Project
The Kawra Pig-rearing Women’s Livelihood Development Project
Programme Goal: To improve the livelihoods of extremely poor women from the Kawra community by providing capacity building technical training
Sector Focus: Livelihoods
Status: Completed
Duration:2017-18
Donor: Bangladesh NGO Foundation
Number of beneficiaries : 1,500 (direct 500,indirect 1,000)
Working area : Batiaghata (in Khulna district)
Success Story 02:
Pork Market
In the village of Shalua, a local market is held twice a week. The husband of one of our participants wanted to establish a pork shop but the other stallholders did not allow it. He and some of his friends raised the issue at the market committee’s monthly meeting. But, being a pious Muslim, the president of the market committee refused their appeal. The Nice Foundation therefore met with local stakeholders (the upazila livestock officer, community leaders and the market committee) and finally convinced them the rights of the pig-rearing community to have a pork stalls in the market, just like any other meat stalls.
Stallholders were unable to show any evidence (from either a religious or legal perspective) that a pork stall should be prohibited and therefore had no option but to agree to allow it on condition that it would situated at the back of the market. Now pig producers sell their produce in the market directly and get the proper market price without the help of middlemen.
