Enrich

           ENRICH is a programme conducted at the grassroots level focusing for overall household development of the poor based on a ‘One Union One PO’ principle. The programme targets poor families, working with them to enhance and maximize the utilization of their resources and skills. ENRICH aims to alleviate poverty not only through income generation but through a holistic approach targeting other crucial aspects of human life including health, education, youth development, community development, etc, the goal being sustainable development driven by the people themselves

         

 Prottyashi as a leading partner of PKSF is implementing the project in Kalamarchara union  of Moheshkhali Upazila.

Components

·         Health

·         Education

·         Water and sanitation

·         Bashok cultivation

·         Infrastructure.

·         Seed distribution

·         Homestead gardening.

·         Beggar rehabilitation

·         Bashok cultivation.

Activities and Observation:

           Under the project 42 learning centres have been established in the project area. The main objective to establish learning centres is reducing students dropping out. The centers target students who find difficulty keeping up with their classmates and need the extra help and time to grasp material taught at school. These teaching centers play a crucial role in the education programme by monitoring whether or not young children are being sent to school regularly, and dropout rates are at a minimum.

           An initiative has been undertaken to promote the cultivation of medicinal plants, primarily Bashok, in the home yards of the beneficiaries as well as in the fallow land so as to increase household income and ensure supply of raw materials to local pharmaceutical industries. It has been found that the local medical companies import a huge amount of Bashok leaves every year. For ensuring the comprehensive healthcare services of the poor, 22 health volunteers and 2 health assistants have been appointed. Recently one MBBS doctor has also been included in the team. The health volunteers visit house to house of beneficiaries for creating awareness on health and safety practice.

Other activities like Homestead Gardening, beggars rehabilitation (5 cows have been distributed among 5 beggars) and infrastructure development are continuing as ongoing basis.

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