End Hunger for Rural Families in Bangladesh

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Summary

Poor people have limited capacity to recover from crises. This project will encourage savings, provide credit, adopt sustainable agriculture and diversify risks using multicropping and aquaculture. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Every year, flooding and loss of valuable agriculture land to erosion occurs, making it difficult for families to survive. Agricultural practices need to be adapted to these conditions to increase yields. High incidence of disease and limited healthcare access skyrockets rates of infant, child, and maternal mortality. Over 1500 families currently participate in this project, helping improve their living conditions and reduce malnutrition.

Activities

Organize 1500 women into groups to develop savings & long-run stability. Trained peer educators provide cultivation & healthcare support. 1500 families receive medical care, 300 women receive credit & financial support, 125 women receive natal care.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $6,011
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $9,647
Total Funding Goal: $15,658

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project ensures food security and healthcare for 1500 women farmers and impoverished families. By increasing savings, income-generating activities, sustainable farming, and improving health access, women and families become self-sufficient.

Project Message

“The credit and training helps the whole family. I bought a small plot of land with the loan and my savings. My husband helped me plant vegetables. We had a good harvest and made extra money to use.”
- Masuda Khatun, Member of the savings and credit group

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Katherine Zavala,
Programs Coordinator, IDEX
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, #101
San Francisco, California 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

Social Advancement Through Unity (SATU)
Main Road
Tangail, Bangladesh 1900
Bangladesh
0088-0921-53674
http://www.idex.org/partner.php?partner_id=15

Learn more about Social Advancement Through Unity (SATU) and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Bangladesh and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Bangladesh, read the Human Development Report on Bangladesh or the Wikipedia entry for Bangladesh.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on September 04, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 02, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

September 2008 Update

By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, September 04, 2008 06:34 PM

A total of 294 group members of SATU have received 1 or 2 microcredit loans in this past year. With support of IDEX, SATU provided microcredit to 130 members. Subsequently, 164 members received microcredit through the groups’ internal savings generation fund.

Of the 294 members, 267 members paid their loans in advance of the due date and requested second loans. As a result, a total of 561 microcredits or $25,264 was in circulation in this grant period.

Income generation activities included:
•   152 microcredit loans given for vegetable cultivation
•   104 microcredit loans to develop for small businesses – grocery shops, vegetable sales, tea stalls, bamboo basket selling, firewood sales
•   86 microcredit loans for handicrafts – bamboo and cane work, pottery, mat confection
•   67 microcredit loans for poultry-rearing
•   103 microcredit loans to purchase rickshaw or rickshaw vans
•   49 microcredit loans for sewing and tailoring businesses

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