ENRICH (Enhancing Resources and Increasing Capacities of Poor Households towards Elimination of their Poverty) Program
ENRICH (Enhancing Resources and Increasing Capacities of Poor Households towards Elimination of their Poverty) Program, being implemented by CEDAR (Concern for Environmental Development And Research) with financial and technical assistance of PKSF is a part of social commitment of the organization to its beneficiaries in the working area Bishnandi Union of Araihazar Upazilla under Narayanganj district which offers various services relating to the socio-economic development of beneficiaries by providing Health & Nutrition, Education, Credit and Savings, Skill Development Training, Rehabilitation, Community development and other development activities. The ENRICH has been uniquely designed to target such issues towards ensuring household-based sustainable development. The ENRICH aims to facilitate the best utilization of the existing capabilities and resources of the poor households and, at the same time, help enhance both their capabilities and resources in order to enable them to come out of poverty and move ahead towards a life of human dignity.
By working with the households in association with the local government and other committed service providers, the ENRICH catalyses the households' efforts to lift themselves out of poverty. The overall goal of the ENRICH is to ensure human dignity and freedom by gradually reducing poverty in a sustainable manner, towards total elimination of poverty and beyond poverty sustainable development at the household level in the union under the program. Specifically, a key objectives is to unlock the latent potentials of the poor and to encourage and assist them in improving their socio-economic status.
The specific objectives of the ENRICH are to:
CEDAR has started ENRICH program with the financial and technical assistance of PKSF in the year of 2014 in one of the remote union of Araihazar upazilla under Narayanganj district since then it has served 9399 households through 46,780 people. A successful ENRICH program starts with clear objectives to set up permanent institutions by providing Health & Nutrition, Education, Credit and Savings, Skill Development Training, Rehabilitation, Community development and other development activities. The information of ENRICH Program implementing by CEDAR at Bishnandi Union has been given bellow (up to October, 2018):
SL | Name of Activity | Unit | Current Year Target | Current Year Achievement | Total Achievement |
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01 | Sale of Health Card | Qty. | 5640 | 835 | 5369 |
02 | Static Clinic | Qty. | 384 | 166 | 1710 |
03 | Patient of Static Clinic | Person | 3840 | 1374 | 13506 |
04 | Satellite Clinic | Qty. | 96 | 32 | 379 |
05 | Patient of Satellite Clinic | Person | 2400 | 1205 | 11530 |
06 | Health Camp | Qty. | 4 | 1 | 16 |
07 | Patient of Health Camp | Person | 600 | 316 | 2764 |
08 | Eye Camp | Qty. | 1 | - | 4 |
09 | Patient of Eye Camp | Person | 150 | - | 672 |
10 | Chhani Operation | Person | 15 | - | 71 |
11 | Diabetic Test | Person | - | 1200 | 6767 |
12 | Card yard Meeting | Qty. | 720 | 306 | 2608 |
13 | ENRICH School | Qty. | 45 | 45 | 45 |
14 | Learner of ENRICH School | Person | 1350 | 1345 | 1345 |
15 | Guardian Meeting | Qty. | 540 | 222 | 714 |
16 | Bondhu Chula | Qty. | - | 11 | 11 |
17 | Solar System Established | Qty. | - | 4 | 4 |
18 | Basok Plantation | Qty. | - | 695 | 695 |
19 | Income Generating Training | Qty. | 5 | - | 8 |
20 | Youth Training | Qty. | - | - | 16 |
21 | Formation of Youth Forum | Qty. | - | - | 9 |
22 | ENRICH Center Established | Qty. | - | - | 9 |
23 | ENRICH Word Meeting | Qty. | 54 | 18 | 160 |
24 | ENRICH Union Meeting | Qty. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
25 | Special Savings Creator | Person | 5 | 5 | 8 |
26 | Total Special Savings | Tk. | 30000 | 12500 | 83500 |
27 | ENRICH House Established | Qty. | 50 | 5 | 7 |
28 | Beggar Rehabilitation | Person | 2 | - | 2 |
29 | Pull/Shako/Calvert | Qty. | - | - | 3 |
30 | Tubewell Distribution | Qty. | - | - | 14 |
31 | Community Latrine Established | Qty. | - | - | 12 |
32 | Family wise Latrine Distribution | Qty. | 100 | - | 200 |
33 | IGA Loan Disbursed | Tk. | - | 6625000 | 30434000 |
34 | ACL Disbursed | Tk. | - | 1258000 | 2989000 |
35 | LIL Disbursed | Tk. | - | 300000 | 924000 |