Village Initiative for Empowerment of Women(VIEW) a local level private organization working in Kurigram District Northeast part of Bangladesh commenced as an almost exclusively donor funded, small-scale project initiated by Md.Enamul Hoque, founder and Executive Director of VIEW in early 1999.VIEW works with people whose lives are conquered with extreme poverty, illiteracy, health and WASH programme..VIEW holistic approach to poverty alleviation, economic development and empowerment in all spheres in human lives. By its programme interventions VIEW goes all-out to attain its twin objectives of Livelihood development and empowerment of poor.

Emergency Responses:

Along with the rest of the world, Bangladesh is preparing to undertake a range of measures to protect its population from the COVID-19 and its long-term socio-economic and humanitarian impacts. These anticipatory needs analysis aims to provide timely evidence with which to plan an effective and coordinated humanitarian response focusing on the most vulnerable communities in these areas .that will be impacted as a result of the fallout from COVID-19 response. It will also help to supplement, but not overlap with the national COVID-19 preparedness and response programme. In this connection we have had launched an especial COVID-19 response programme in the communities with the support of Oxfam in Bangladesh.The photos are partial views

Since VIEW organized individual into group are to gain in strength through mutual support and economies of skill leading to promotion of internal resources mobilization and development the project areas. VIEW encouraged to men and women belonging to the target population to from their own group. Each group constituted of 15 to 20 members those who are distressed, disadvantaged and vulnerable in the communities.

Water and Sanitation:

The Project area in Kurigram in contains high level of iron and some areas Arsenic contamination has already been detected. To combat the situation VIEW has lunched a program on Arsenic mitigation project seeks the raise community awareness, test tube well water for arsenic contamination and implement safe water strategies with the technical backstops of department of public Health Engineering and NGO- Forum. VIEW is also working closely with Green Tech Water Solution has experienced in this field of install RO water Purifier, Water Treatment plant, Iron Removal Plant over the decades and having qualified technical staffs to achieve the goal of 100% sanitation in villages / project areas fit with the Government national plan.

Income Generating Activities:

The income generation for vulnerable group development programs covers the poorest women who own no land, have little or no income are to alleviate poverty of the hard – core poor provided with substantial income and substantial income and employment opportunities through soft credit support and training off farm sector.

Legal Aid Services:

Affiliated with institute of democratic Right (IDR) VIEW has already established a paralegal cell in community aiming to facilitate local dispute the case at grass – root level rather in court. VIEW assists the poor peoples who are not in a position to file a case in the court through Legal Aid Cell.

Disabilities in Development:

The project is implemented to develop with disabilities by under king different development interventions are Community Meeting, Micro Enterprise Development, Food Processing, Small Seale Footwear and Computer Literacy Training,. The project finances by ABILIS Foundation, Finland

Development through Self Help Group Approach:

The approach is basically development to reduce participant, population drudgery and to ensure food and income security for their sustainable livelihood. To make them able for a strong leadership among the community, promote regular savings to raise a capital. The approach is based on local available resources linked with Union Parishad and Upazila administration. The project is finances by ASHOKA- USA.

Food Processing

Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) Bangladesh has provided technical assistance to VIEW staffs and beneficiaries for skill development in the field of making pickle, Chanachur, Jam, Jelly & Chatni, Food processing activities have been undertaken as an IGA for a means of means of income and foot security.

Aquaculture:

In Kurigram District there is many distract pond or water bodies have been brought under intensive fish cultivation by the potential group members to increase their income and to created self – employment round of year. Technical expertise is developed with the assistance of World Fish center a project of USAID. Local department of fisheries, Government of Bangladesh in involved boosting up the cultivation.

Targeting the Ultra Poor – Pushing Down the frontiers of Poverty Reduction:

TUP aim the push down its interventions by development new instruments relevant to the livelihoods ultra poor households. Five major components of TUP are Enterprise Development, Training, Asset transfer, Social Development, Essential Health care and action Research project through BRAC Advocacy & Human Rights Union View implementing different interventions in communities like Popular Theater, Workshop, Community Meetings, Audio Visual Animation Program, Live Theater, Formation of communication Forum and Advocacy/ Lobbying to all level