Ongoing Projects

Promoting Rights and Empowerment through Initiative of People (PREIP)

Project Summary
SL	Particulars
01	Name of the organization	Institute for Environment and Development (IED)
02.	Title of the project	Promoting Rights and Empowerment through Initiative of People (PREIP)
03	Project duration	July 2020 – June 2023
04	Project areas	District	Upzilla/Thana	Union/Ward
		Dhaka	Mohammadpur	North City Corporation: Ward No. 32
			Mirpur	North City Corporation: Ward No. 11
			Ramna	South City Corporation: Ward No. 20 & 21
		Mymensingh	Mymensingh Sadar	Pourasava Ward: (1-33)
		Jashore	Jashore Sadar	Pourasava Ward:  (1-9) and Union: 4 (Arabpur, Noapara, Fatepur and Upashahar)
05	Direct number of beneficiaries	108,630
06	Year wise budget allocation	July 2020 – June 2021		2,64,15,841/-
		July 2021 – June 2022		3,44,48,249/-
		July 2022 – June 2023		3,15,49,202/-
		Total		9,24,13,292/-
07	District/sub-district wise budget allocation		Mohammadpur	6,45,80,746/-
			Mirpur	4,51,363/-
		Dhaka	Ramna	2,00,440/-
		Mymensingh	Mymensingh Sadar	1,33,98,330/-
		Jashore	Jashore Sadar	1,37,82,413/-
		Total		9,24,13,292/-
08	Detail budget (According to column 12 mentioned at FD-6)	Program cost		2,62,01,713/-
		Program staff cost		5,79,44,708/-
		Operating cost		82,66,871/-
		Total Taka		9,24,13,292/-

Donor: Bread for the World- Protestant Development Services (BftW)

Brief description of the project

The major focus of the project are Women Empowerment and livelihood development; Promote peoples initiatives to address local and national level issues related to women, environment and minorities.

Goal

The women, minority (ethnic and religious) and disadvantaged group have improved their economic and socio-cultural conditions.

Project objectives (outcome level).

1. 2000 targeted women in Jessore and Mymensingh are having enhanced position through participation of women in making decisions increased at 30% families, increasing family income of 40% women group members by 30% and reducing family violence to 90%.

2. Peoples’ initiatives at 7 districts/local and Dhaka are enable to raise voice for improving the situation of environment, enjoyment of rights of women and ethnic & religious minorities and solving the local problems.

3. 160 (male-100, female 60) Human Rights Defenders from indigenous communities in the districts of Dinajpur, Rajshahi, Sherpur and Dhaka developed their capacities and 54 (male-45, female-9) youths of that communities developed their hands on skills for empowerment and livelihood development.

The expected outcomes:

• Targeted 2000 families’ decisions with the participation of women members increased by 30% from the present position

• Mitigated / handled /addressed 90% cases related domestic violence against women at family level in the women group members ‘area.

• Income increased by 30% of 40% women members of the groups from present position

• Vibrant 7 civil society networks existed at local and national level

• Environment related 6 issues addressed

• Minorities (ethnic and religious) and women rights related 5 issues addressed

Community based activities are being implemented in the Jessore and Mymensingh, where IED intervened for the last 7 years. In Jessore 9 wards of the municipality and 3 adjacent unions and in Mymensingh 14 wards of the municipality have been covered. Besides, People Initiative (Janoudyog) program is being implemented at the national level, other plain land minority and environmental issues at local levels. All events are controlled from Dhaka.

IED successfully implementing the project as per the plan with a view to achieve the above mentioned objectives. Development is a long process and takes long time to get the result oriented impact. This project was commenced in July 2008. The financial assistance is being provided by Bread for the World (BftW), Germany

Towards achieving those, women groups have been formed and the major area of activities with the women groups for empowerment and livelihood and citizens through Peoples Initiatives – Janoudyog. All the activities have been performed with almost 100% achievement.

The grassroots level activities of the project are being implemented in Mymensingh and Jessore districts. Advocacy and lobbying activities are carrying out at local and national levels involving civil society members, local administration, teachers, cultural activist, social leaders, and women leaders.

IED has organized 100 women groups with about 2000 poor families in Jessore and Mymensingh town. There are regular awareness sessions with the group members. In the awareness sessions where women empowerment, women economic development, minorities’ rights, environment and effects of climate change are discussed with high priority. They take initiatives for making cleanliness of their living area, manage to save drinking water, making good drainage system, plantation etc. The groups are being sensitized for the good governance of the local government. They are taking initiatives for making local government representatives transparent and accountable through organizing meeting with community people; maintain close interaction with them and mobilizing resources and facilities for them. They are very much aware of their rights to information. They maintain continuous communication with related government departments for collection of information as needed and bring the government and non-government officials in their meeting where they get related information and seek support for them. IED plays the facilitating role and make linkage with different sections of people.