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Practical Action Bangladesh
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30/01/2015
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Disasters
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SHIREE Pathways from Poverty 15000290
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Locations: Lalmonirhat, Niphamari, Rangpur and and Gaibandha districts in Bangladesh The project goal is to graduate 50,550 extreme poor people (16,850 HHs) in rural areas from extreme poverty The project purpose is to improve livelihoods of 16,850 vulnerable char land households with improved livelihoods and increased resilience to natural disasters. Beneficiaries 16,850 extreme poor HHs (50,550 people) Donor Shiree-DFID. Partners Own Village Development (OVA), Jhanjira Samaj Kallyan Sangstha (JSKS), Uttara Development Program Society (UDPS), AKOTA, Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK), Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), Handicap International (HI) Budget 365,871,079 BDT Project Manager Nazmul Islam Chowdhury Abstract 1. The project targets the extreme poor people living in 120 flood protection embankments located in four northern districts of Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur and Nilphamari adjacent to the Brahmaputra and Tista rivers; 2. 8,000 extreme poor households (HH) supported in securing operational access to sandbar and underutilized land by year-3; 3. 16,850 extreme poor households secure market access and increased incomes; 4. By year 3, 90percent of targeted households support asset protection strategies that increase resilience to impacts of disaster and seasonal food crises; 5. Extreme poor households with stronger influence over decision making and service provision by the local government, line departments and private service providers. Operational access to sand bar, Market Access and Increased Income, training and input support on agriculture, fisheries and livestock and off-farm sectors, Asset Protection during Disaster and Seasonal Food Crisis, Linkage, influence and service promotion
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