Recents Activities

Demand for Rights of the Excluded and Marginalized-(DREAM)

Since inceptions, AID Foundation is very committed, specific, and sincere to bring the socio-economic uplift and establish the rights of the women and children of the society. Bangladesh is primarily an agrarian country where more than 70% populations are directly or indirectly depend on agriculture. But, in fact, the agriculture sector is generally neglected sector in our country especially the farmers. Hence, AID Foundation initiated the Agricultural Development Program with an aims at ensuring the rights and the accessibility of farmers to the government provided facilities and technological support. Under this program, AID Foundation has already successfully implemented a projects ‘Access Creation and Association Building for Agricultural Development (AABAD)’ during the period were January 2009 to July 2013, funded by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) with an overall objective “to ensure the rights of the farmers and their accessibility to the government provided facilities and technological support”.

Presently, AID Foundation has been implementing the name of “Demand for Rights of the Excluded And Marginalized (DREAM) project as a thematic continuation of AABAD for the next three & Half Years from August 2013 to December 2016 at six Upazilas of Jhenaidah district, such as Jhenaidah Sadar, Shaikupa, Harinakundo, Kaligonj, Kotchandpur and Moheshpur Upazial. Since the extension of this project AID is working for the farmers rights and supports them to develop their capacity in the different arena including institutional responsiveness, and other services relating to health, education, safety net support in the local level. In this perspective, AID is going to implement this project for the development and establishment of the rights of marginalized people and vulnerable women of this target areas through organizing them and ensuring their accessibility to the information and services provided by the government (agricultural and other public service provider agencies) and making these government agencies people oriented, dutiful and accountable. Along with other services the health and education services are very essential to bring about the changes of the life style of the poor and marginalized people. Awareness on primary health care and treatment services could be ensured by the community health center and satellite clinic.

Similarly Education Department with the initiative of Union level Standing Committee and School Management Committee (SMC) can provide mass education for the community and quality primary education to their children. Necessary initiatives will be taken under the project to make the concern service providing agencies more responsive. Village level organization will be a platform of the poor and marginalized people which they could raise their voice to get into access in the different services provided by the public agencies. So it needs to be greater attention to make the village level organization strengthening through awareness raising workshop, seminar, meeting etc. A follow up mechanism will also be established within the village organization in such way that implementation status of the decisions taken in the orientation/workshop with the public service providing Institutions will be reviewed during the meeting of the village organization. In this context, AID Foundation submitted this project along with other activities to establish where Social Actors will be deployed. Those committed Social Actors will play a vital role to attain the rights of the poor and marginalized people through developing their capacity in organize manner.