Bangladesh is very small in size but population is more than 140 million. The population explosion is going beyond our control and it in increasing day by day and making it the most densely populated country in the world. Among the people, more than 50% of those are living in the northern region are more disadvantaged and vulnerable. A Lot of efforts continuing from the part of GO/NGO and other Agencies to eradicate the poverty but these efforts bring very little change in poverty level of the poor. It is due to lack of training and capacity strengthening initiatives. Most of the NGOs and development actors providing financial support to the beneficiaries but due to lack of capacity and skills the beneficiaries failed to utilize the resources effectively. As a result they did not able to change their fortune and poverty level and remaining in the same position.
Poverty is perennial problems of the rural community people of this region. It is also remarkable that among the poor and poverty stricken participants of more than 30% people are minorities which includes ethnic minority, Hindu, Christian, Spirituals and non-religions and their access to resources and participation’s the community development initiatives are frequently denied by the majorities.
These 30% people actually hardcore poor who have no assets, power and dignity and they are mainly the person with disabilities, beggar, isolated, separated, divorced, sex workers, day laborer, family member depending on child's income and labor, small ethnic/minorities, deprived and have not’s as well.
The identified problems are categorized on the basis of the problems and context revealed above:
Social:
- No participation in the community development initiatives
- Lack of network with the service providers
- Lack of participation in decision making process at family and society
Economical
- Poor Business Management skills
- Lack of Business skills
- Lack of access to credit as per need
- Lack of involvement of the poor in income and employment generation activities.
To improve the poverty situation of poor and hard core poor people it need address these problems through interventions that will focus on enhancing the income and employment generation, poverty reduction and reducing food security.
The activities that can be undertaken are: participation selection considering the feasibility, developing training curriculum, providing training for capacity of the poor and hard core poor, ensuring financial support, ensuring technical assistance, business counseling, monitoring and evaluation, financial management and audit.
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