To share the impact study report of “Mainstreaming Children and People with Disability through People’s Organization” project, SARPV organized a seminar on31st October at Liberation War Museum, Segunbagicha, Dhaka. The project ran as pilot basis for 3 years with the assistance of Bangladesh Freedom Foundation in Durgapur union of Kapasia Upazila under Gazipur district. The main objective of the project was to strength the union or ward based Peoples’ organizations in a sustaining so that they mainstream the children and people with a disability and make people aware about the issue.
The project succeeded to develop three People’s organizations in three wards of Durgapur, the organization got 30 children with disability enrolled in school, raised funds of taka 17000, trained their member and got 4 person with disability employed through advocacy and persuasions. The organizations procured appreciable support and services in cash and kinds, including land for their offices from local community and local government bodies for its members and the organizational work.
Chief Guest was the Managing Director of Jatiyo Protibondhi Unnoyon Foundation (JPUF) Mr. Gazi Mohammad Nurul Kabir, and Special guest was Director of the NGO Affairs Bureau and Executive Director of BFF Mr. Sazzadur Rahman Chowdhury. Representative of NGO, donor agencies, media personnel also took part in the seminar.