development of Fish Drying in Chanda Beel
The aim of the project was to develop the fish drying technique for the fishermen and fisherwomen of Chanda Beel, a vast water body.
Elimination of Child Labour Project
By one estimate, 0.15 million children sort 1,000 tons of garbage every day in Dhaka city alone, collecting inorganic substances and plastics with recycling value. They work under hazardous conditions and handle clinical waste with bare hands. Unnayan Uddog implemented an action programme to humanize their working environment by introducing a house-to-house garbage collection system and providing a package of essential services — basic education up to grade III, primary health care and recreational facilities — while the collection system subsidised the income the families lost when the children withdrew from garbage sorting.
Research and evaluation studies
Alongside its field programmes, Unnayan Uddog has carried out research and evaluation work for donors including NORAD, DIAKONIA, UNICEF, ActionAid and BGMEA.
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Empowering Rural Poor Women: Through Implementation of Collective Enterprises by Utilizing the Services of an Educational Institution
Critical findings: Students and teachers of local schools and colleges are the most acceptable community leaders in their society, and have spare capacity to implement development programmes without hampering their education.
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Development through an Educational Institution: A Case Study of UDDOG
Critical findings: Educational institutions have extra capacity to implement development programmes without harming their learning atmosphere. Involving teachers and students can improve the quality of education and reduce the operating cost of development projects.
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Wastage in Youths, Dignity of Labour and Education System: BIKALPA Experience
Critical findings: Educated youths do not hesitate to do laborious jobs within the country if they get the necessary support from the concerned authority. Such projects can also reduce unemployment among educated youth.
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Manikgonj Association of Social Services: An Evaluation Report
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Social Association for Rural Advancement (SARA): An Evaluation Report
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Association for Village Advancement (AVA): An Evaluation Report
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Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR): A Review and Appraisal Report
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Report of the Evaluation of REFLECT on Bhola Island
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Traditional Birth Attendants Training Program of Koinonia: An Evaluation Report
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Household and Intra-Household Impacts and Future Viability of the Approach of Self-Development through Empowerment by BBSS
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Household and Intra-Household Impacts and the Future Viability of the Approach of BRAC
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Household and Intra-Household Impacts of the Credit Program of Grameen Bank
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Household and Intra-Household Impacts and the Future Viability of the Approach of CCDB
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A Comparative Study on the Approaches of BBSS, BRAC, CCDB and Grameen Bank: Household and Intra-Household Impacts
Critical findings: The development approaches of BRAC and Grameen Bank are more effective than those of BBSS and CCDB, due to the institutionalization of their organizational structure. Organizing beneficiaries is important for securing their rights, but support services add an additional dimension to that effort.
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Implementation of the UN Convention on Child Rights in Bangladesh: A Situation Analysis
Critical findings: The CRC environment in Bangladesh, placed in the context of persistent poverty, cannot be termed conducive to the fuller realization of child rights. Besides socio-economic deprivation in access to education, health and nutrition, children also experience gross violations of non-developmental rights such as sexual abuse and exploitation, trafficking, imprisonment, confinement in domestic service and work in hazardous conditions.
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Baseline survey and situation analysis: Family Welfare and Reproductive Health Education and Services for Garment Workers
Critical findings: Garment factory authorities should increase primary health care facilities at their working places. Availability of these services increases productivity, proving a close link between the two.