Location: Thakurgaon

Website: www.esdo.net.bd

Email: esdobangladesh@hotmail.com

Mission and Vision:

Vision: We seek an equitable society free from all discriminations.

Mission: Reduction in income poverty and human poverty of the people in our working area through undertaking massive integrated development programs for the poor and marginalized community through service delivery and rights based approach. This includes programs on income generation, improved education, nutrition and health improvement, human rights and good governance. We integrate gender and environmental protection & regeneration as cross-cutting subjects across all the programs. We believe in equity and are actively promoting human rights, dignity and gender equality through building people’s social, economic, political, and human capacity. Women in general and children are central to our activities. We seek to ensure quality of services through continuous strengthening of our organizational capacity. Extending our services to the ultra-poor is our main manifesto.

Target population/beneficiaries:

  • Adivasi
  • Climate vulnerable population
  • Population in hard-to reach areas
  • Senior Citizen (60+ years)
  • Urban floating population
  • Women and children
  • Youth (Age between 18-35)
  • Others (char & slum dwellers)

 

Geographical coverage: Both (National and Sub-National)

Type and focus:

  • Not youth led but has youth centric programmes
  • Youth network

Focus/areas of current programme:

  • Adivasi Rights and Development
  • Advocacy and Awareness Building
  • Agriculture & Food Security
  • Employment
  • Environment, Climate Change, and Disaster Management
  • Gender Equality
  • Health, Nutrition and Population
  • Human Rights and Legal Aid Services
  • Humanitarian Respons
  • Integrated Development
  • Microfinance
  • Quality education
  • Rights to children
  • Soft skills development programme
  • Vocational Education & Training and Skills Development
  • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
  • Women Empowerment

The main areas of the youth programme(s): Youth skills and capacity development

Title of the programme (1): Promoting Resilience of Vulnerable ‘Through Access To Infrastructure. Improved skills and Information (pRovATi3)

Duration or time period: March 2021 to March 2023

Targeted beneficiaries:

  • Young Men (Age between 18-35)
  • Young Women (Age between 18-35)

Districts covered:

  • Jamalpur
  • Kurigram
  • Lalmonirhat

Youth involvement: Actively/directly engaged in project delivery and implementation

Government Ministries and/or Departments involved: Local Government Engineering Department

Title of the programme (2): Empowering Adolescent Girls to End Child Marriage in Bangladesh (EAGECM) Project

Duration or time period: 28thOctober, 2018 to 30 April, 2022

Targeted beneficiaries: Young Women (Age between 18-35)

Districts covered: Lalmonirhat

Youth involvement: Actively/directly engaged in project delivery and implementation

Government Ministries and/or Departments involved: Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

Title of the programme (3): Adolescent Development Program

Duration or time period: 1st July 2019 to June 2022 (2 year)

Targeted beneficiaries:

  • Young Men (Age between 18-35)
  • Young Women (Age between 18-35)

Districts covered:

  • Panchagarh
  • Rajshahi
  • Sirajganj
  • Thakurgaon

Youth involvement: Actively/directly engaged in project delivery and implementation

Government Ministries and/or Departments involved:

  • Ministry of Youth and Sports
  • Ministry of Women and Children Affairs