Poverty Alleviation Activities
Organizing Marginal People
Around 15,000 marginal people, mostly women, have received credit support from BARNALY to enhance their income and also to create scope for other people. BARNALY also provided other assistance to these people like marketing of their products, education and training to ensure their proper involvement with IGA maintaining their rights.
IGA Training
BARNALY has arranged different types of income generating training that includes sewing, tailoring, fish culture, block, batiks, boutiques, pickle manufacturing, livestock rearing etc to the focus people under this project from its inception stage which reached around 1,000 training receivers up to June 2010. Most of these people mainly engaged in IGA supported by BARNALY.
Leadership Training
Leadership training was also provided to the beneficiaries of BARNALY. The content of the training was what we know by leadership, its types, where to play leadership role, necessity of a good leader, leadership development process etc. The participants consented to practice their learning from the training session considering the necessity.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
The hazards of developing countries like Bangladesh are massive due to the vulnerability of the country and its people, especially the youth. The high population density, widespread poverty, lack of awareness and education, enormous pressure on resources, and a vulnerable economic system that relies heavily on agricultural production cause this vulnerability. Generally due to poverty and lack of proper skilled manpower, the vulnerability is manifold. The vulnerability is of the nature of casual, frictional, cyclical and technological. To overcome this anomalous situation BARNALY provides need-based training to youth.
BARNALY has organized a series of training on tailoring, book & khatta buinding, poultry, candlestick preparation, chalk & duster making, documentation, report writing and photography etc.
Objectives
- To build up the capacity of youth.
- To mainstream youth in the development process.
- To utilize youth potentiality.
- To establish youth leadership in the society.
- To reduce unemployment through self-employment and
- To uplift the socio-economic condition of the youth peoples.
Activities
- Provide need-based training.
- Provide technical support to youth entrepreneurs and
- Ensure market-based production.
Rural women dressmakers are emerging
In rural areas women are now inclined to dressmaking by receiving training in tailoring as it is convenient for them to do the job at home. During the reporting year a total of 98 women received training in dressmaking for one month. This training was given by trained professionals. After the training each of them was provided with a sewing machine on condition that they would return the value of the machine to the respective forums in installments. Many participants paid the money back within a few days after the completion of the training as they saved the money that was given as transport allowance on a daily basis. The initial effect of the training was really encouraging. Apart from a few cases, most of the women were doing well. They are now contributing to the family income. It was found that their monthly household income increased by an amount ranging from Tk 600 to Tk 700 by making and repairing clothes. They used this money for children’s education, purchasing household goods, food, etc.