Help Women To Be Self-Sufficient in Bangladesh

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Help Women To Be Self-Sufficient in Bangladesh

Summary

Help over 1,000 rural women in Chittagong, Bangladesh access resources to generate social and economic self-sufficiency and a better livelihood for themselves and their families. read updates from the field

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	$50 - 1 woman can receive a free monthly medical check up and basic medicines for 1 year
	$75 - 1 woman can receive a loan to start a small business raising chickens or growing vegetables
	$100 - 40 women can be trained on farming laws and rights, to be effective in championing their rights
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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

350 families in 3 villages will benefit by providing them knowledge, business capital and support to improve their living conditions. By targeting women it provides them with key resources to enable them to take control of their lives through self-help groups and skills training.

Activities

Provide skills development in business and support women entrepreneurial skills with microcredit. Raise awareness by offering training in gender equality, farmers’ rights, and importance of economic independence. Provide medical care and support.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,064
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $14,536
Total Funding Goal: $15,600

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Equip women with tools and training for alternative employment and financial security. Through health and social awareness, upgrade the status of women at family and community level, protect them from violence, and promote gender equality.

Project Message

“We hope to give women choices and the opportunity to eradicate poverty in their communities.”
- Shyamoli Mazumder, Chief Executive

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Katherine Zavala,
Asia Program Director
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:

Project Sponsor

International Development Exchange (IDEX)

Organization

Organization for Women’s Development of Bangladesh
c/o IDEX
827 Valencia Street, #101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
http://www.owdeb.org

Learn more about Organization for Women’s Development of Bangladesh and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Bangladesh and can also be found under Microfinance.

For more information about Bangladesh, read the Human Development Report on Bangladesh or the Wikipedia entry for Bangladesh.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 09, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 21, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

December 2008 Update

By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, December 09, 2008 03:26 PM

OWDEB has observed that generating gender awareness through training and workshops is reducing discrimination against women. They report that female mobility and empowerment have increased through OWDEB-IDEX support in the form of counseling, training and capital for income generation.

One example of workshop success is the recent training on marketing management for twenty-eight female Group Leaders. Eight of the women are already applying knowledge gained to improve their small business management in selling clothes, flower and poultry, as well as Rickshaw rentals in rural areas.

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