Greenhill: Conditional Cash Transfers and Market Development

 NGO:                               Green Hill        

 Project Title:                    Importing Markets and Poverty Alleviation through Cash Transfer (IMPACT)

 Project Area:                        25 villages of four Upazilas (Bandarban Sadar, Rajasthali, Kaokhali and Kaptai

                                       Upazilas) in Bandarban and Rangamati districts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts 

                                       (CHT).

 Target:                                   1,200 Beneficiary Households (BHH)

 Years to Graduate:           3 years                        

 Budget (BDT):                 Total budget is 31,675,080; cost per BHH is 26,396 of which direct delivery cost is 11,500

 Key Aspects

  • The aim of the project is to address the limited scope of employment opportunities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT);
  • The project will provide extremely poor Adivasi families the skills and assets to start agri-business opportunities of high value crops;
  • The project also provides BHH with conditional cash transfers, allowing them to participate in training activities while satisfying their basic consumption needs;
  • The project will also establish linkages with local markets through a workable marketing system (value chain) with external markets in order to stimulate the local micro-economy in the CHT Upazillas and beyond through the creation of several collection points;
  • The project expects that participants will have increased food security and income generating assets within 3-5 cropping seasons (within 15-30 months). 

 Outputs

  • Economic empowerment;
  • Improved food security and nutrition;
  • Increased health and education;
  • Enhanced market linkages.

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