Gender Equality Bangladesh Project #31120

Support for Changes livelihood of Disabled Women

by PROTIBANDHI SHISHU SHIEKKHA O PARICHARJA SAMITY

Project Report | Jul 30, 2025
Empowering & Changes Livelihood of Women with Disabilities

By Md.Rafiqul Islam | Project Leader/Partner

women working with sewing machine

Empowering & Changes Livelihood of Women with Disabilities through Tailoring & Handicrafts

PROTIBANADHI SHISHU SHIEKKHA O PARICHARJA SAMITY (PROSHIPS)
Location: Jamalpur District, Riverine Areas of Jamuna. PROSHIPS is a women-led, nonprofit, and voluntary organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for women with disabilities in the disaster-prone river basin areas of the Jamuna River in Jamalpur district, Bangladesh. The communities we serve are among the most vulnerable, frequently affected by floods and river erosion, which worsen poverty and displace families. Women with disabilities in these areas face compounded challenges — limited mobility, lack of income opportunities, social stigma, and exclusion from mainstream development efforts.

To address these challenges and support sustainable livelihoods, During the reporting Period PROSHIPS implemented a skills development program focusing on tailoring, sewing, and handicraft production, especially targeting women with disabilities. This initiative is designed to promote economic independence, restore dignity, and foster long-term resilience.

Organization Activities Conducted are - Skill Training on Tailoring & Handicrafts: Conducted 3-month vocational training on tailoring and basic handicrafts for 30 women with disabilities and provided training materials, sewing machines, threads, and fabrics. Home-Based Business Setup: Post-training, 20 women received startup support with sewing machines and materials to work from home. Continuous mentoring and market linkage assistance provided by PROSHIPS. Awareness & Community Engagement: Organized local events to showcase women’s products and raise community awareness about the capabilities of women with disabilities. Promoted inclusive practices and women’s rights in disaster-prone areas.

Results Achieved from above mention activities are - 15 women trained in tailoring and handicraft making. 10 women now earn income by stitching clothes and selling handicrafts from home. Monthly income increased by 2,000–5,000 BDT per woman.Women are now supporting their families, contributing to household expenses, education, and health.Community perception has shifted positively towards women with disabilities as productive contributors.One participant said: “I never imagined I could earn from my home. Now I stitch clothes for others and help my family. I feel proud and independent.” While the progress is inspiring, many more women with disabilities are still waiting for an opportunity to transform their lives. With your support, PROSHIPS can expand this initiative to reach an additional 100 women in other vulnerable river basin communities.

Finally we appeal to donors for generous support to: Sponsor more training sessions in tailoring and handicrafts. Provide sewing machines and toolkits to newly trained women, establish a community sewing center to enhance income-generating capacity.Your contribution can make the difference between survival and dignity for a woman with disabilities.

Md.Rafiqul Islam

Partner

Demonstrated Handicraft

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Apr 3, 2025
Earning & Bearing family expenses through tailoring

By Md.Rafiqul Islam | Project Leader

Working with tailoring machine

Earning & Bearing family expenses through tailoring

Hunafa (Unkown) is a Physical handicapped women who has high ambitions and with dreams to involve in her family development process. She lives in with her children in village of Char Aiermari under Sadhupara Union Dewangonj upazilla, Jamalpur district and it is northern part of Bangladesh it is in remote area . Her Husband death two years ago and she lives with her little two children . She is most vulnerable and neglected and deprived of most of their basic human rights in the family. She is faces hard core poverty.

Organization Provide a sewing machine for earn ,she is visit door to door in her villages and prayers to villagers women for working with tailoring and beside home based Goat farming through our organization support and she always trying to earn for support her family. Our organization chief Executive visit her home and satisfied her work. On behalf of the Organization we are proud to honored the carried over activities. We are thanks to our GlobalGiving donors for support to involve in income generation activities. Our beneficiary is happy for support to her earning & family is running with happiness. Now she is capable to a lead successful life with various initiate with in income generating activities.

We here with our appeal to our GlobalGiving donors for support us for carried over the program for Inclusive development and sustainable community. In this issues and recovered the challenges of involve in various activities we wants to individually sponsor for increasing her implements development activities for others women with Disabilities in the community – Tailoring machine , Goat farming or Cow farming (need daily poultry food, Vaccine), home stead gardening in house. If we collectively support to Women & Adolescent girls with Disabilities they will earn for themselves and economic burdens of the families will be reduced and she have achieve empower in the family and enjoy dignity.

Finally we are requesting our supporters/ donors for support to her and hope collectively support will help to our project women for changes their livelihood and achieve empower in the family and society. If we support for financial empower in the family in order to make them capable to a lead successful life. Around 100 Women with Disabilities will empowered and would be able to have a healthier life and they will well informed about internal and external threats of life and future challenges.

Md. Rafiqul Islam

Project Leader

Goat faming

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Dec 6, 2024
Home based Poultry & Goat farming Training for Empower

By Md.Rafiqul Islam | Project Leader

Women received training on Goat farming

Home based Poultry & Goat farming Training for Empower

Rabeya (Unkown) is a Women with Physical handicapped who has high ambitions and with dreams to involve in her family development process. She lives in with her family in village of Pochabohela under Islampur union Islampur upazilla, Jamalpur district and it is northern part of Bangladesh. She is most vulnerable and neglected and deprived of most of their basic human rights in the family. She is faces hard core poverty.

On the dated 14 November 2024 conducted training session with 35 Women and adolescent girls with disabilities on the home based poultry & goat farming at organization auditorium. Organization trained to her several training course on Leadership and goat farming & tailoring from local tailoring shop for capacity building. Before through our organization support goat kids to her Family .Beside she started home stead gardening through our organization support and she always trying to earn for support her family. On behalf of the Organization we are proud to honored the carried over activities. She is very much grateful to our support for changes livelihood. We are requesting our supporters/ donors for support to her and hope collectively support will help to our project women for changes their livelihood and achieve empower in the family and society. In this issues and recovered the challenges of involve in various activities we wants to individually sponsor for increasing her implements development activities for others women with Disabilities in the community – Goat farming or Cow farming (need daily poultry food, Vaccine), home stead gardening in house.

If we collectively support to Women & Adolescent girls with Disabilities they will earn for themselves and economic burdens of the families will be reduced and she have achieve empower in the family and enjoy dignity. Around 100 Women with Disabilities will empowered and would be able to have a healthier life and they will well informed about internal and external threats of life and future challenges.

We are thanks to our GlobalGiving donors for support to involve livelihood changes activities. Our beneficiary is happy for support to her earning & family is running with happiness. Now she is capable to a lead successful life with various initiate with in income generating activities.

Md. Rafiqul Islam

Project Leader

women with disabilities participate in training

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