FAMILY
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR DESTITUTE AND DISPLACED FAMILIES LIVING IN DIFFERENT
CAMPS OF 6 CITIES
This
project was undertaken by ISDCM with the financial assistance of OBAT Helpers
Inc., USA. Its implementation period was April 2008 to March 2009.
Bangladesh is a country with a population of approximately 135 million.
The country has 6 (six) divisions and 64 districts. 51% of the total population
is male and 49% is female. Country’s literacy level is 40%. In recent
times Bangladesh has come to be known as a disaster-prone area. Recently
she has fallen under Tsunami threat.
They are almost three lacs rootless and helpless people living in 13 different Cities of Bangladesh without any guarantee for permanent settlement anywhere. They have no place to migrate on their own choice. They are human beings in distress. The plight of the people who were born in these camps 30 years ago and as well as those who were forced to the camp life at that time is indescribable. People of both the camp generations have identity crisis and they cannot lay any claim to any place as their own. Naturally such people live in great uncertainty and they are in bad shape. They have to depend on the mercy of the people outside the camp. They have been passing their days in extreme inhuman conditions. There has been high level of poverty among these people characterized by low level of literacy, poor health, nutrition, education and depressing environmental and sanitation conditions.
2. Objectives
3. Implementation Frame work of the project
The Project was implemented by ISDCM based in Dhaka. The project activities covered 6 major cities of Bangladesh which were Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rangpur, Mymensingh and Syedpur. The duration of the project was 1 year. For this project one Project Coordinator was appointed who was based in Dhaka. He was supported by 5 Project Supervisors at the field level. Beside this one Project Accountant was also engaged for keeping of accounts. During implementation period ISDCM received all sorts cooperation from the local administration as well as local community leaders for effective implementation of the project.
4. Family Development Project
had following components like financial assistance, education, health, training
etc.
5. Planned activities and overall achievement
of the project
There are many camps in the project areas of 6 cities. The project was implemented as per approved project plan. All the activities of the project have been accomplished as per project plan. It is important to see the achievement of the planned activities which shown below:
Table-14 : Family Assistance
Sl.
no |
Activities |
Targets
(Physical) |
Achiev-ement
|
Target (benefic-iaries) |
Achiev-ement % |
1 |
Construction
and repairing of existing bamboo/ thatched tin shed houses for the
poor camp families having sizes 8’ x 8’ in 6 camps |
120 houses |
120 houses |
720 |
100% |
2 |
Financial
support to the families for matrimonial purposes to the poor orphans
during marriages of girls |
35
marriages |
35 marriages |
35 |
100% |
3 |
Sinking
of drinking TWs to the poor families of 6 camps as per proposed project
areas |
150
TWs |
150
TWs |
7,500 |
100% |
4 |
Financial
help to the extremely poor families of the camps for small scale income
generation business in 6 camps |
180
poor families |
180
poor families |
900 |
100% |
5 |
Re-construction
and repairing of drainage system in the 6 camps for drain out of logging
out of water |
22
drainage system |
22
drainage system |
1,100 |
100% |
6 |
Provide
winter clothes/ blankets/ quilts/ mosquito nets to the poor families
of the camps during winter seasons to each family any one item based
on requirement of the families |
500 families |
500 families |
500 |
100% |
7 |
Provide
financial support to the disable persons those who cannot have any
scope of work. They will be given small scale support for income generation
work for self-employment |
32
disable persons |
32
disable persons |
32 |
100% |
8 |
Needy
families will be given lively hood financial support once during the
project period |
160
poor families |
160
poor families |
160 |
100% |
9 |
Help to poor during religious festivals and events especially during Ramadan | 3000 families |
3000 families |
3,000 |
100% |
Table-15
Education Project
Sl.
no |
Activities |
Targets
(Physical) |
Achiev-ement
|
Target (benefic-iaries) |
Achiev-ement % |
1 |
Construction
of 6 Non-formal Education Centers in 6 camps for enrolment of 6+ age
group children of the camps |
6
schools 180 students |
6
schools 180 students |
180 |
100% |
2 |
Financial
support for admission of the camp based children to high school who
have completed primary level education |
200
students |
200
students |
200 |
100% |
3 |
Bear
the expenses of teachers salary, establishment/ management costs of
6 private primary schools for one year period @ Tk. 30,000 for each
school |
6
schools |
6
schools |
6 |
100% |
4 |
Provide
financial support to the poor caliber students of primary schools
in the private coaching center for improvement of quality of education |
150 |
150
|
150 |
100% |
5 |
Procure
tools/ plants/ playing materials for extra curricula activities for
the students of Non-formal education center of 6 schools |
200 |
200
|
200 |
100% |
6 |
Repair
and reconstruction of superstructure of existing 6 established private
primary schools already functioning in the camps |
6
Schools |
6
Schools |
500 |
100% |
7 |
Supply
text books, khatas, pencils etc. to the students of private primary
schools already functioning in the camps |
500
Students |
500
Students |
500 |
100% |
8 |
Supply
Tiffin to the students for one month during the project period |
500
Students |
500
Students |
500 |
100% |
9 |
Provide dress to the students grade-01 to grade-04 of the existing private primary schools in the camps | 500
Students |
500
Students |
500 |
100% |
10 | Provide financial assistance to the camps youth who are the students of Colleges and reading in under graduate classes | 22 Students | 22 Students | 22 |
100% |
This project is being jointly implemented by ISDCM and HCL with the assistance of DANIDA and the Government of Bangladesh. The HYSAWA Project is one of the parts of the Water Supply and Sanitary (WSS) component under the GoB-Danida Water Supply and Sanitary Sector Programme Support Phase II, 2006-2020 (WSSPS-II). The HYSAWA project is located in the three districts in the NW part of the country: Naogaon, Rajshahi and Nawabganj. (2) The project plans to deal with Hygiene, Sanitation and Water Supply development programme. It will facilitate and promote the Union Parishad (UP) based investments focusing on the poor, un-served and under-served areas. Funding for interventions will be channeled through a dedicated and autonomous “HYSAWA Fund”. The HYSAWA Fund is an autonomous body established under the Company Act of 1994 and is guided by a Governing Board chaired by the Secretary, LGD.
The Project activities are being
implemented and financed through Local Government Support Unit (LGSU). In
each of the three NW districts, separate Support Organization (SO) has been
engaged to support LGSU to assist Union Parishad under the district for
management of the HYSAWA Project activities. Under the HYSAWA Project, NGO
Forum is also working for Capacity Building in 350 Ups in different districts
of the country.
Total budget is Tk. 2,654 million. Of this the Danida will finance Tk. 1,405
million, GOB contribution is Tk. 306 million and the local beneficiary contribution
is Tk. 943 million.
The HYSAWA fund is supporting the WSS activities in 200 unions of the three Districts. All 99 unions of the Naogaon District is being covered under the project.
In the Naogaon district, a Joint Venture Consortium of the House of Consultants Ltd and the Integrated Service for Development of Children & Mothers (HCL-ISDCM) has been engaged as SO. During the reporting period the project activities are being gradually fielded. The Project will continue for next two years.
1. Project Objectives
The HYSAWA Project is expected to contribute to all the WSSPS-II immediate objectives and long term development objectives.
The immediate objectives are:
The long-term development objectives of the WSSPS-II are to contribute to poverty reduction through improved public health and sustainable environment.
The Support Organization will ensure capacity building of the LGI, Local NGOs and other stakeholders like private sectors to implement HYSAWA Project.
2. HYSAWA Strategies
The strategies include decentralization, community level implementation and union parishad level implementation. The Ups will implement the community schemes by engaging local NGOs. The schemes requested by villages will be appraised and sent, after consolidation, to Upazila WATSAN Committee (UWC) for validation. Once a union scheme is validated, the UP will then send the proposal to the HYSAWA FMO with a request for funding. The Support Organization (SO) will assist the UP in the identification, appraisal, preparation and processing of project proposals and fund requests. Necessary support for execution / implementation of the schemes will be given.
The project will endeavour to make the intervention sustainable with involvement of the local government institution by developing appropriate capacity. Ultimately this will improve the health of the local people leading to the alleviation of poverty.
3. Cross Cutting Issues
The following cross cutting issues will be embedded into the community scheme preparation process and thus will be reflected in all implementation activities:
The Project will adopt possible actions at the grass root level in accordance with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), and the LGD pro-poor strategy.
4. Support Organization (SO)
A Support Organization has been engaged by LGSU for each NW district to support the Ups in the management of the project activities. The SO will supplement the capacity support at the UP level in promotional hygiene, sanitation and community scheme appraisal, preparation, processing them and managing their implementation. The SO will be a mobile unit traveling from UP to UP with the capacity support package. The SO will have a base office at Upazila headquarters and a coordinating office at district level, covering one district. The SO will need to have social as well as technical and project management skills. As an example, a National / Regional NGO and an engineering consulting firm could jointly make a consortium. The SO will ensure capacity building of LGIs and other key shareholders, like private sector etc.
5. Outputs
In order to achieve the immediate objectives of the Project the SO will have to produce the following outputs over the project period:
Some of the progress of activities accomplished under this project is presented in the following tables:
Table-13 : Showing the progress of activities
of the project in 2008
Sl.
no |
Activities |
Targets |
Achievement
(in %)
|
1 |
Mobilization |
- | - |
2 |
Communication |
- |
- |
2.1 |
Dissemination
of HYSAWA Project implementation Strategy and local Administration
(Continuous process) |
297 |
100% |
2.2 |
Attend
Upazila WATSAN Meeting (continuous) |
33 |
100% |
2.3 |
Assist
UP Chairman to organize UP WATSAN Committee Meeting (continuous process) |
297 |
100% |
2.4 |
Assist
P-NGO to activate Ward WATSAN Committee Meeting |
1701 |
50% |
2.5
|
Assist
UP Chairman in selection of P-NGO |
49 |
98% |
Assist
UP during evaluation of Technical and Financial Proposal of Local
NGO |
49 |
100% |
|
2.6 |
Assist
UP Chairman in selection of Union Facilitator (38 + 25 Ups) |
63 |
100% |
2.7 |
Assist
UP in formation Proposal Evaluation Committee (PEC) for the Remaining
UPs (97-89) = 8 Nos. |
8 |
100% |
2.8 |
Ensure signature of UP Chairman in Memorandum of Understand (MoU) received from FMO (97-92)= 5 Nos. | 5 |
100% |
2.9 |
Distribution of EC materials (63 P-NGOs) | 72,750 |
100% |
2.10 |
Design and establishment of Information Board in Enlisted UP Chairman Office | 10 |
100% |
3 |
Training | -- | -- |
3.1 |
Assist DSU to organize PEC members Training | 25 |
100% |
3.2 |
Assist UP to organize Training of Union Facilitator (UF) | 63 |
100% |
3.3 |
Coordinate with NILG to get the Schedule of Training of UP Chairman and Members | 92 |
100% |
3.4 |
Coordinate NILG to get the Schedule of UP Secretary on Financial management | 46 |
100% |
3.5 |
Assist UP to organize training of UF | 63 |
100% |
3.6 |
Assist UP to organize and facilitate Training of P-NGO Personnel (Union Coordinator-1, Community Organizer-2, CF-18) total: 21 per UP (in 25 UP) | 525 |
100% |
3.7 |
Assist P-NGO to organize CDF Executives (5 from each UP) | 125 |
100% |
4 |
Community Empowerment | ||
4.1 |
Assist P-NGO in CDF formation in 25 UP | 25 |
100% |
4.2 |
Assist P-NGO in Baseline Survey in 25 UP | 25 |
100% |
4.3 |
Assist P-NGO in deployment UP Staff in 25 UP | 25 |
100% |
4.4 |
Assist CO and CF in Need Assessment of CDF | 25 |
100% |
4.5 |
Assist UP in Site selection (3 from each UP) of Scheme | 291 |
100% |
4.6 |
Assist UP in Community Scheme Preparation | 291 |
100% |
5 |
Financial Management | - |
- |
5.1 |
Assist UP Chairman to open the remaining Bank account with scheduled Bank for HYSAWA Project | 7 |
100% |
5.2 |
Assist
UP Secretary in maintaining regular project accounts and preparing Invoice
|
63 |
100% |
Assist UP to get validation of scheme from Upazila | 291 |
100% |
|
5.3 |
Assist UP to forward scheme compilation and to get fund from FMO | 63 |
100% |
6 |
Engineering & Quality Control | ||
6.1 |
Provide Technical support to P-NGO to increase the installation of Water Seal Family Latrine in communities @ 10 nos. in 25 UP | 250 |
100% |
6.2 |
Assist P-NGO in preparation of estimate, drawing and design for sub-project | 291 |
100% |
6.3 |
Assist UP in installation of hardware options | 25 |
100% |
7 |
Develop Contract Document | - |
- |
7.1 |
Assist UP in development of Contract document to contract out the hardware options installation | 25 |
100% |
7.2 |
Assist UP in signing of contractor’s documents and deployment of service provider | 25 |
100% |
8 |
Community Scheme Appraisal | 100% |
|
8.1 |
Assist UP in appraisal of community scheme | 25 |
100% |
8.2 |
Assist UP in quality materials procurement | 25 |
100% |
8.3 |
Assist UP in scheme-wise progress report | 25 |
100% |
8.4 |
Assist UP in choosing sustainable water option | 25 |
100% |
9 |
Progress Monitoring | - |
- |
9.1 |
Attend monthly coordination meeting at EE, DPHE Office, Naogaon to finalize monthly and quarterly workplan | 3 |
100% |
9.2 |
Organize monthly meeting with Upazila Coordinators to review progress of HYSAWA Project activities in the field as per workplan and other issues | 3 |
100% |