Socio Economic Empowerment with Dignity and Sustainability (SEEDS) Project
Goal of SEEDS Project: By end of 2023, 2500 marginalized households of Jamalpur district enjoy the improved socio economic status.
Project Duration: 1 st January, 2019 to 31 st December, 2023 Budget allocation for project life lime BDT: 99238808 Budget allocation average per annum BDT: 19847762 Working District: Jamalpur Working Upazila: Bakshigonj, Dewangonj and Islampur Upazila Working village and Wards: 26 and 19 Total targeted Families-2500
Objective of SEEDS Project: Objective -1: 70% (6 out of 9) of people’s organizations are institutionalized to address basic rights issues of the marginalized communities. Objective-2: 80% (2000 out of 2500) targeted families have improved sustainable livelihood Objective-3: 5714 vulnerable and marginalized eligible children have access to quality primary education. Objective-4: 1500 adolescents from marginalized communities are socially and economically empowered to protect their rights. Objective-5: 643 Youths from marginalized families equipped with relevant Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) skills.
Cross cutting issues under SEEDS project:
- – Environment and climate change
- – Gender
- – Anti-Corruption
- – PWD’s
Thematic area of SEEDS Project:
- – Building strong society
- – Ensuring inclusive quality education
- – Creating livelihood and Job opportunity
Major Activities:
Under TG-1- – Family Development Plan-FDP exercised and continuing 2500
- – Self-reliant group formed and functioning 208
- – Ward committee formed 42 & 8 WC are got registration from cooperative department
- – Union Committee formed and functioning 9
- – Shonglap Forum formed and functioning 38
- – TVET forum formed and functioning 3
- – Community service providers forum formed and functioning 3
- – There are 832 focal persons are selected on CCI and provided them capacity building training
- – Strengthening government primary school/Ensuring quality education 29 government primary school
- – Preschool established and operated 65
- – Boat School established and operation-1
- – Bridge School established and operation 5
- – Child Club established and operation 101
- – Shonglap established and operation 75
- – Commercial village development 26 villages
- – Savings mobilization by SRG members 1 core taka approximate
- – TVET training provided formal & informal 592 youths
- – Business support provided to trained TVET youths 250
- – Rural resource center development and operation 9
