Our mission is simple
PROGRAM
HIV/AIDS Awarness Program
DDO always protests against the sexual embarrassment of women. Through this program, the floating sex workers and drug abusers in the society are educated regarding the harmfulness and bad effects of the use of drugs and illegal sex practice, etc., and rehabilitate them with income-earning activities. Adults and adolescents of the 16-30 age groups are the target beneficiaries of this project.
The project has been confined within the 06 urban communities in border belt areas. During the reporting period provided vocational skill training to the 100 target people and provided supports for undertaking income-generating activities.
PROGRAM
Women Right Awareness & Reproductive Health Program
The organization mainly works through group approach: organize the target beneficiaries into groups and provide development supports and services to the beneficiaries through the groups. The groups have been arranging weekly meetings and discussing the matters and try to solve it collectively. Reproductive health, child health, family planning, human rights issue and the social condition are discussed in weekly meeting. The practical initiative has been taken through providing law support Besides, this DDO supplies different books and magazines on the women rights and democracy, liberty, heath and social condition. Basically, in the case of development program the organization works through group approach. The Field Staff of DDO conducted and managed the program as their additional duty. It has been running since 2005 with the financial assistance of DDO and BNF contribution.
Fish Cultivation Program
Beside the other program the organization has been continuing the fish cultivation program from own fund. Under the program, members are provided credit supports for undertaking and operating income-generating activities. The main aim of the program is to help the poorest of the poor group members for alleviating their acute poverty. The group members are provided necessary technical supports for their IGAs projects.
The group members are normally provided credit supports for a maximum of two cycles. No collateral or mortgage is claimed for the credit supports. Group pressure is considered as the collateral or mortgage.
The Credit Support program is going on as per the recommendation and decision of the Executive Committee meeting of the last.
Primary Health Care, Health Education, Family Planning & Smoke Free Program
The goal of the organization is to bring change in the state of the target peoples into groups and reach supports to the individual members through the groups. According to that sense DDO gives its priority to the health sector. Because the health and sanitation sector of our local is not so well. Most of the people of our locality is not so sound as they should be. Because most of the people of our locality are unaware about their health. They do not know how to keep well and maintain their family cleanliness. The Program is being operated with the financial assistance of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Bangladesh.
Impact
pandemic
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“Covid-19 (Corona Virus)”
Covid-19 corona virus has become a major challenge to the world. Following which it has spared widely in Bangladesh as well. Every day thousands of people are being affected by corona and several people are dying. We, as a non-government organization on our own initiative have sensitized the people about virus in several areas of sadar upazila of Jhenaidah district and have distributed hand sanitary, masks, soap and how to use them among the local to stay free from Corona virus.
