BSS, Rangpur :
Speakers at a views-sharing meeting have called for reaching government services in a hassle-free manner ensuring accountability to the poor and extremely poor rural people for accelerating national uplift.
They said that the pace of rural development could be accelerated further through enhancing service delivery to the common people by the upazila level government and non-government organisations ensuring more transparency.
Karmojibi Nari organised the meeting under its ‘Uniting Farm-workers, flourishing their leadership and establishing rights’ Project at Samokal Samaj Unnayan Sangstha (SSUS) office in Pirganj upazila town on Thursday.
Officials of the DAE, BRAC, RDRS Bangladesh, SSUS and farm-labourers from different village sunder Shanerhat and Barodorga unions of Pirganj upazila participated in the meeting arranged with assistance of Manusher Janno Foundation.
Pirganj Upazila Agriculture Officer Samir Chandra Ghosh attended and addressed the meeting as the chief guest with Member-secretary of district unit of ‘Realisation of Farm-labour Law Movement Committee’ Zabid Hossain Swapan in the chair.
Manager of Pirganj Upazila Branch of BRAC Saidur Rahman, Officer of SSUS Tazul Islam and journalist Belayet Hossain Sarker, addressed the meeting, addressed, among others.
Representatives of SSUS narrated its services being provided to the farm-labourers, farmers and rural people on the technologies for producing vermi-composts, benefits of vermi-composts, its marketing and utilisation.
BRAC officials discussed their services being provided to the rural people, including the poor and extremely poor, on legal aid, health, hygiene and sanitation, technologies for production and preservation of various crop seeds and other sectors.
Besides, representatives of other organisations discussed the services being provided to the rural people on management and marketing of the agricultural products and problems being by the rural women in getting government services and way-outs.
The speakers put special emphasis on creating proper and adequate awareness among both the service providers in government offices, organisations and service recipients, including the common people, for attaining sustainable rural developments.
They suggested all service providers to ensure easier access to information for poorer people about vulnerable group feeding and vulnerable group development programmes, old age and maternal allowances and health care and welfare services. The chief guest put emphasis on coordinated efforts of the government, non-government and local service providing organisations and public representatives to speed up uplift and empowerment of the rural people, including women and children.
Speakers at a views-sharing meeting have called for reaching government services in a hassle-free manner ensuring accountability to the poor and extremely poor rural people for accelerating national uplift.
They said that the pace of rural development could be accelerated further through enhancing service delivery to the common people by the upazila level government and non-government organisations ensuring more transparency.
Karmojibi Nari organised the meeting under its ‘Uniting Farm-workers, flourishing their leadership and establishing rights’ Project at Samokal Samaj Unnayan Sangstha (SSUS) office in Pirganj upazila town on Thursday.
Officials of the DAE, BRAC, RDRS Bangladesh, SSUS and farm-labourers from different village sunder Shanerhat and Barodorga unions of Pirganj upazila participated in the meeting arranged with assistance of Manusher Janno Foundation.
Pirganj Upazila Agriculture Officer Samir Chandra Ghosh attended and addressed the meeting as the chief guest with Member-secretary of district unit of ‘Realisation of Farm-labour Law Movement Committee’ Zabid Hossain Swapan in the chair.
Manager of Pirganj Upazila Branch of BRAC Saidur Rahman, Officer of SSUS Tazul Islam and journalist Belayet Hossain Sarker, addressed the meeting, addressed, among others.
Representatives of SSUS narrated its services being provided to the farm-labourers, farmers and rural people on the technologies for producing vermi-composts, benefits of vermi-composts, its marketing and utilisation.
BRAC officials discussed their services being provided to the rural people, including the poor and extremely poor, on legal aid, health, hygiene and sanitation, technologies for production and preservation of various crop seeds and other sectors.
Besides, representatives of other organisations discussed the services being provided to the rural people on management and marketing of the agricultural products and problems being by the rural women in getting government services and way-outs.
The speakers put special emphasis on creating proper and adequate awareness among both the service providers in government offices, organisations and service recipients, including the common people, for attaining sustainable rural developments.
They suggested all service providers to ensure easier access to information for poorer people about vulnerable group feeding and vulnerable group development programmes, old age and maternal allowances and health care and welfare services. The chief guest put emphasis on coordinated efforts of the government, non-government and local service providing organisations and public representatives to speed up uplift and empowerment of the rural people, including women and children.
