Goal:To increase the overall communityresilience to disasters through socialand economic development oftarget population.

Brief Information of CDI Program:

Bangladesh Red Crescent SocietyCommunity based Development Initiatives (CDI) Programme

Nilphamari districts.

CDI Programme-1st Phase :May 2010 to June 2012 inMagura, Kushtia, Natore andNilphamari districts.Follow up programme : July 2012to June 2013 in Magura, Kushtia,Natore and Nilphamari districts.

CDI programme-2nd Phase : July2012 to December 2013 inGopalgonj and Rangpur districts.

CDI Programme Area and Duration

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Community

Shelter and WATSAN

Health and Education

Livelihoods and Skill Training

Disaster Risk Reduction and Development.

Concept: Building Resilience through development.

Approach: Holistic and Integrated

Income generation (IGA), Employment

of Environment Friendly Technology.

Income generation (IGA), Employmentpromotion, Information, Womenempowerment, Water and Sanitation,Safer Shelter, Education, Health,Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), UnitCapacity Development, Raising SocialAwareness & Harmony and Promotionof Environment Friendly Technology.

Key activities

Sector-wise information at a glance

Project Area: 2nd Phase – Gopalgonj and Rangpur District.Follow up Program: Magura, Kushtia, Natore and Nilphamari District.

Total Volunteers: 870, Male: - 482, Female: - 388UDRT:- 150, CDRT:- 300, PHAST:- 92, PASSA:- 50,MCH:- 24, CBHFA:- 72, Watsan:-24, WomenEmpowerment:- 26 and CPC:-132.

CDI Program 1st Phase : 1st May 2010 to 30th June 2012.CDI Program 1st Phase : 1st May 2010 to 30th June 2012.CDI Program 2nd Phase: 1st July 2012 to 31st December 3013.

Total Beneficiaries: 3813 Households (17, 500 Individuals)

Beneficiary selection through socialranking for IGA Grant - 1334 families.

Prepared 1334 proposal for IGA activities.

Opening Bank Account for IGA Grantdistribution- 1334 families.

Distributed of 1st instalment IGA Grant (BDT 10,000 each HH) among 1334 families.

Monitoring of 1st installment IGA Grant (BDT 10,000each HH) of 3134 families

Distribution of 2nd instalment IGA Cash Grant (BDT5,000 each HH) among 1332 families.

Monitoring of 2nd installment IGA Grant (BDT 5,000each HH) of 1332 families.

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IGA Support for livelihoodsSL Name of IGA Natore Kushtia Magura Nilphamari Total1 Cow Rearing (Milk) 40 54 159 196 4492 Cow Fattening 55 57 09 79 2003 Agriculture

(Leased/own land)137 42 06 10 195

4 Shallow Machine (Irrigation/others)

55 04 73 23 155

5 Small Business 30 61 37 12 1396 Rickshaw 01 83 01 --- 857 Van 13 31 09 --- 538 Goat Rearing 10 03 --- --- 139 Hawker --- 11 --- --- 11

10 Handloom --- 08 --- --- 08

11 Fish Culture --- --- 05 --- 0512 Engine Van 03 01 --- --- 0413 Rice husking --- --- 02 01 0314 Tailoring --- 02 01 --- 0315 Handicraft --- --- 02 --- 0216 Hair cutting salon --- 02 --- --- 0217 Boat --- --- 02 --- 0218 Power tiller --- --- 01 --- 0119 Mechanics shop --- --- --- 01 0120 Others --- 02 --- --- 02

Total 344 361 307 322 1334

Some IGA activities of CDI programme

Homestead GardeningTraining Provided to2252 HH

Distributed nine kinds ofseeds for homesteadgardening to 2252 HH.

Distributed nine kinds ofsaplings for homesteadgardening to 2252 HH.

Homestead Gardening

Agriculture trainingAgriculture trainingprovided to 24 communityactivists.Machine Mechanics /Irrigation Pump trainingprovided to 16 communityactivists.

Veterinary Managementtraining provided to 16community activists.

Farm / Food Security

Handicrafts training providedto 223 Women.

Tailoring training provided to55 Women and distributed55 sewing machine to them.

Training provided to 32youths on Computercertificate course (3 month).

Skill Training

Provided training to 24 Women Activists onWomen Leadership and Gender.Organised 16 Expert Lecture on WomenEmpowerment & Leadership and morethen 300 participant attended in each.Organised 16 Cultural Program / Drama onsocial problems like dowry, early marriage,gender etc.

390 Courtyard sessions conducted on socialproblems like dowry, early marriage,women rights, gender issue etc.

Women Empowerment

Installation of shallow tube well- 51 no.s

Repair of existing tube wells- 240 no.s

Water quality testing of 369 sources as sample in targeted communities

Water and SanitationWater and Sanitation

Construction of householdlatrines withsuperstructure-1293 nos.

Construction ofSuperstructure 63 nos.Training provided to 100Volunteers on LatrineConstruction.

Water and Sanitation

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TOT on PHAST for Volunteers- 56 persons

Courtyard meeting on hygiene and sanitation awareness / PHAST- 1355 nos (2252 HHs)

Distributed 78 SONO filter for arsenic free drinking water.

Water and Sanitation

Bangladesh Red Crescent SocietyCommunity based Development Initiatives (CDI) Programme

Safer Shelter supportSafer Shelter supportprovided to 177 HHs.

TOT on PASSA for32 Volunteers.Conducted communitymeeting on PASSA(Participatory Approachfor Safe ShelterAwareness)–64 nos.

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Training on CBHFA tovolunteers-48 persons.

Distributed first aid kits to trained volunteers-48 sets.

Health & hygiene awareness campaign/CBHFA program-300 HH

Health and Education

Mobile health clinic-32 nos.4564 patients treated freeof cost.Revolving financial support for pregnant mother -120 mothers each 2000Tk.Re-activated one BloodCentre in Natore Unit.

Health

Non-formal classes (Adults )-80 Batch

Non-formal classes (Adolescents)-8 Batch

Training provided to 60 teachers for Non-formal classes

Incentive/financial support distributed to poor students-931 students (tk.1200 each per year)

Education/sports items support to 8 schools in CDI communities.

Non formal education

Set up 8 Community Information Centres (CIC) with library.

Formed 16 community Program committees (CPC) & 16 CDRT teams.Regular Monthly meeting of CPC & CDRT held.

DRR and Development

Provided training on improve Provided training on improve cooking stove -80 persons.

Installed Improve Cooking Stove -409 nos

Training on compost pits -70 persons

Construction of Compost Pits-652 nos

Construction of Biogas plant-01IEC materials distributed to community- 3500 pcs

Promotion of Environmental Friendly/Sustainable Technologies

Provided 03 days Training to CDRT on DRR & Response

200 sets Response kits distributed to CDRT 200 volunteers.

Prepared contingency plan for 16 communities

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)/Disaster Risk Management

Constructed Link road at Constructed Link road at Baishpukur, Nilphamari. Constructed a Box Culvert at Chewria, Kushtia. Advocacy meeting with GO and NGOs/other agencies – 24 nos.Courtyard meeting on Disaster risk reduction measures-160 nos

Disaster Risk Reduction

Formed Unit Disaster Response Team (UDRT) – 4 nos.

Training on Disaster Response for UDRT)– 4 nos.

Emergency Response kits distributed – 8 sets.

Magura Unit Office/blood centre construction-01

Renovated and upgraded 4 unit offices.

Provided computers, internet facilities,Furniture's & motor cycles – 4 units.

Capacity Building of BDRCS Units (and Disaster risk reduction)