End Hunger for Rural Families in Bangladesh
Help Families in Bengladesh
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.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $7,407 was raised for this project. |
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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: $7,407
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $7,407 . The original project funding goal was $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
Organization
Social Advancement Through Unity (SATU)
Main Road
Tangail,
Bangladesh
1900
Bangladesh
0088-0921-53674
http://www.idex.org/partner.php?partner_id=15
Social Advancement Through Unity (SATU)'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Securing Food for 200 Families in Bangladesh |
 Help Secure Food for 200 Families in Bangladesh |
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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 2, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
June 2009 Update
By Gillian Wilson - Communications Director, June 29, 2009 12:53 PM
The women have been reaching their objectives in developing their savings, having funds available for family emergencies, and in becoming increasingly empowered and self-sufficient.
Additionally, 130 group members have received financial support in the form of microcredit for a variety of income-generating activities. Over the last reporting period:
• 20 women received support for vegetable cultivation and sales
• 70 women received support for small business (grocery shops, tea stalls, etc) and handicraft production (bamboo and cane work, pottery, etc)
• 30 women received support for poultry-raising projects.
For these women, who are of the tribal minority and hardcore poor (i.e. those who live on US $1 or less per person per day), being able to develop their own income and save money has been nothing short of life changing. Not only are the women able to increase their families’ standard of living and better meet their nutritional needs, but they are also experiencing increased decision-making power within the family. Where women traditionally have had few rights and face much discrimination and oppression, this is a great move forward. For example, SATU has reported that as a result of the weekly group meetings, many women have become quite outspoken and their confidence level has been significantly enhanced.
SATU’s work with women’s groups has long combined education workshops with sustainable agriculture and business development. With your generous support, their approach to reducing poverty– combining the women’s group model with projects in improving health, food security, and water and sanitation issues— continues to be a proven recipe for sustainable success.
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