Past Activities

Women Empowerment Project

To generate awareness on the women rights & savings;To create income generating opportunity for the grassroots level women;

Jan/2000 to Mar/2002

196,600

Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha

Khagrachari Sadar and Matiranga Upazila under Khagrachari Hill District.

Ms. Rokeya Kabir Executive Director, Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha, Dhaka

Non-formal Primary Education Program

To expand education opportunities to disadvantage children;

To Promote girls education;

To ensure women’s participation in the implementation and management of the education programme;

To minimize wastage of time, money, and human lives in primary educational enterprise in Bangladesh;

Jan/2003 to Dec / 2005 and Jan/2008 to Dec /2018

7,241,272

BRAC

Mahalchari & Ramghar Upazila under Khagrachari Hill District.

Md. Monwer Hossain Khandker Program Coordinator, BEP,BRAC, Dhaka

Income Generating Activities Trough Home-based Vegetable Cultivation

To generate income of 100 Indigenous women through the home-based vegetable cultivation;

To introduce appropriate agriculture and horticulture technology;

To create alternative employment opportunity for the indigenous women.

Jan/2004 to Jan/2005

1,065,305

DANIDA

Khagrachari Sadar and Matiranga Upazila under Khagrachari Hill District.

Lars Iskjaer Head of the unit-HRGPSU, Royal DENNISH Embassy, Dhaka  

Community Empowerment & Economic Development Activities

Increasing Awareness and building confidence among the local communities; Providing necessary facilitation in establishment and strengthening the community-based local institutions; Facilitating in preparation and implementation of community projects; Creating scope for the empowerment of the local communities through increasing participation of the grass-root communities in the existing development facilities.

17 Apr/2005 to 30 Sep/2013

38,539,331

CHTDF-UNDP

Mahalchari Upazila under Khagrachari Hill District.

        Patrick Sweeting Project Director-UNDP-CHTDF, UNDP

Peoples Action for Sustainable Development & Good Governance in the CHT

  To prepare community with institutional basis and enhanced capacity (in 50 villages in 3 year period) so that they are capable of plan and design economic, social, cultural and legal rights activities for sustainability and good governance.  

Jul/2006 to Jun/2010

7,051,128

DANIDA (lead by ZKS)

Mahalchari Upazila under Khagrachari Hill District.

Lars Iskjaer Head of the unit-HRGPSU, Royal DENNISH Embassy, Dhaka  

Enhancing the Capacities of CHT Women for Good Governance

The objectives of the project are to enhance the capacity of the women for ensuring good governance. The Specific objectives of the project are as follows: To build the capacity of a group of women so that they could actively participate in the governance systems and decision making at local level;To conduct a study for socio-economic development of the CHT women;To document violence against women and provide legal support for social justice;To increase awareness on rights issues through organizing women committees at grassroots level;  

Jan/2006 to Mar/ 2011

16,825,255

Christian Aid & Tebtebba Foundation

Khagrachari Sadar, Bandarban Sadar and Rangamati Sadar Upazila

Mr. Palash Kanti Das Country Director, Christian Aid, Bangladesh

Community Health Development Program

To generate awareness on the basic health care especially mother and child; To provide first aid health care facilities;To provide mosquito net and sanitation ring;To reduce the rate of maternity dead providing training to the traditional wet-nurse on midwifery;

Jan to Dec, 2009 and Jan, 2013 to Dec, 2015

775,000

Bangladesh NGO Foundation

Matiranga Upazila under Khagrachari Hill District.

Mostafa Kamal Bhonjya Executive Officer (Program), Bangladesh Ngo Foundation, Dhaka

Action to Protection of Violence against Women in Chittagong Region

To enhance the capacity of the women lead organizations to become  protecting of Violence Against Women and promoting of women’s rights in Chittagong region;To increase facilitation/support to the Violence Against Women (VAW) committee to obtain medical and legal aid services for the victims; To make self-reliance the victims;

July/2010 to June/2013 and January 2014 to February 2017

6,458,200

Jumma Net, Japan

Khagrachari, Rangamati, Bandarban, Chittagong and Cox Bazer Sadar Upazila

Mr. Takashi Shimosawa President, Jumma Net, Zapan

Capacity Enhancement of the Young Local Women

  To enhance capacity of the Young Local Women in Khagrachari District  

Jun to Aug /2011

340,000

International Indigenous Women Forum

Khagrachari Sadar Upazilla

Monica Aleman, Executive Director International Indigenous Women’s Forum

Development Initiative to Promote Transforming Youth and Adolescent

To develop skill for improving their socio economic status through income generating activities of young and adolescents (60% women);To enhance the awareness on human rights and RTI of young and adolescents

Jul /2011 to Jun/2013

1,362,100

Manusher Jannya Foundation

Khagrachari Sadar Upazilla

Dr. Samim Imam, Director, Capacity Development & CHT, MJF

Strengthening community initiatives to sustain community-based health service

To generate awareness on the basic health care especially mother and child, To reduce the rate of maternity dead providing training to the traditional wet-nurse on midwifery.

May/2011 to Feb./2012

710,600

CHTDF-UNDP (Lead by ZKS)

Mahalchari Upazilla under Khagrachari Hill District.

Mathura Bikash Tripura Executive Director, Zabarang Kalyan Samity, Khagrachari

Action Research for Alternative Development and Capacity Enhancement for Good Governance in CHT

To build the capacity of a group of women so that they could actively participate in the governance systems and decision making at local level;To document violence against women and provide legal support for social justice;To increase awareness on rights issues through organizing women committees at grassroots level 

Jul/2011 to Dec/2018

40,566,524

Bread for the World, Germany (Lead by CIPD)

Khagrachari Sadar Upazilla

Edda Kirleis Program Officer, South Asia Unit, Bread for the World, Germany

Training Program on Gender Issue & Mushroom and Honey bee keeping

To diversify income option and enhance income of women at HH level through Mushroom cultivation & marketing.

December 2012 to June 2013

800,000

Khagrachari Hill District Council & CHTDF-UNDP

Khagrachari Hill District

Chairman Hill District Council, Khagrachari

Providing Innovative and Sustainable Rehabilitation and Reintegration Assistances to Gender Based Violence (GBV) Victims in Khagrachari Hill District.

To support women & child victims; To make self-reliance the victims;

May to November 2016

5,32,500

CHTDF-UNDP

Khagrachari district, Chittagong Hill Tracts

Mrs Jhuma Dewan Team Leader Gender and LCB Cluster CHTDF, UNDP Rajbari Road, Rangamati.  

Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (CHTRDP-II)

Increasing Awareness & Facilitating in preparation and implementation of community projects;Creating scope for the empowerment of the local communities through increasing participation of the grass-root communities in the existing development facilities.

24 Dec/13 to June/19

5,948,241

Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs People’s Republic of Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (ADB)- Lead by Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha

Mahalchari & Khagrachari Sadar Upazila under Khagrachari Hill District

Mr. Sukrity Ranjann Chakma Project Director, Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Project Management Office, Rangamati

Sanitary Toilet Distribution Program

To generate awareness on the basic health care especially mother and child

July 2018 to August 2020

100,000

YWCA, Bangladesh

Khagrachari Sadar Upazilla

Pratima Roaza District Secretary YWCA, Khagrachari

Action Research for Alternative Development and Capacity Enhancement for Good Governance in CHT

To build the capacity of a group of women so that they could actively participate in the governance systems and decision making at local level;Social workers involved in this process have increased their capacities needed to deepen and consolidate the approach.The model is replicated and deepened at community level. Issues of gender justice are integrated into the consolidation and mainstreaming of the model. Conflict transformation and LCP are used to address the obstacles to just peace in the process of mainstreaming the model. The model is communicated to relevant actors at local, national and international level.

anuary 2019 to August 2023

121,498,204

Bread for the World, Germany

Khagrachari Sadar Upazilla under Khagrachari hill district, Rangamati & Bilaichari upazila under Rangamati hill district and bandarban sadar, royanchari & naikhyangchari upzila under Bandarban hill district and Dhaka.

Edda Kirleis Program Officer, South Asia Unit, Bread for the World, Germany

Our Life, Our Health, Our Futures: Empowering Adolescent Girls and Youth Women in Chittagong Hill Tracts.

To build the capacity of community members on menstrual health and MHM friendly and safe toilets, and women and girls on re-usable sanitary pads; To establish girls’ clubs that support girls in making informed decisions and claiming their sexual and reproductive health and rights; To engage mothers, men and boys in dialogue to re-evaluate norms and practices that are negatively affecting girls’ SRHR and safety.

August 2019 to December 2023  

25,898,393

Simavi (Lead by Bangladeh Nari Progoti Sangha)

Mahalchari & Guimara Upazilla under Khagrachari Hill District

Rokeya Kabir Executive Director, Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha, Dhaka

Road to Empowerment of Women and Girls (REWG) in Khagrachari

To increase participation of women and girls in decision making processes at family, society and institution level; To Improve access of ethnic women to resources and services; To Improve social status of Ethnic women and girls for reducing VAW and gender equality; To Increase income of women and girls’ group members.

22 March 2020 to 31 December 2023

14,415,767

Manusher Jonno Foundation

Khagrachari Sadari & Guimara Upazilla under Khagrachari Hill District

Shaheen Anam Executive Director, Manusher Jonno Foundation, Dhaka