Ensure Food Security for 300 Families, Bangladesh
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Summary
Poor people have limited capacity to recover from crises. This project will encourage savings, provide credit, adopt sustainable agriculture and diversify risks using multicropping and aquaculture.
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Received $4,995 from 31 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Every year Kalihati bears the brunt of flooding and loses valuable farmland to erosion. The poor--especially poor women--suffer the most. Farmers depend on the erratic monsoons for agriculture, lack crop diversification and keep unsustainable practices. Women lack access to productive resources, earn less, suffer poor health and shoulder a disproportionate amount of the work. The project will serve 300 poor women and their families to ensure food security.
Activities
Organize 300 women into groups, which offer support, savings and credit. They will be trained to raise fish in rice paddy fields, cultivate vegetables and farm organically. Healthcare will be provided for 50 pregnant women and children.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,995
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $8,005
Total Funding Goal: $13,000
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
The project will ensure food security of 300 female farmers and impoverished families. Women will become self-reliant by increasing savings and, through income-generating activities, practicing sustainable farming and gaining better health access.
Project Message
“The credit and training helps the whole family. I bought a small plot of land with the loan and my savings. My husband helped me plant vegetables. We had a good harvest and made extra money to use.”
- Masuda Khatun, Member of the savings and credit group
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on June 04, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 02, 2005.
Latest Update from the Field
June 2008 Update
By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, IDEX, June 04, 2008 10:08 PM
In last year’s progress report of May 2007, SATU reported on the support of a Medical Assistant to improve health checkups on pregnant mothers and children. This year, SATU is reporting a training that the Medical Assistant, together with SATU’s Project Officer, organized to conduct a 3-day training course on Mother and Child Healthcare to 25 pregnant women.
As a result of this training, the 25 participants can do the following:
explain about the importance of personal and environmental hygiene
describe the activities of maintaining personal and environmental hygiene
clarify the meaning of food & nutrition and food elements
express the importance of food value and food compositions
demonstrate the balanced food preparation
explicate the significant results of family planning including birth spacing and control
identify risks during pregnancy and describe the importance of Anti-natal care
identify the negative consequences (exists) and risks of delivery and explain the importance of post-natal care and safe motherhood
express the importance and techniques of a new born baby care, food and breast feeding especially colostrums
Importance of Mother & Child Vaccination
In the past year, the Medical Assistant identified 162 pregnant mothers through door-to-door visit. Among them, four pregnant mothers were referred to the Government Hospital due to complications at birth. If it wasn’t for the support of the Medical Assistant, these pregnant mothers would not have gone to the hospital in time for a health checkup to address their case.
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