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Project Name:SHOUHARDO
Project Description:
Project List of Activities: A number of levels of activities are envisioned in SHOUHARDO. Most activities will be implemented at the Union, Pourashava, village and slum levels. The program will facilitate linkages between these and the district and Upazilla level service providers and advocates for development. The activities related to achieving results on the entitlement issues that have been identified will be implemented at multiple levels from villages and slums through the national level. The major types of activities associated with each Specific and sub-Specific Objective are discussed below. Each set of activities will lead to goods and services (Intermediate Results) needed to make planned behavioral and systemic changes at the Sub-specific and Specific Objective levels.

Final Goal: Program Goal is to sustainably reduce chronic and transitory food insecurity of 400,000 vulnerable households in 18 districts of Bangladesh, by 2009.Targeted participants and # of beneficiaries Targeted participants is 400,000 vulnerable household and to be achieved in 2000 villages and 130 urban slums, by the year 2009. Also the target participants will be the poorest and most vulnerable households, and within them women and girls, living in the remote and difficult areas. The total # of beneficries will be 2 million.

Targeted Community: The target Community of the program will be the poorest and most vulnerable households, and within them women and girls, living in the most vulnerable and remote areas. It is expected that, the program would collaborate with 30 partner organizations /agencies including NGO, CBOs, Research Institutions, University, Private Sector, CSGs, etc.

The program will be implemented in the following geographical areas: North Chars Region. The northern chars includes the 5 Districts of Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram and Gaibandha in the Brahmaputra River drainage.Middle Chars Region. The middle chars includes the 5 Districts of Bogra, Jamalpur, Tangail, Sirajganj, Sherpur and Pabna in the Jamuna River drainage and the north bank of the Padma River.Haor Region. The haor region includes the 4 Districts of Sunamganj, Habiganj, Kishoreganj, and Netrokona in the northeast part of the country.Eastern Coastal Zone. The eastern coastal zone includes the 5 Districts of Noakhali, Chittagong, and Cox's Bazar.Islands: Moheskhali, Kutubdia, Sandwip, Hatiya.

Country:Bangladesh (View Country Profile)
Sector:MultiSector
Type:Development
Project Number:BGD084