Integrated
Aquaculture Promotion Program
In the context of forming rural enterprises
by mobilizing target poor farmers and women,
the Duckweed technology is introduced to achieve
high production of fish feed and fish utilizing
fallow rural water bodies and other resources
like unproductive labor and rural wastewater.
Group formation, mobilization, training and
credit management support is ensured to the
rural beneficiaries for promotion of pisciculture.
Socio-Economic Development Program
Socio Economic Development Program
for inaccessible coastal areas, which are
prone to reoccurring natural calamities. This
program comprises of (a) Agriculture development
Activities (b) Groups alternative income generation
(c) Water supply, sanitation education and
irrigation projects (d) Pisciculture development
in the context of mobilizing rural poor into
viable enterprises.
Community Development Center
Construction
and Operation
PRISM conducted a program for facilitation
and construction of 10 community development
centers doubling as shelters in emergencies
at strategic location in the five coastal
thanas, which are vulnerable to periodic calamities
like cyclone and tidal waves.
Unlike other centers being built community
development centers are in constant use as
foci for PRISM development activities in those
areas. They serve as centers for storage of
grain, neighborhood school, skill training
center, health clinic, and village sanitation
centers as well as office facilities for PRISM
development staff. Three centers have been
built by PRISM one each at Moheshkhali, Kutubdia
and Chokoria
Intensive Sanitation and Hygiene
Promotion Program
Bangladesh population density is
one of the highest amongst the developing
nations and it has very low sanitation coverage
causing enormous environmental and health
problems for the rural population. PRISM Bangladesh
through social mobilization and interpersonal
hygiene education aims to increase this coverage
substantially to more than 80% of the population.
Micro Finance Services - Participatory
Rural Credit Program
In order to ensure long-term economic
development of the target beneficiaries in
five coastal areas and promote viable/ sustainable
Income Generating Activities (IGA) PRISM Bangladesh
has initiated a participatory rural credit
program in partnership with rural group members.
Rural ventures identification, feasibility
verification, credit approval, management
and continuous technical assistance to ensure
proper working of these rural enterprises
are being provided by PRISM extension service
in the field.
The objectives of the credit program are to
alleviate poverty through rural enterprise,
increased production, generate employment
and assist in capital formation for the target
beneficiaries particularly women.
Arsenic Mitigation Water Supply Project
PRISM Bangladesh has implemented
the screening and mitigation activities and
community mobilization program in Jhalakathi
Sadar Thana of Jhalakathi District through
local leader, professional, elites, teachers,
union and word committees to aware the local
people about arsenic and it’s hazards, identification
of local resources, motivate and engage them
to combat the problems created with arsenic
contaminated water. Subsequently the community
development and arsenic mitigation activities
have also been carried out in the same area.
Now, the people of the affected area are getting
safe drinking water as the project has been
installed deep tube wells.
Facilitation, construction and installation
of Twin Pit Latrine in the Khulna Municipality
Area
PRISM Bangladesh has implemented
the facilitation, construction and installation
of Twin pit latrine program in the Khulna
Municipal Area, which was undertaken by LGED.
The objectives of the program were to (a) raise the sanitation
coverage in the city specially in the slum
areas (b) increase the awareness of the communities
on sanitation (c) minimize environmental pollution
(d) reduce infectious diseases and stop bad
odor in the city (e) stop night soil collection
(f) get rid of bucket latrines.
Disaster Management Program
PRISM Banladesh has implemented the
Disaster management program with CARE Bangladesh
as a Partner in Manikganj District involving
the local community, leader, and elite, professional,
etc. to aware the local people about natural
disaster and hazards occur and combat the
situation during and post disaster times.
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