Enhancing Resources and Increasing Capacities of the poor Households towards Elimination of their Poverty HEED Bangladesh in partnership with PKSF (Palli Karma Shayak Foundation) started ENRICH program on 3rd May, 2010.ENRICH is a program conducted at the grassroots level focusing for the overall household development of the poor family.
Program Implementation Area & Total Beneficiaries:
| Sl. No. |
Name of District |
Name of Upzila |
Union |
No. of Village |
Total No. of Household |
Total Population |
| 1 |
Moulvibazar |
Rajnogor |
Panchgaon |
38 |
4584 |
25415 |
| 2 |
Munshibazar |
31 |
6577 |
34733 |
| 3 |
Barguna |
Borguna Sadar |
Ailapatakata |
13 |
6152 |
27664 |
|
|
TOTAL |
82 |
17313 |
87812 |
Objectives :-
- Increase household’s socio-economic status and welfare on a sustained basis.
- Increase productivity, diversifying into high value crops and promoting off-farm employment opportunity to generate income and savings of the poor people.
Key ENRICH Components
PKSF is working to achieve its goal of sustainable development through the following components.
- Health & Nutrition Service
- Education
- Family Planning for household development.
- Financial support
- Special Savings scheme
- Income generating Activities
- Youth Development
- Solar Electricity
- Improved Cooking Stove (Bandhu Chula)
- 100 % Sanitation & Hand Washing Activity
- Cultivation of Highly Prospective Commodities (Basok Tree)
- Vermi Compost
- Local Capital Formation
- Enriched Home Etc.
HOW HEED implements the program:
HEED is implementing the following diversified activities under the program for achieving the goals of different components of ENRICH Program
| Components |
Activities |
| Health |
Health Card Sale |
| Static Clinic |
| Satellite Clinic |
| Health Camp |
| Health Awareness Camp |
| Diabetes Checking Camp |
| Education |
Establishment of Education center |
| Awareness Program |
| Conduct Guardian Meeting |
| Improved Cooking Stove
|
Bandhu Chula Instalation |
| Maintenance Awareness of Bandhu Chula |
| Solar Electricity Instalation |
Solar Electricity Panel awareness |
| Maintenance of solar system |
| Financial support for bandhu chula |
| Cultivation of Highly Prospective Commodities (Basok Tree)
|
Awareness Program |
| Maintenace of Plants |
| Selling of Basok Leaves |
| Training Program |
IGA Training for capacity building |
| Enrich Program related Trainig |
| Youth Camp |
| Youth Fair |
| Conduct Meeting, Seminar, workshop campaign. |
| Special Saving Scheme |
Special Saving Scheme |
| Enrich Center & Enriched Home |
Awareness build up for Enriched Home |
| Meeting arrangement Enrich coordination Committee |
|
Formation of Enriched Ward committee. |
| Others |
Seed Distribution |
| Latrine distribution |
| Tube well distribution |
| Ring Calvert Construction |
| 100 Percent Sanitation |
| Worm Medicine Distribution |
| School, College building construction |
| Public Toilet |
| Vermi Compost |
| Eye Camp |
| Beggar Rehabilitation |
|
Group Status:
| Total No. of Groups |
Total Group Members |
Male |
Female |
| 185 |
311 |
105 |
3006 |
In concluding, it may be confidently stated that the multidimensional integrated approach of ENRICH has generated a momentum in terms of empowerment and economic solvency of the poor, both women and men, and helping them in uplifting their life.
