Project
Vulnerable Group Development Project
This project has been one of the largest safety net programmes assisted by the World Food Programme. It is targeted at poor and vulnerable women in Bangladesh. It originally assisted war, famine and flood victims in the early 1970s but the Programme has evolved over time to focus on helping poor women graduate out of poverty. The Bangladesh Government’s Department of Women’s Affairs has taken over the funding of this project from the World Food Programme.
| Programme Goal: To reach extremely poor, rural womenwith food and training to enhance their livelihoods and self-reliance | |
| Focus Sector | Livelihoods |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Duration | 2017-18 |
| Donor | Department of Women’s Affairs, Bangladesh (BDT 2,393,100) |
| Number of beneficiaries | 31,250 (direct 13,295,indirect 19,995) |
| Working area | Khansama(in Dinazpur district) |
| Serial number (annex 1) | 25 |
Activities:
- supplying wheat flour or rice to improve nutrition and enable women to participate in training programmes;
- providing micro-credit to help women to set up and secure small businesses, and NGO membership for women when they have repaid their loans; and
- providing training on health and nutrition, civil and legal rights, literacy and numeracy, HIV awareness and prevention measures, child trafficking, budget management, and income-generating activities.
- providing technical support on production
- Support for capacity building of women
- Facilitate to generate savings for capital building
- Monitoring by the Upazila Administration
- Reporting to the Ministry on progress
- Ensure Governance of the project
