ADD

Project Title
From Margin to Mainstream: A Drive of Challenged People for Economic Empowerment

Project Area
Dhaka City and adjoining places of Dhaka District
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Target Beneficiary Households (BHH)
700

Project length
3 years

Budget (BDT)
32,700,097

Key Aspects

Challenged people will be provided training on sewing, binding, packaging, assembling, pasting etc depending on wage employment potential, linking them with respective factories: garment industries, shoe factories and mechanical engendering workshop. Other challenged people will be trained on small businesses for mobile flexi load and assistance, block/batik printing, plant nursery, food processing etc and to assist to start gainful self-employment.
Providing financial support during training (accommodation and food) so that beneficiaries do not revert back to their previous situation.
Sensitizing garments and other manufacturers/service industries on working with challenged persons, develop partnerships with potential employers and develop agreeable MOU.
Advocacy with apex trade bodies, BGMEA, BKMEA, FBCCI to promote employment environment for challenged people.
Influencing implementation of Govt. job quotas, facilities and budgets for employment
Graduation period: 3 years, after which beneficiaries will be able to continue the livelihood that will enable them 3 meals per day, comfortable housing, opportunity to educated their children and increase asset to protect from vulnerability.

Outputs

Output 1: Enhanced Income generating capacities through skills training of 700 challenge people.
Output 2: Improved employment and income opportunities through transition to formal economy.
Output 3: Ensured barrier free work environment, policy and practice in both corporate and government sector.

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