Project Introduction: DAM-CLC is a significant project of Dhaka Ahsania Mission.  It’s a multi-donor project with an innovative multi grade teaching learning approach of NFPE. The honorable donors are Educate A Child (EAC) Initiative of The Office of Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, Qatar, Cordaid, The Netherlands, and DAM-Marico CLC.

DAM-Marico CLC included with DAM-CLC project as a co-financing project from October 2014 and   will be ended on 30 September 2017.

The project has been designed to provide Non Formal Basic Primary Education to 6-14 years aged 3000 out of school children of socio-economically back warded, disadvantaged and geographically remote areas of Bangladesh following NCTB curriculum. The targeted out of school children of the project is defined as children who have not ever been to a school and Primary school dropouts.

Project Agreement Number:

Overall Objective:

Provide access to quality primary education for 40,000 out of schoolchildren in Bangladesh (As co-financing part children number will be 3000)

Specific Objectives:

I. 40000 OOSC attend DAM schools in  Noakhali, Chittagong and Jamalpur (As co-financing part 3000 children will attend in Melandah Upazila of Jamalpur district).

II. Trained community members effectively manage CLCs

Outputs:

(1.1) 75 Children Learning Centers (CLCs) are established and operated

(1.2) 75 Teachers are selected and trained

(1.3) 10 staffs are recruited and trained

(1.4) one central office (partial contribution), one Area office is established, staffed, and fully operational.

(2.1) 75 Community Action Groups (CAGs) are set up to manage successful construction and establishment of CLCs (2.2) 75 Center Management Committees (CMCs) are established and operating

(2.3) 75  CMCs are given training and are fully responsible for monitoring attendance, enrollment, and performance of out-of-school children in CLCs

 Project Components: Education

Major Activities:

Final approval from NGOAB, Internal staff recruitment and training, Office location search, procurement, and equipment, CLC location selection, Conduct survey, Formation of CAGs and CMCs, Teacher training and orientation, Teaching students in CLC, Refresher training for teachers, Needs-based training for supervisors, Monitoring and evaluation, (TQM methodology), Engagement with community and local government, Stakeholder communications, CMCs undertake sustainability planning for CLCs through engagement with community Handing over process, Final reporting and project evaluation.

Project Participants (Direct):

Children(0-10)		Children(6-14)		Adolescent(11-17)		Youth(18-25)		Adult(26-60)		Senior Citizen(61+)
M	F	B	G	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
		1124	1126

Project Duration: Started from 1 October 2014 and will be ended on 30 September 2017

Financial partner (Donor): Marico Bangladesh (Co-financing part of DAM-CLC project).

Implementing partner (if any): No.

Project Location/s and number of Field offices:  1  Locations & 1 Office

Melandah Upazila of Jamalpur (One Upazila level Office)

Project Budget: BDT 4,01,44,598 (For 3 years)

Number of project staffs and volunteers :

Staff (Regular)		Paid Volunteer		Non-Paid Volunteer
M	F	M	F	M	F
10	0	0	75	679	371

Contact Person : Md. Modasser Hossain, Project Manager
E-mail : md.modasser@ahsaniamission.org.bd, masum15.dam@gmail.com
Mobile No : 01937130005