how many rounds of innovation fund so far?

shiree has completed two rounds of funding so far and will soon launch round III.

Round I: Chittagong Hill Tracts, haor, and coastal districts

The first round invited applications from NGOs working in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), haor and coastal districts. It was felt that the extreme poor of these specific geographic areas had been particularly neglected by other development initiatives and with this in mind, the following NGOs and their innovations were selected:

  • Aid Comilla
  • Centre for Natural Resource Studies
  • Greenhill
  • Helen Keller International
  • Intercooperation
  • Shushilan

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Round II: Monga

The second round invited applications from NGOs for projects aimed at assisting the extreme poor of the monga-affected districts of north-western Bangladesh. To this end the following NGOs were selected:

  • Action Aid
  • Intercooperation
  • Mahideb Jubo Somaj Kallayan Somity
  • National Development Programme
  • Panchbibi Upazila Adivasi Multipurpose Development Organisation
  • Swayam Krishi Sangam Foundation

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