BSS, Rajshahi :
With their relentless and sincere efforts, more than 1,230 underprivileged ethnic minority families of 30 villages under Godagari upazila of the district have attained food security and self-reliance.
The villages are Choitanyapur, Shahanapara, Kantapasha- Edulpur, Nimkuri, Patharghata, Beldanga, Golai, Geolmari, Gardaing, Mulkidiang, Daingpara, Neemghutu, Shreerampur, Biroil, Baganpara, Gonoker Daing, Farshapara, Dadour, Gunigram-Rajpara, Idulpur, Narshinghagarh- Adarshagram, Agalpur, Madhaipur and Udpur.
‘The Aboriginals Village-based Sustainable Food Security Program’ has been playing a positive role towards making them free from poverty and hunger through building food storage (Rakkshagola).
By dint of their own initiatives, the underprivileged and disadvantaged community people have built food security to mitigate their long-lasting sufferings during the lean period.
Center for Capacity Building of Voluntary Organization (CCBVO) has
initiated the programme in 2003 through disseminating updated ideas and extending some financial and technical support under the village-based community development approach.
These were revealed at a daylong annual general meeting-2015 of all the benefited community members both males and females on Rajabarihat High school playground under the same upazila on Wednesday. CCBVO organized the function in association with the Bread for the World, Germany.
Omor Faruque Chowdhury, MP, attended and addressed the inaugural session as the chief guest while President of Minority Rights Forum Mukul Shikder, Retired Deputy Director of Department of Social Service Mozammel Haque, Regional Manager of Prip Trust Saiduzzaman Sipon and Chief Executive of Lahanti Foundation Everest Hembrom spoke on the occasion as special guests.
CCBVO Executive Chief Sarwar-E-Kamal welcomed the participants with Convener of the Organizing Committee Prem Chand Ekka in the chair.
Some 6,236 community members including 1,792 women and 2,663 children from the 1,230 organized families attended the ceremony.
The meeting was told that the community members have so far saved 20.19 tonnes of rice and 68.64 tonnes of paddy in addition to capital formation of around Taka 44.12 lakh.
Besides, they disbursed 20.62 tonnes of rice and 2.03 tonnes of paddy and cash Taka 18.05 lakh for health, education and other family purposes to the needy members as risk assistance during the lean period. Apart from this, the beneficiaries are engaged in various income-
generating activities like homestead gardening and dairy and poultry rearing, through which, they also meet up daily nutritional requirement along with building their capacity.
With their relentless and sincere efforts, more than 1,230 underprivileged ethnic minority families of 30 villages under Godagari upazila of the district have attained food security and self-reliance.
The villages are Choitanyapur, Shahanapara, Kantapasha- Edulpur, Nimkuri, Patharghata, Beldanga, Golai, Geolmari, Gardaing, Mulkidiang, Daingpara, Neemghutu, Shreerampur, Biroil, Baganpara, Gonoker Daing, Farshapara, Dadour, Gunigram-Rajpara, Idulpur, Narshinghagarh- Adarshagram, Agalpur, Madhaipur and Udpur.
‘The Aboriginals Village-based Sustainable Food Security Program’ has been playing a positive role towards making them free from poverty and hunger through building food storage (Rakkshagola).
By dint of their own initiatives, the underprivileged and disadvantaged community people have built food security to mitigate their long-lasting sufferings during the lean period.
Center for Capacity Building of Voluntary Organization (CCBVO) has
initiated the programme in 2003 through disseminating updated ideas and extending some financial and technical support under the village-based community development approach.
These were revealed at a daylong annual general meeting-2015 of all the benefited community members both males and females on Rajabarihat High school playground under the same upazila on Wednesday. CCBVO organized the function in association with the Bread for the World, Germany.
Omor Faruque Chowdhury, MP, attended and addressed the inaugural session as the chief guest while President of Minority Rights Forum Mukul Shikder, Retired Deputy Director of Department of Social Service Mozammel Haque, Regional Manager of Prip Trust Saiduzzaman Sipon and Chief Executive of Lahanti Foundation Everest Hembrom spoke on the occasion as special guests.
CCBVO Executive Chief Sarwar-E-Kamal welcomed the participants with Convener of the Organizing Committee Prem Chand Ekka in the chair.
Some 6,236 community members including 1,792 women and 2,663 children from the 1,230 organized families attended the ceremony.
The meeting was told that the community members have so far saved 20.19 tonnes of rice and 68.64 tonnes of paddy in addition to capital formation of around Taka 44.12 lakh.
Besides, they disbursed 20.62 tonnes of rice and 2.03 tonnes of paddy and cash Taka 18.05 lakh for health, education and other family purposes to the needy members as risk assistance during the lean period. Apart from this, the beneficiaries are engaged in various income-
generating activities like homestead gardening and dairy and poultry rearing, through which, they also meet up daily nutritional requirement along with building their capacity.
