Project Name: Ashshash: For Men and Women Who Have Escaped Trafficking

Project Introduction: Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) one of the partners of Winrock International both in the past and present, would like, through the Ashshash project, to address the overall human trafficking problems and needs to further reduce the incidents of cross-border trafficking, rehabilitate and reintegrate the victims and survivors in mainstream social life. DAM signed an agreement with Winrock International with the support of SDC for two years, six month from November 2019 to April 2022. Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) will implement this project under this agreement in two Districts- Jashore and Khulna.

Project Agreement Number: 6885-19-A–05

Overall Objective: Restoring dignity, improve well-Being and build self-sufficiency for men and women who have escaped trafficking.

Specific Objectives:

• Men and women who have escaped trafficking improve their social and economic wellbeing by using services for reintegration.
• Institutions are made more accountable and effective in providing services beneficial to men and Women who have escaped Trafficking.

Outputs:
1.1:      Men & Women (and their families) who have escaped trafficking are counseled psychosocially.
1.2:      Men and women who have escaped trafficking graduate from technical/entrepreneurial trainings.
1.3:      Men and women who have escaped trafficking received health support and legal compensation.
2.1:      Communities (in trafficking-prone areas) are aware about trafficking and irregular migration.
2.2:      Institutions (public/private) provide support to men and women who have escaped trafficking.
2.3:      Public/private institutions (serving people who escaped trafficking) receive training for psychosocial counseling (on-the-job only) and/or legal support.
2.4:      Public/private sector further develop and use the referral system to provide comprehensive victim support

Project Components: Protect human trafficking and Protection of Trafficked survivors.

Major Activities:

• Victim Identification and enrollment
• Case Management with documentation
• Community Counseling Sessions
• Trauma counseling support by Experts (Need base)
• Provide need based and trauma informed psychosocial assistance to beneficiaries and their families
• Follow-up of employed graduates up to 6 months
• Men and women who have escaped trafficking receive health support (Need base).
• Update district level directory
• Refer strategic legal cases for follow-up and support to Bangladesh and regional counter trafficking efforts to -utilize a variety of legal frameworks and jurisdictions to assist beneficiaries with increased access to justice
• CTIP activists group formation meeting
• Capacity Development of CTIP activists on Human Trafficking, migration, Survivor service, Survivor identification, referral mechanism ;
• Bi Monthly Coordination Meeting for CTIP Activists
• Dialogue with local government Institute (Union Parishad)
• School/Madrasah/College sessions (TIE/TFD)
• Community Awareness session (POT/Pappet)
• Interactive session with youth and CBO
• Day observance.
• Sports Competition at educational Institutions
• Dialogue with law enforcement agencies and media
• Coordination meeting with service providers
• Project inception

Project Participants (Direct): Male 375 & Female 875

Project Duration: 30 Months (November 2019 to April 2022)

Financial partner (Donor): Winkrock International

Implementing partner (if any):

Project Location/s and number of Field offices: Jashore & Khulna, Two field Office.

Project Budget: 1,48,09,000

Number of project staffs and volunteers: Male 6 & Female 7

Contact Person: Sk. Mahabbat Hossen, Team Leader, Rights and Governance Sector
Email: mahabbat.dam@gmail.com, Mobile: +880 1716054610

Project Name: Ashshash
Project Introduction:
The survivors before being trafficked or illegally migrated were mostly insolvent and their family failed to fulfill their basic needs. Considering the situation, the survivors think to survive with good income, fulfilling basic needs, better living and have a secured life. They had an aspiration for good income and better life during trapped/duped by the traffickers. Those of the survivors who were trafficked for sexual abuse and illegal migration received experience of financial deception, trauma, torture, isolation, humiliation, disconnected with family & relatives and confined in living standard. The pilot project objective will be to mainstream survivor’s trafficked for sexual abused 30 survivors who have escaped trafficking back into society. The specific objectives of the project is to ensure that the targeted survivors can establish and run sustainable micro-enterprises and socially reintegration of them into family as well as in the mainstream society

Project Agreement Number: CT.0899

Overall Objective: The pilot project objective will be to mainstream survivor’s trafficked for sexual abuse 20 and labor 10 out of 30 survivors who have escaped trafficking back into society.

Specific Objectives:

• To ensure that the targeted survivors can establish and run sustainable micro-enterprises
• Socially reintegration of them into family as well as in the mainstream society

Outputs:

• Building confidence and self –esteem of survivors through intensive and standard & life skills & counseling session
• 70% beneficiaries will receive training successfully and able to use their skills
• Potential NGOs/Private sector/Government institutions provide technical & vocational  training based on the literacy level of the survivors
• Successful business plan of survivors are developed through mentoring& coaching of volunteers/business development specialist
• At least 50% of the total survivors run individual or group business/enterprises.

Project Components:

• Economic Development through ensuring micro enterprise for beneficiaries
• Market based skill development through providing vocational training
• Psychological Support
• Social Reintegration

Major Activities:

• DAM will ensure that the project beneficiaries establishing micro & small scale businesses/enterprises in trades determined through extensive consultation with DAM Foundation for Economic Development (DFED) and Technical & Vocational Training (TVET) program of DAM and business development organization/specialist.

• DAM research division will assist to conduct a rapid market appraisal for the feasibility of the identified trades, recommending to the project the process of developing businesses for the project beneficiaries. The trades can be established as individual or group-run businesses (for 2-6 people).

• DAM Foundation for Economic Development/ Technical & Vocational Training(TVET) program of DAM  will assist the project beneficiaries to submit business development plans, which they will formulate with support from university students volunteers and a contracted Business Development Specialist (BDS). Based on the business plans, DAM field staff will provide intensive technical and management support for the project beneficiaries in the first three months of establishing each business and then continue with periodical monitoring visits.

• DAM will participate in the brand development exercise conducted by IOM with project beneficiaries and potential customers. Following this, the micro-enterprises, equipment and apparel will be branded accordingly, with adjustments to meet different business needs.

• DAM with the financial assistance from IOM will provide support to the project beneficiaries for the initial set-up and operationalization of their business. An average of about CHF 820 will be allotted to each beneficiary subject to their business development plan. It is expected that of the 30 men and women who have escaped trafficking will complete the 6-month training, establish in their own businesses in the project duration and are able to earn a minimum of USD 50/month

• DAM will measure the income the men and women earn over the two months. It will also record information on the trends of well-being. The project will integrate the measurement of well-being in a perception study instead.

• DAM will organize 6 meetings with local administrations/elites and members of the civil society in each district. NGO will contact at least 15 members from the society for each meeting to discuss ‘prevention and protection’ of victims of human trafficking. The meeting agenda will also cover their roles and responsibilities.

Project Participants (Direct):

Children (0-10)		Adolescent (11-17)		Youth (18-25)		Adult (26-60)		Senior Citizen (61+)
M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
					30

Project Duration: December, 2015- September, 2016 (Pilot Phase)
Financial partner (Donor): SDC
Implementing partner (if any): YEPSA
Project Location/s and number of Field offices:  Dhaka & Jessore
Project Budget: BDT. 6667850
Number of project staffs and volunteers:

Staff (Regular)		Paid Volunteer		Non-Paid Volunteer
M	F	M	F	M	F
2

Contact Person: Ferdousi Akhter, Focal Person
Email: ferdousi.akhter@gmail.com,  Cell : 01724812292

 

Project Introduction: UNODC intends to outsource the activity “Rehabilitation services to the rescued persons who are subject to victims of trafficking”. The rehabilitation services will be provided by NGOS/Institutions who have already the functional shelter home. Each NGO will provide rehabilitation services to a minimum of 50 trafficked survivors, including at least 30 adult male trafficked victims and victims of forced labour recorded through documented case studies. The NGO will provide appropriate legal provisions through registering cases and professional counseling to the rescued persons, medical and psychiatric check-up and treatment, proper food & shelter during stay at shelter home and will undertake entrepreneurship development and economic empowerment program for the rescued victims. The NGOs will develop plans to showcase outstanding models of rehabilitation of rescued persons to enhance the protection and rehabilitation services for trafficked victim’s especially adult male and victims of forced labour.   Goal and Objective: To provide rehabilitation services to the rescued persons at the Shelter Home who are subject to Victims of Human trafficking.   Outputs⇒ Results⇒ Outcome: 50 Victims of trafficking will be rescued Victims of trafficking will be  provided  services Victims of Trafficking  will be registered the case under all the appropriate  legal provision Victims of trafficking will be received medical and psychiatric  check -up and treatment Victims of Trafficking will be provided Proper food and shelter   staying period at shelter Home as well as connect with legal and other procedures. Victims of trafficking   will get Entrepreneurship develop and economic empowerment programms, capacity to market their products and help the victims to earns sustainable livelihoods.   Who the project will serve/is serving (gender disaggregated data if possible by category of recipients) Out of 50 victim of trafficking and forced labour including women, children and men, 30 are adult male.   Project Duration: 1st July 2013-30th June, 2014 Start date: 1st July, 2013 Financial partner (Donor): UNODC Implementing partner (if any): Dhaka Ahsania Mission Project Location/s and number of Field offices:  Shelter Home, Jessore Budget with annual breakup: Total- 629,900 BDT, 1st installment-2,51,960 BDT, 2nd installment-188,970 BDT, Final  Installment-188,970 BDT ­­­­­ Number of project staffs and volunteers : 4 staffs ­   Contact Person     : Mr. Dewan Sohrab Uddin, Head of sector Email                        : ds.uddin@ahsaniamission.org.bd, sohrabuddin.dam@gmail.com

Project Introduction: The Missing Child Alert Project is designed with the aim to prevent child trafficking, especially cross-border and protect victims of child trafficking through Regional Missing Child Alert System, functioning within and across Bangladesh, Nepal and India. The Bangladesh project will play complimentary role to support three SAARC countries in order for making efforts to improve collaboration with neighbouring countries, Nepal and India.Goal and Objective: The goal of the project in Bangladesh as part of sub-regional MCA project is to reduce the incidence of cross border child trafficking in South Asia. The MCA project objective is to have developed and tested a model cross-border anti-child trafficking mechanism, which links national and regional efforts to address cross-border child trafficking between Bangladesh, Nepal and India. Overall objectives of the MCA project is to reduce cross-border child trafficking through establishing in-country prevention and protection mechanisms, which are linked with the functional cross-border alert system in order to track, rescue, trace, safe repatriation, rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficked children.  Outputsà Resultsà Outcome: 1.   Prevention & Protection- To align and strengthen the efforts of government; civil society organizations and communities in target districts in Bangladesh in order to prevent in country and cross border child trafficking Community based prevention mechanism of child protection and cross border trafficking established and functional in project area Increased access of communities including children and women to government and non-governmental prevention and protection mechanisms and leveraging resources to address the root causes of child trafficking The community and union parishads (lowest administrative tire in the rural administrative set up) have increased knowledge and skills in registering births, and are engaged in implementing birth registration campaigns of government as a safe guard to prevent child trafficking and child marriage and to reduce school drop-out Approximately 25,000 individuals will learn about the cross border child trafficking and Missing Child Alert, approximately 583,780 children under 18 years will obtain a birth certificate. Cross-Border Alert System- To establish a user-friendly, modern information-technology based sustainable alert system in Bangladesh linked with cross-border alert system to track; rescue; trace; repatriate and rehabilitate trafficked children. An information-technology based sustainable cross border alert system developed, contextualized and operational in Bangladesh linked with India and Nepal as part of the sub-regional system Established linkages of Social Protection Groups, governmental and non-governmental stakeholders with cross border alert system for rescue, repatriation and rehabilitation of trafficked children and women Increased access of children, communities and government and non-government duty bearers to in-country and cross boarder alert system Approximately 400 adults and youths within 20 social protection groups and 200 children are active as cross border trafficking watch dogs and are involved in the rehabilitation process. 250 service providers (LEA & UP members) trained. Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration- To establish an in-country joint referral mechanism linked with regional alert system to repatriate, rehabilitate, and reintegrate trafficked and rescued children to their families/communities and support them with child friendly prevention, protection and care services Improved awareness and capacity of social protection groups, government and non-governmental service providers on Alert system to prevent young women and child trafficking and facilitate in returning them to their respective families and communities An official protocol among the Governments of Bangladesh, India and Nepal is developed and functional for rescue and repatriation and in-country rehabilitation and reintegration with regard to protection and care services 200 children will receive survival & psychological support at shelter home, rehabilitate and reintegrate within the family and community. Who the project will serve/is serving (gender disaggregated data if possible by category of recipients) :  Targeting 15,50, 113 populations including children, women and men. Project Duration: 1st July 2012-31st December, 2014 Start date: 1st July 2012-31st December, 2014 Financial partner (Donor): Dutch Lottery, Netharlands. Implementing partner (if any): Dhaka Ahsania Mission & Plan Bangladesh Project Location/s and number of Field offices: Locations will cover 5 upazillas and 20 unions of Jessore and Satkhira districts in two field offices Unions of Jessore sadar-Kashimpur, Noapara, Arabpur & Chachra Unions of Sharsha-Dihi, Lakshmanpur, Bahadurpur, Sharsha Satkhira Sadar-Kushlia, Boikari, Ghona & Bhomra Kaliganj-Bharashimla, Mothureshpur, Ratanpur, Dholbaria Kolaroa-Chandanpur, Keralakata, Sonabaria & Keragachia Budget with annual breakup: Total budget-37,082,280, Number of project staffs and volunteers: 20 staffs and 1000 volunteers. Contact Person     : Ferdousi Akhter, Project Coordinator Email                        : f.akhter@ahsaniamission.org.bd, ferdousi.akhter@gmail.com

Project Introduction: Dhaka Ahsania Mission as an active partner of the civil society in Bangladesh, recognizes the role it can play in undertaking various measures against trafficking in women and children and accordingly in September 1997, Dam initiated the Child and women Trafficking Prevention (CWTP in short) program for the reduction of trafficking as well as for the repatriation, reintegration and rehabilitation of the survivors of trafficking and the programs have been implemented in six vulnerable border bet districts at Southwestern part of the country since then. Goal of CWTP is to empowering the community to promote a safe living environment for the poor women and children and thus ensure the human rights. DAM has almost two decades of experience in working in the field of trafficking prevention programs and DAM’s overall activities can be divided in three categories which are: Prevention, Protection (Support to the survivor’s for rehabilitation)  and Repatriation. Currently two anti trafficking projects entitled “Action for Combating Trafficking in Persons (ACT)” &Enhancing Community Capacity to Reduce Vulnerability to Human Trafficking are being implemented by DAM. ACT started in October, 2008. The project will significantly contribute to reduce the rate of trafficking in persons and unsafe migration, standardize the care and support of the trafficking survivors. In addition to that the project will also help to build the capacity of the GOB to prosecute traffickers related crimes. DAM is working on Survivors support component of ACT program. Which significantly supports the survivors for rehabilitating in the society through empowering them and sensitize the community to support the survivors as well. The duration of the project is from October 2008 to June 2012 with possible extension of another two more years. The project targeted and given priorities to the survivors of trafficking that include both male and female survivors. Goal and Objective: Project Goal: (Survivor Support Component) To enhance and standardize protection & care for survivors of human trafficking.   Objectives : To enhance customized service for the survivors of human trafficking. To empower the survivors through building the capacity. Promote enabling environment for reduce trafficking & unsafe labor migration.   Overall Project Activities: survivors identified, outreached & repatriated, Survivor’s provided basic services( food, cloth, accommodation and recreation) through the shelter home/transit home, Survivors provided and linked with NFE and formal education, Survivors provided and referred for health support, Development/review of a standard & scientific guideline for counseling services, Survivors provided legal counseling and assistance, Identify and prepare an inventory for external possible service providers, Act partner’s  resource and expertise inventory prepare, Workshop/referral meeting with the identified with external services providers, Need assessment of shelter home, Capacity development of shelter home/transit home, Adoption and implementation of standard guideline on shelter management By GO and NGO run shelter homes/transit homes, Exposure visit for the staffs in outside country (in some shelter homes)to see the best practices ,Conduct needs assessment of the survivors, Developed customized training package, Provide vocational & entrepreneurship training. Provide job &internship opportunity, Provide individual and collective business support, Facilitate linkage building with financial and resource intuition, Conduct life skills need assessment, Provide life skills training for the survivors, Provide leadership , networking, community mobilization and communication training for the survivors, Organize theatre workshop for the survivors, Developed guideline for operation & institutionalization of  survivors voice group, Conduct various Training for the SV group, Organize peer to peer visit for the survivors’ voice group, Develop IEC (service options) materials, Publish documents on good practices and integration, Video documentation on successful integration , Conduct assessment study of the integrated survivors, Activation of CTC, Capacity builds up of Partner NGOs, Print/reprint of popular version (handbook) on new law, Orientation/dissemination seminar on new anti-trafficking law and NPA. Outputs: Standard Customized services available at the institution level- Referral mechanism/network for the specialize services established. Management & institutional capacity of the service providing center’s improved. Increased livelihood opportunity and improved living condition. Increased self-esteem& social communication capacity. Capacity of Survivors Voice group capacitated and independently functional. Positive engagement of community in terms of supporting of the survivors. Informed community and other stakeholders about the trafficking prevention act and laws. Result: Survivor’s access in need based services ensured and minimum standard of services maintained. Specialized services (trauma Counseling, special health support) received through the other services providers and network partners. Staffs of the institutions (SH and Transit Home) are capable to serve the target group as per the need successfully. Survivor’s skills in coping with situation and decision making increased. ANIRBAN (Survivor voice group) initiative’s in supporting the survivors and raising their voices increased to great extent. Community’s attitude towards the survivors has been changed and contribution of community in supporting the survivors increased. Outcomes: Minimum standard for survivor support adopted. Range of service options identified and referral mechanism functioned well. Institutional capacities increased to provide standardize and customize services to the survivors. ANIRBAN (survivor Voice group) recognized as an advocacy forum for the survivors. Enabling environment created in the community for the survivors and stigma reduced. Project Duration: October 2008 to June 2014 Start date: October 2008 Financial partner (Donor): USAID through Winrock International Project Location/s and number of Field offices: Jessore & Jamalpur( Field Offices), Jessore, Shatkira, Jamalpur, Narail, Khulna, Jinidha( Project areas) Budget with annual breakup :  98,29,300.00 Number of project staffs and volunteers : 15 Contact Person  : Depak Sarkar, Project Coordinator, ACT Email                     : dk.sarkar@ahsaniamission.org.bd, uma120dipak5@gmail.com

Bangladesh Counter Trafficking In Persons Program (BC-TIP)

Partners:DAM, YPSA, SHISUK, Change Maker, Shocheton, Rights Jessore,ManobadhikerBastobayonSongstha, AgrogatiSongstha and Proyash.

Duration:October 2018- August 2020

Budget: 50,81,950 BDT/ 64,060.88 USD grant from Winrock International with funding from USAID.

Project Donor:Winrock International with funding from USAID

DAM Geographical location:

Name of the districts	Name of the Upazilas	Name of the Unions
Jessore	JessoreSadar	Noapara, Arabpur
	Sharsha	Dihi&Bahadurpur
	Chowgasa	Shorupdia, Shukhpukuria
Satkhira	SatkhiraSadar	Kushkhali&Jhaudanga
	Kolaroa	Keragasi&Chandanpur

Goal:Improve livelihoods and empowerment of survivors with ensuring minimum standard care & support services through referral, coordination, participation and partnership.

Objectives:

• To facilitate rescue & repatriation of the trafficked victims
• To create access to minimum standard care & supports services through formalize referral mechanism
• To ensure rehabilitation & integration of the survivors within families and communities
• To empower the survivors for sustainable integration

Key activities:

• Facilitate referral of the survivors through networking and partnership with GO, NGO, CBOs etc.

• Provide shelter home support

• Sustainable livelihood for rehabilitation and reintegration

• Capacitated ANIRBAN,GONOKENDRA/CRC,CBOS for survivors reintegration and make a dignified environment for Survivors

• Provide legal aid support

• Mapping and directory of service providers to increase access to survivors for services

Project Component:
Survivors support at DAM shelter Home, Networking & Partnership with NGO, GO, Private & CSO for referral services to the trafficked survivors, Capacity building to GO, NGO &  CSOs to combat Human Trafficking, Strengthening Survivors Platform ‘ ANIRBAAN’ Survivors Group and Developing Service Providers Directory to create access to services and support to trafficked survivors etc.

Results/Outcome:

• The potential GO/NGOs including CTCs in 5 upazillas in 2 districts with preference to Women Empowerment Activity(WEA) program and other DAM projects will be the network partner including WEA and other DAM projects for referral and reintegration in the project implementation areas.
• 200 trafficked survivors (150 shelters female and 50 non shelters)will receive a minimum standard care & support services within and outside shelter home through networking and partnership.
• 50% of the vulnerable communities around targeted survivor’s families will be educated through courtyard meetings, survivors experience sharing on the importance of protection and reintegration of the survivors.
• The potential Ganokendras, CRCs, CPGs and ANIRBAN – the survivors voice group will be engaged through the network quarterly meetings, court yard meeting, experience sharing and attending the awareness session at community level for follow up and reintegration of survivors.
• 10 Union level CTCs will have linkages with the Upazilla and district CTCs to ensure acceptance, supports and empowerment of trafficked survivors by the decision taken in the CTC committee meeting resolutions at district, upazila and union level through follow up, monitoring by CBOs and Network partners.
• 50% trafficked survivors will receive legal aid support through district legal aid committee and NGOs providing legal aid support.
• The 60% survivors will be linked to the service providers and the relevant network partners for livelihood options and the microcredit, IGA, Job placement, life skills, leadership skills, market linkage and entrepreneurship development in 2 districts.
• Mobilise and support ‘ANIRBAN’ Voice Group for voice raising, educate communities on the protection of survivors, to facilitate life skills and leadership development to other survivors.
• At least 60% of the enrolled survivors are engaged in vocational training, profitable income earning activities and running individual or group enterprises through linkage & partnership with GO/NGOs service providers so that they are self depended on income and employment opportunities

Ferdousi Akhter, Project Manager, BCTIP project
Human Rights & Governance Sector
Mob :# 01724812292, ferdousi.akhter@gmail.com

Project Introduction: The Project “Advocacy and Communication with Communities to Empower for Accessing Social Services (ACCESS) Health & Empowerment” is one of the key ‘Human Rights and Social Justice’ projects of Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)  supported by CORDAID – The Netherlands. The major goal of the project is to create an enabling environment to increase access of vulnerable and marginalized groups, in particular, women and children, to quality public resources and services. The purpose of the project is to capacitate community as well as institutional service providers to improve and increase access to the services. Destitute and hardcore poor women, vulnerable and marginalized rural poor, adolescent girls and children of the impoverished families were the main target beneficiaries of the project from where 45,400 Ganokendra members of 44 Unions will be directly benefited. On the other hand, as indirect beneficiaries, approximately 42,000 community people, government officials, UP representatives, corporate sector representatives and other NGOs are also involved. The four-stroke implementation strategy of DAM will be the core implementation approach of the ACCESS H&E project for creating a micro and macro linkage. In this approach the capacity building of local institutions and communities as well, are given emphasize, through which they are able to plan, implement, monitor their activities within a systematic manner. The project will also contribute to increase confidence and knowledge, develop skills, changes in attitude and empowerment.Project Goal: The overall objective (Goal) is to facilitate developing an enabling environment where poor, vulnerable and marginalized people would have increased access to health services for which they are entitled thus contributing to reduction in vulnerability and improved living condition.  Objectives: To improve functioning of health system at local level with increased access of the poor, vulnerable and marginalized people to quality health services. To strengthen capacity of the community based organizations to register voice of the vulnerable people claiming their rights to public services toward improved health and livelihood. To institutionalize a social protection system at local and national level addressing poverty, exclusion and disaster risk related vulnerabilities. Results of the project: Result 1:  Governance and service delivery capacity of the public and private health service providers strengthened and improved. Result 2: Target communities’ become vigilant with access to information and enhanced capacity in addressing issues of exclusion, stigmatization and discrimination, specially of girls and disabled Result 3: A social protection mechanism being evolved to support social assistance to the vulnerable people, risk protection against natural disasters and ensuring social equity in accessing health and livelihood services Result 4: People’s coping mechanism and adaptability to face the climate change impact on environment strengthened. Result 5: Lessons learned and good practices of the project documented, researched and disseminated for wider level replication Outcome: The project will leave a deep impact from the community level up to the entire society, as it will change/improve the attitude, concept, behavior, practice and involvement of all the stakeholders in the area. Observing the way the project benefits the poor and disadvantaged people, protects and upholds the human rights of the vulnerable women and children in the areas, The involvement of the government agencies, Union Parishad standing committee members, Action Group and Ganokendra/ CRC Management Committee in the project activities is also expected to leave positive impacts leading to good governance. Who the Project will Serve/is serving (gender disaggregated data if possible by category of recipients) Direct beneficiaries         = 45,400 Ganokendra members, Indirect beneficiaries       = 42,000 community people Adult women =35490; Adult men= 34454; Children (below 18 yrs age) Girl=15186; Boy = 15310 Project Duration: 3 Years (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2013) Start date: 1 January 2010 Financial partner (Donor): CORDAID, The Netherlands Project Locations and number of field offices: Location:       8 Upazila in 4 districts field offices:  8 District Upazilla/ Sub-district No. of Union Jessore Jessore Sadar 7 Keshabpur 6 Chowgacha 4 Jhenaidha Jhenaidha Sadar 8 Moheshpur 5 Narshingdi Narshingdi Sadar 6 Jamalpur Sharishabari 4 Dewanganj 4 4 District 8 Upazila 44   Budget with annual breakup:   Financial Year-1 Financial Year-2 Financial Year-3 Approved Revised & Approved Revised  & Approved Grand Total  = 2,20,16,524 2,37,13,824 2,10,10,655 Donor Contribution = 1,82,03,024 2,01,80,824 1,77,74,205 Community Contribution 3,81,3,500 3,53,3,000 3,23,6,450   Number of Project staffs and Volunteers: Project staffs: 95 (37 Female & 58 Male) Volunteers: 925 (440 CAG members & 485 Community Workers) Contact Person   : Md. Selimuddin, Project Coordinator E-mail                     : s.uddin@ahsaniamission.org.bd, selim525@yahoo.com Cell                          : 01712-975250

 

Project Introduction:  The ACCESS-CAFOD-II project of DAM supported by CAFOD-UK has been implementing since March 2011. ACCESS-CAFOD-II project being implemented for creating an enabling environment to increase access of vulnerable and marginalized groups, in particular women, children and fishermen to quality public resources and services. This project has been implementing in two upazilla of Barguna district named Barguna Sador and Amtoli. This project follows rights based approach by facilitating opportunities to participations, decision- making and upholding the choice of the people. The project’s basis is to facilitate a process strengthening the analytical skills of problem solving. The Ganokendra’s (Peoples’ Organization) are becoming the main platform to organize people and remain as problem solver. Under the project a number of adolescent forum were formed. Some activities have been undertaken to make the adolescent as future good and responsible citizen. A number of Life Skills training have already been offered to the adolescent boys and girls. These adolescent groups played a very vital role with support from community people to protest against all forms of violence against women and girl child. Moreover, Barguna is one the regions in the country which has already been affected badly by the climatic change consequences. A number of people have become environmental refugee due to adverse affect of climate change. Besides, special attention is also needed for socially excluded and extreme poor families who have been facing challenges in their daily life and livelihood. Goal and Objective: Goal: Creating an enabling environment to increase access of vulnerable and marginalized groups, in particular, women, adolescents, and children, fisherman, socially excluded and environmentally refugee to quality public resources and services The specific objectives:  To institutionalize the Ganokendra and initiated a phase forward for the them towards sustainability To capacitate adolescent forums with life skills options and to encourage them to work as social mobilizer to prevent violence against women and girls To provide training and livelihood support to the climate refugee and other and other dis-advanced groups of community to claim their rights and increase access to the basic services and rights to improve theit living conditions To make available the ICT facilities at the CRC/MCRC which could be work as information and communication hub for the rural people allowing increased access to information To scale up the Ganokendra institutions in the nearby Upazillas for broader solidarity and raising voice of the disadvantaged for their rights To strengthen the local coping mechanism to increase adaptability of the impact of the climate change reduce the risk of disaster vulnerability Outputsà Resultsà Outcome: Output 1 : Ganokendra as peoples’ organization institutionalized, scaled up and phase forwarded for sustainability. Output 2 : Organized Adolescents, (especially girls) Life Skills improved  and contributed for social change Output 3 : Institutional accountability of the service providers  (public and private) increased and service delivery system improved to reach deserving people Output 4 : Choice and opportunities of improved living condition of the disadvantaged people under Ganokendra increased Output 5 : Social use of ICT widened and peoples’ right to information established Output 6   Community capacity of coping mechanism strengthened to reduce disaster risk  and vulnerability Output 7 : Lessons learned and good practices documented, disseminated and use for pro-poor policy advocacy for development Who the project will serve/is serving (gender disaggregated data if possible by category of recipients) Women- 7950      Men- 2650,    Adolescent girls- 1060,    Adolescent boys- 530 Project Duration: March 2011 to February 2014 Start date: 01 March 2011 Financial partner (Donor): CAFOD-UK Project Location/s and number of Field offices: 01 (One) Budget with annual breakup: 1st Year: 4,800,943.00 2nd Year: 4,528,878.00 3rd Year: 4,061,257.00 Number of project staffs and volunteers : Project Staffs- 11 nos., Volunteers- 53 nos. Contact Person   : Abdur Rakib, Project Coordinator E-mail                     : a.rakib@ahsaniamission.org.bd, rakib.a99@gmail.com Cell                          : 01758-939678

Project Name:-  KANAN: Center for Destitute Women and Abandoned Children

KANAN Center for Destitute Women and Children – Founded in 2015 is a social institute of Rights & Governance Sector that is dedicated toward holistic development & rights establishment of 1) abandoned children- who have no safe place to live and are deprived of their mothers’ care, affection and basic human rights; 2) missing children- who somehow got parted from their families & ended up on streets; 3) destitute women- who are victims of sexual abuse/exploitation and thereupon, experienced unwanted pregnancy. Through various age-specific programmes and activities.

KANAN in joint collaboration with Ahsania Mission Support Forum, provides the targeted women & children with safe, secure residence and safeguard their basic rights to food, clothes, clean water, sanitation, health and psychosocial counseling, skill development and job placement as well as other needs. After phase out of from its first project (KACACDW) funded by KNH-Germany in December 2019, Ahsania Mission Support Forum extended their compassionate support toward us from January, 2022.

From its birth-moment till this date, KANAN has served 56 pregnant women and their 50 new born babies including 30 abandoned children altogether.

Country Context:
In Bangladesh most sexually abused victims need to leave their home and take shelter in an unfamiliar and unfriendly place of in the streets just to give birth to the child. Not to be notices by their relatives and friends. Unwanted pregnancy and denial of abortion create immense pressure for the rape victims to survive. Sexually abused victims when they leave home while carrying baby is very difficult to get a safe and secured place to stay and give birth. This the lives of the women and her expecting baby come very vulnerable. Once an illegitimate child is born the victim often abandons them in such an extremely risky situation that might often cause death to the new-born.
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) mandated to pursue humanitarian services for the vulnerable group of the society and having the working with the marginalized children and destitute women, has taken the initiative to establish KANAN, a center for abandoned children of 0-5 age group as well as pregnant mothers and their new born babies who are victims of rape and sexual violence.

Objectives:

• To provide accommodation facilities to beneficiaries (destitute women and abandoned children)  ensuring food, clothes, education, health care, training, job placement and mainstreaming children and help women get back their lost faith and spirit to restart life with new hopes.
• To deal with children at risk and destitute women of any age who have been sexually violated and encountered unwanted pregnancy.

Specific Objectives:

• To ensure support to newborn (0-2), abandoned children (3-5), girl abandoned children (5-10) years of age who do not have shelter or secured place to live and is devoid of parental care and denied of basic human rights.

• To provide services to pregnant women who are victims of rape and having no shelter to give birth to their child and have no means to survive and ensure essential support during and after childbirth.

Outputs:

• Abandoned children both boys and girls and pregnant mothers who are victims of rape and sexual violence accommodated in a safe and secured environment
• Unwanted children rehabilitated in their families or adopted by other childless and safe and responsible families
• Abandoned children are integrated to Ahsania Mission Children City at Panchagarh where they will be provided comprehensive education and development support services up to the age of 18 years
• Mothers and children enjoyed food, healthcare, water and sanitation, electricity supply support.
• Destitute women received vocational trainings and placed jobs with garment factories or self-employment
• Likely to be victims of rape, the vulnerable stakeholders  are aware through mass awareness campaign program and BCC and ICC materials

Project Components:

• Safe Accommodation for abandoned Children and destitute woman
• Health and Nutrition
• Education and Extra Curricular Activity
• Reintegration and follow-up
• Advocacy and Networking

Major Activities:

• Age specific food, clothes, motherly care, medical services, counseling, education and recreational services.
• Shelter for destitute pregnant mothers up to 6 months.
• Comprehensive care and safe delivery assistance to the destitute pregnant mothers.
• Observance of national and international days.
• Game facilities in a colorful and child-friendly mini park
• ECD support for minor children
• Medical services by experienced and qualified physician (on-call), regular health check-up and referral opportunity to hospitals on emergencies.
• Child rights and protection based trainings for staff capacity building
• Organize issue-based workshops with NGOs, GOs and individual rights activists for mutual supports and knowledge sharing about rape victims and abandoned children.

Target Beneficiaries (Direct):

Children (0-10)		Adolescent (11-17)		Youth (18-25)		Adult(26-60)		Senior Citizen(61+)
M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
6	9		–	–		–	3	–	–

Financial partner (Donor): Ahsania Mission Support Forum
Programme Location of Field office: KANAN, 266/1, South Paikpara, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Number of project staffs and volunteers: 3 project staff (Male-1 & Female 2).
Key Contact Person’s Details:
Name: Sk. Mahabbat Hossen, Team Leader, Rights and Governance Sector
Email: mahabbat.dam@gmail.com , Cell: 01716054610

Project Name:  Ahsania Mission Children City (AMCC)

Introduction:

Dhaka Ahsania Mission has successfully completed the 5-year long MVDSC project with financial supports of KNH-Germany. The project has covered 486 children from June, 2014 until May 2019. Meanwhile a new five story residential building has been constructed with financial aid of KNH-Germany. It was decided earlier that PNG would provide necessary financial supports to 300 resident children in the newly constructed building. Hence, a project proposal covering a period of two years was prepared and submitted to KNH-Germany for consideration. A contract between DAM and KNH-Germany was signed about floating of the new project “Disadvantaged Children Rehabilitation, Empowerment and Advancement Mission (DREAM)’’ with effect from 01 June 2019 till 31 May 2021. The project will cover 305 children and the framework including all the support services will remain unchanged as they have been in the previous MVDSC project. Some structural and programmatic change may occur in near future. However current number of children the project has covered is 253. The children have already been moved into the new building from the old one.

Dhaka Ahsania Mission with its long experience and expertise in working with street children, has conceived the idea of developing a “Children City” with the objective of rehabilitating these children and allowing them to grow within an enabling environment where they can unleash their latent social energy and exhibit their potentials and creativity. The Ahsania Mission Children City (AMCC) closed on 31 May 2019.

Disadvantaged Children Rehabilitation, Empowerment and Advancement Mission (DREAM) – With financial support of KNH-Germany DREAM project is in implementation for a period of two years (2019-2021) in a newly constructed five story building with 240 children. Based on the learning and challenges of AMCC the new project has been remodeled with key thrust on child protection and child rights.

Objectives of the Project:

The overall objective of the project is to ensure support to “Disadvantaged Children Rehabilitation, Empowerment and Advancement Mission (DREAM)’’ of urban city centers of the country helping them to grow with their full potentials up to 18 years for mainstreaming in the society.

The broad objective of the project is to support and rehabilitate the DREAM Project of urban city centres in selected areas/cities of the country helping them to grow with their full potentials up to 18 years through education and specialized hands-on training on different trades of employable skills and child development services.

Specific Objectives:

• To ensure social and economic security of helpless, poor and distressed children through establishment of Ahsania Mission Children City (AMCC).
• To help the enrolled children of AMCC to grow with their in-born potentials and merits through education and training on different trades.
• To develop of necessary infrastructure and support facilities of Ahsania Mission Children City (AMCC) in selected area.
• To provide them food, shelter, clothing, healthcare, formal education up to Secondary School Certificate (SSC) level with ethical education and job training on different trades for self employment and wage earning.
• To motivate to change their attitude and mind set towards high level of moral values & lifestyle to become most worth, responsible & disciplined citizens of the country.

Project Agreement Number:  26653

Outputs :

• Children provided full accommodation facilities with socio-economic and legal security.
• Children enjoyed food, healthcare, water and sanitation, electricity supply support.
• Children’s in-born potentials and merits are nurtured through talent hunting.
• Children progressed remarkably in primary education with free learning materials, stationeries and quality teaching support.
• Children provided socialization support and services with neighboring communities.
• Children participated in life-skills and child rights orientation sessions.
• Positive change in children’s attitude, moral, values and lifestyle.
• AMCC worked closely with government and other non government agencies and are part of several local and national level networks.
• Practiced participatory efforts in accommodation, socialization, education and cultural events.

Project Components:

• Education, Skill Training, Self-Dependents, Job Skill and mental Development Support etc.
• Safe accommodation with necessary protection and participation mechanism is established in Children City.
• Healthy life, nutrition and personal hygiene are ensured for the targeted children
• Education, Job Skill and mental Development Support are provided to the targeted children
• Sustainable Social Reintegration and socialization process developed for the targeted children
• Multi-level advocacy, networking and sustainability initiatives are functional

Major Activities

• Conduct needs assessment/baseline survey.
• Review, modification and finalization of management manual and resource materials.
• Comprehensive work plan.
• Organization and facilitation of motivational awareness education sessions for children.

Organization and facilitation of teachers’ trainings.

• Organize life-skills and child rights training for children.
• Children’s capacity building trainings/ orientations/motivational awareness education on   various development issues.
• Organize and conduct AMCC monthly meetings.
• Organize and maintain AMCC documentation, monitoring & evaluation.
• Regular participation of children in AMCC activities/discussion sessions. Routine follow up by the AMCC staff.

Project Participants (Direct)

Children (0-10)		Adolescent (11-17)		Youth (18-25)		Adult (26-60)		Senior Citizen (61+)
M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
202	–	38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Project Duration: Ongoing
Financial partner (Donor): DAM own contribution
Implementing partner (if any):  NIL
Project Location/s and number of Field offices:  AMCC, Jalapara, Hafizabad, Panchagarh and Paikpara, Dhaka

Project Budget:
Number of project staffs and volunteers: 29 project staffs (Male- 22 & Female 7).
Contact Person :
Sk. Mahabbat Hossen, Team Leader, Rights and Governance Sector
Email: mahabbat.dam@gmail.com , Cell: 01716054610