Help Women To Be Self-Sufficient in Bangladesh

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Summary

Help over 1,000 rural women in Chittagong, Bangladesh access resources to generate social and economic self-sufficiency and a better livelihood for themselves and their families. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

350 families in 3 villages will benefit by providing them knowledge, business capital and support to improve their living conditions. By targeting women it provides them with key resources to enable them to take control of their lives through self-help groups and skills training.

Activities

Provide skills development in business and support women entrepreneurial skills with microcredit. Raise awareness by offering training in gender equality, farmers’ rights, and importance of economic independence. Provide medical care and support.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $470
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $15,130
Total Funding Goal: $15,600

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Equip women with tools and training for alternative employment and financial security. Through health and social awareness, upgrade the status of women at family and community level, protect them from violence, and promote gender equality.

Project Message

“We hope to give women choices and the opportunity to eradicate poverty in their communities.”
- Shyamoli Mazumder, Chief Executive

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Katherine Zavala,
Asia Program Director
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

Organization for Women’s Development of Bangladesh
c/o IDEX
827 Valencia Street, #101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
http://www.owdeb.org

Learn more about Organization for Women’s Development of Bangladesh and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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 June 21, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

September 2008 Update

By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, September 04, 2008 06:35 PM

In the past months OWDEB has facilitated vocational training in livestock rearing and small business development. The women who wanted to have more opportunities for selling their goods specifically requested this training to develop their knowledge.

20 women participated in OWDEB’s livestock training where they learned about how to raise cows, goats, ducks, chickens etc. In the Small Entrepreneurial Development program OWDEB provided them with training on mushroom cultivation, tailoring, plantation etc. Next, OWDEB will conduct trainings on candle, soap confection and food preservation according to group members’ interest.

Furthermore, 16 group leaders received an orientation on marketing management to share with their groups. Motivated by the idea of improving their markets, some of the group leaders approached the managers of the Barama area market to request a stall for selling the vegetables produced by OWDEB group members. They are currently in negotiations with the market to open this stall.

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