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Life is changing fast for better for about 2.5 million beneficiaries of the project. The project through its CDD approach has been able to reach the ‘poorest of the poor’, currently outside the reach of the most development interventions in the country.

                                                    Highlights 

 

Activities

Achievements 

1. Number of beneficiaries

2.5 million

2. 2.1   Project funds directly provided to the communities on rural infrastructures and seed money:

TK 895.68 million (US$ 12.98 million)

2.1.1   Fund provided for infrastructure development

·  TK 803.00 million (US$ 11.6 million)

2.1.2   Seed capital (for 19900 hardcore poor families) ·  Tk 79.38 million (US$ 1.15 million)
2.2    Village Development Fund (VDF) to the Community :  Tk 388.11 million (US$ 5.54 million)
·  VDF/VDRRF- as Initiation Fund (IF) ·  TK 52.2 million (US$ 0.75 million)
·  Fund for VDF/FRF/VDRRF ·  TK 335.91 million (US$ 4.80 million)
3. Community contribution Total taka 110.3 million (TK.73.6 million in cash and TK. 36.7 million in labor (US$ 1.6 million)
4. Number of hardcore poor and poor involved in savings and lending groups (Jibikayan Groups)

  ·  Savings : 262,940 hardcore poor and poor of which 88% women and 12% men involved savings in over 19,334 savings groups;

  ·  Lending : 158,337 lending JG groups started internal lending and disbursed Taka 64.50 million (US$ 1.12 million)

5. Savings deposited by Jibikayan Groups

  78.35 million saved by about 19,000 Jibikayan Groups (US$ 1.12 million)

6. Number of sub-projects completed

  1,300 (rural roads, culverts, schools, tube-wells, canal rehabilitation etc)

*Progress as of May 31, 2010

Besides, a number of activities have been  undertaken to promote community development, healthcare, and water supply and sanitation. Firstly, crosscutting issues like gender sensitization, human rights, violence against women and children were addressed. Secondly, various socio-cultural phpects, such as,  dowry system, early marriage, registration of birth, death and marriage were also dealt with.