SAVE THE CHILDREN
01. Name of Organization | Save the Children |
02. a) Year in Establishment b) Year in Starting in Meherpur | a) Establishment year: 1919, Started in Bangladesh: 1972 b) Starting year in Meherpur: 2007 |
03. a) Name of CEO & Designation | Mark Taylor Pierce Country Director, Bangladesh Country Office |
03. b) Contact Person & Designation (Within the Meherpur Distract) | Md. Farooque Hossain Senior Manager-Meherpur Project Office Save the Children |
04. a) Address of Head Office | House # CWN (A) 35, Road # 43, Gulshan-2, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh |
04. b) Address of Meherpur Office | College Road, Mallikpara, Meherpur-7100 |
05. Telephone/Land Phone | 0791-63123, 63124 |
06. Mobile/Cell | 01711-527497 |
07. E-mail | |
08. Website | |
09. Registration no with Reg. Authority | Reg # 2630, 20.03.2011 NGO Affairs Bureau |
10. Vision
| Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. |
11. Mission | Our mission is to inspire breakthrough in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. |
12. Objective | Goal of the Program in Meherpur: ‘‘Children in Meherpur learn and develop to their full potential’’ |
13. Ongoing Program in Meherpur District | · Integrated Child Development Program: 1. Early Childhood Care and Stimulation Program: – Early stimulation messages and counseling support to mothers at community clinics, training to the government service providers etc. 2. Early Childhood Care & Development Program: – School / Community-based pre-primary education, capacity building provision for community teachers, volunteers, SMCs, KG school teachers and parents, Emergent Literacy and Math (ELM) parenting education for parents, Child reception for Grade-1 children, Graduation ceremony etc. 3. Basic Education Program: – Teacher training, Literacy Boost, SMC capacity building, Creating Child Friendly School environment, Reading Buddy and Mentoring etc. – ICT in Education: -Teachers’ training to employ ICTs in developing subject based content, improving teaching and learning by developing interactive audio/visual software based on national textbooks in the subject of English, created transparent and efficient data management system on students, teachers and schools through a web-based e-Primary system, Strengthening school performance monitoring through a web-based e-Monitoring system school monitoring etc. 4. School Health and Nutrition Program: – School-based health & nutrition services (deworming, iron supplementation, primary vision screening by teachers, First-Aid management by teachers etc.), – Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene/WASH: construct new toilet, repair damaged existing toilets, arsenic testing and marking of tube-well/water-sources, installing deep-tube-well, classroom-based health education sessions conducted by teachers at schools, Install Water Treatment Plants in villages where water-sources contaminated with Arsenic 5. Adolescent Development Program: – Community based peer education, Adolescent Center, Promotion of Menstruation Hygiene Management (MHM) at Secondary School, income skills development, facilitation of adolescent/youth-friendly health services, awareness raising against early marriage etc. 6. Child Protection Program: – Positive discipline in schools, creating safer school environment, child protection at community and local government- Birth registration, awareness raising against early marriage etc. 7. Policy Rights and Governance Program: – Child Rights situation monitoring by NCTF Members, Capacity building and knowledge management, dialogues/public hearing sessions, Advocacy and networking with stakeholders, Documentation of best practices. 8. Community Mobilization: – Capacity building of communities / community core groups, |
14. Source of Fund | 1. Sponsorship Private Fund, 2. GFATM |
15. Regular Staff | Total staff: 68 Male: 49 Female:18 |
16. Working Area in Meherpur District & Upazila | All Union of three upazila in Meherpur District. Direct implementation by Save the Children in Meherpur Sadar upazila and other two upazilas are implemented by PSKS, (Partner organization) |
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