Current projects

The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, including the health system. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels, which are themselves influenced by policy choices. The social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within the Kurigram District. The fertility rate was also extremely high. Only 30 percent of the population had access to primary health care services, and overall health care performance remained unacceptably low by all conventional measurements. Life expectancy at birth in FY 1985, according to official Bangladesh statistics was estimated at 55.1 years, as opposed to 61 years in comparable developing countries. Morbidity and mortality rates for women and children were high. Infant mortality rates exceeded 125 deaths per 1,000 live births; the maternal mortality rate was 6 per 1,000 live births, and 56.1 percent of infants suffered from chronic malnutrition. More than 45 percent of rural families and 76 percent of urban families were below the acceptable caloric intake level. About two-thirds of all families received insufficient protein and vitamins. Literacy rate of women aged 15-24 years who are literate 61.7%. Comprehensive knowledge of HIV and AIDS among young women .Percentage of women aged 15-24 years who have comprehensive knowledge of HIV and AIDS.

The objective of the project is to improve the health status of special, targeted population groups living in medically underserved urban and rural areas of Kurigram. The principal objective of the clinical health services is to improve and make more accessible comprehensive primary and preventive health care services and other public health services for at-risk persons, including the medically uninsured or indigent, and those who would otherwise have either limited or no access to services.

The project is supported by Island Aid for World Children and Jersey Overseas Aid Commission, Jersey, UK since 2014 aimed to deploy well experienced Doctor, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, and others support staffs. Clinical Health Services offers a full array of primary care medical services to peoples refers to the application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives. The clinic is well equipped with necessary devices, furniture’s and fixtures’ pathological section is also developed to promote and facilitate access to safe, reliable and appropriate diagnostic technologies and laboratory services in an equitable manner through: Prequalification of diagnostics for high burden diseases; Facilitation of procurement of affordable and appropriate diagnostics; Policy, guidance and advocacy to Government institutions; Provision of quality assurance programmes to countries;

The ultimate objective of the programme is to raise a level of consciousness and to acquire skills so as to reduce their dependence and drudgery to improve their lot through self- efforts to access of locally available resources to promote and facilitate emerging of their won leadership ultimately leading to their sustainable development. There is gross discrimination against women such discrimination has contributed to the perpetuation of gender inequity and restricted women full participation in the community, economy and in the development growth. To reach these objectives women stakeholders and their husbands will be given training on women and Gender Awareness. The training course aims to broaden perspective to the participants on nature and social norms of gender equity and to enhance their analytical skills to integrate different issues in formulation and empowering in all of human life in the – development process.

VIEW has been produced a well- defined Gender Policy to guide is staffs and beneficiaries in order to remove the inequities in relation to gender perspective.

Primary Education (Formal) Education has been addressed children’s in rural areas in consonance with the cultural and intellectual level of peoples and buildup on their innate artiste perception and skills leading to their functional capability. This program is being implemented with the financial and technical assistance of Island Aid for World Children and JOAC-UK since 2012 Teaching curriculum and materials is been used Department of Primary Education, Government of Bangladesh.

VIEW Non-Formal Primary Education was initially implemented for children who are disadvantaged and vulnerable in rural communities where there was no access of education. Children considered Children were considered those aged 6 to 11 years and to progress them through Grade-I to Grade-V. The ratio of girls to boys was 60:40.Teachers strongly considered from the vicinity based on their experiences and qualification. Each school composed of 30 learners.

This is the British Councils flag-ship international School partnership project. It aims to create Sustainable, mutually beneficial partnerships between schools systems in the UK and all regions of the world.20 school have been registered with the British Council under Connecting Classroom Online education programme where in 600 students are benefiting from the project, Each school consisted of 30 students and situated in disadvantaged areas in Kurigram Sadar Upazila Kurigram District.

There has been some positive trend in poverty reduction globally, regionally and nationally. The number of people living in poverty has come down to 836 million in 2015 from 1.9 billion in 1990. In Bangladesh, poverty ratio has come down to 24.8% (GED 2015) from 42% in 2000. Still millions live in extreme poverty in the hard to reach areas (HTR) and in the climate affected zone e.g., coastal area and off-shore islands, haor basin, riverine charland, hill areas, drought prone upland and in urban slums. Many of them do not have good employment, adequate income, access to safe water and sanitation, health service and suffer from insecurity, deprivation and injustice. Human induced rapid climate change are affecting their lives and livelihoods making them most vulnerable. The poor has very limited livelihood assets, capacity and options, which are affected by many externalities including market force and climate change making the livelihoods and outcomes fragile and un-sustainable. This process pushes with different insecurities and uncertainty. Three main aspects have been identified in relation to poverty dynamics in Bangladesh.

“We Can Mobilize Youth Groups towards Social Change “This a Action Aid Bangladesh supported project is implementing from November, 2017 aiming to empower of youth to make them change maker in communities. The main focus of the project is preventing early marriage and sexual harassment of girls. Main activities are campaign, workshop Sensitization, drama etc.

Building capacity is about building an organization’s ability to perform well. These interdependent elements provide the framework for successful capacity building, as they are important elements of a nonprofit organization’s and performance. This a partnership programme as supporting partner Mahideb jubo Somaj Kallyan Somity(MJSKS) and funded by Oxfam-Bangladesh implementing from March,2017 to December,2018.The project implementing under Empowering Local and National Humanitarian Actors(ELNHA) funded by Oxfam-Bangladesh The broader objectives of the project is to develop capacities of local organization in implementing different projects/programmes.

Past projects