Welcome to my presentation

B. M. A. Mannan Tuhin

Jagoroni Chakra Foundation(JFC)

Project: Panii Jibon(Water is Life)

Context.........

• Introduction of the Organization• Missions, visions and goals • Project Title• Project Objectives• Project Activities• Recommendations

Introduction of the Organization

• National social welfare organisation• Southwest region of Bangladesh as its

activities area• Focuses on social and economic development.• Started from 1975 • Journey with adult literacy program• Headoffice-Jessore 7400

Missions, visions and goals

• Vision of socially just; economically sustainable and environmentally balanced communities

• To operate local, regional and national programmes

• To find greater prosperity and improve the material conditions of their lives.

Goals and objectives

• To ensure basic education and health for children in poor & disadvantaged communities.

• To develop the technical capacity of community people to improve their livelihood.

• To ensure balanced environment and to control environmental pollution.

• To promote access to existing public health services.

Goals and objectives

• To develop the capacity of community people during any natural disaster and climate change adoption.

• To build the capacity for establishing the basic human rights of rural and urban communities.

• Organizational Sustainability

Project TitlePanii Jibon (water is

life)Duration: April 2013 - April 2015

District: 01 (Bagerhat)

Goal/Objectives

Communities improved their livelihoods through climate change adaptation and increased resilience to water related threats.

• Specific Objective: 1. Communities improve their well-being and resilience by increasing permanent access to safe drinking water.

• Specific Objective: 2.Improved adaptation to climate change through improved food production in saline land and waters.

Major Component/Activities• Identify best system for access to safe drinking water. • Promote and establish sample and low cost save

drinking water systems (rain water harvesting etc) • Build the capacity of the community to manage and

maintain the drinking water systems. • Support linkages with local government institutions

(Ups---) to support the communities’ plans. • Promotion of saline tolerant crop and related

technologies in particular rice, in collaboration with the public and private sector.

Project activitiesMajor activities carried out

are: • baseline survey of 2700

households, • 492 cluster based

meetings arranged, • distribution of water

reservoirs among 200 families,

• 6 UP based project inception workshop held,

Project activities

• 7PSFs repaired• 270 sets of sanitary

latrine materials distributed,

• community based one water tank of 30,000 litre constructed,

Project activities• 3 small ponds re-

excavation, • training to 15 local

fisherman• 24 local agriculture

service providers, • 72 local service

providers on water quality tasting.

Recommendation

• PRA• Effective monitoring and coordination with

other stakeholders • DPHE should be more sincere to help such

kind of project.• Make Gender sensetive• Recommendations for more effective

workshop

RecommendationsTraining on adoption with climate change

Recommendations for more donations.

Role of Government and media

Sustainability of community-based approaches

Thank you