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SNSP Organizational Profile July 2017

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Organizational Profile- 2017

SNSP Head Office:

4/2 North Kalibari Road, Jheltuli, Faridpur, Bangladesh

Phone : 0631-65502, Mobile : 01856491667,

01676281290

Email: [email protected]

Dhaka Office: 70/A, Dhaka Housing, 3

rd Floor

North Adabor, Samoli, Dhaka - 1207 Mobile : 01856491667,

01676281290

Email: [email protected] Website: www.snspbd.org

mailto:[email protected]



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Saptagram Nari Swanirvar Parishad: Organizational Profile

About us SAPTAGRAM NARI SWANIRVAR PARISHAD (SNSP) was established in 1976 by late Professor Rokeya

Rahman Kabeer an Educationalist, Prominent Social and Women Development Activist in Bangladesh.

She was the founder Executive Director. We lost our beloved founder Executive Director, who died on

July 28’ 2000. Amidst irreplaceable loss and great sadness, side by side all efforts were also continued by

the hard work of the team members for the sustenance and growth of the organization.

SAPTAGRAM NARI SWANIRVAR PARISHAD (SNSP) translated as Saptagram women’s self-reliance

movement is a Bangladeshi nonprofit making development organization. From beginning seven villages

were selected from Komorpur to Gerda by discussion with local elite persons. Seven dedicated women

came forward to join in this organization leaded by Professor Rokeya Rahman Kabeer. This is the

background of organization’s name “Saptagram Nari Swanirvar Parishad (SNSP). From our beginning we

have aimed to empower grassroots women who are facing violence and discrimination in day to day

lives, so they can take action on the social and economic challenges they face. It is the only rural based

NGO where every stage of administration, policy making decision and implementation in the fields is in

the hands of women. The organization is for the women, of the women by the women.

Mahmuda Begum is the present Executive Director. She is the key person to run all development

activities as a competent Executive Director. She faces all challenges and takes necessary steps to

overcome situation. She maintains linkage with other development organizations and network. She

directly participate and coordinate in all forms of development activities and programmes arranged by

own organization, donor, GoB and also network.

Since our establishment, we have successfully completed more than three decade as a non-

governmental, non-profit and non-political organization. We are now a leading local NGO in Faridpur

District, and have experience in undertaking a range of short and long-term projects on women

empowerment, gender discrimination, women entrepreneurship development and livelihoods,

functional & post literacy education, general education, child & maternal health, health & SRHR,

agriculture development, natural resource management, water and sanitation, good governance, and

issues.

Legal Status:

SNSP is registered with the Government Department are as follows:

Registration Authority Registration Number & Date of Registration

Joint Stock Company S 609/25/1978, dated March 25, 1978

NGO Affairs Bureau FDO/R-64, dated April 21, 1981

Microcredit Regulatory Authority 01884-002230-00121 dated January 30, 2008

Current Financial Status:

Programmes/Project yearly Turnover: BDT. 96, 31,000.00

Micro Finance Programme: BDT. 44,411,572.00


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Contact Details:

Mahmuda Begum

Executive Director

Head Office: Dhaka Office:

Mahmuda Begum Executive Director, Saptagram Nari Swanirvar Parishad (SNSP), 4/2 North Kalibari Road, Jheltuli, Faridpur, Bangladesh Phone : 0631-65502, Mobile: +88 01856491667, +88 01676281290 and +88 01797022393. Email: [email protected]

Mahmuda Begum Executive Director, Saptagram Nari Swanirvar Parishad (SNSP) 70/A, Dhaka Housing, 3rd Floor, North Adabor, Shamolly, Dhaka - 1207, Bangladesh. Phone : 0631-65502, Mobile: +88 01856491667, +88 01676281290 and +88 01797022393. Email: [email protected]

Our Vision:

‘To establish a society based on the values of social justice and freedom, in which all people particularly women have full and effective participation in the development process’

Our Mission:

‘To build up the capacity of grassroots women, disadvantaged and marginalized communities, towards improving their livelihoods and addressing other socio-economic issues in a participatory approach’

Our Goal:

Human and Socio-economic development for the women, of the women and by the women.

Our Objectives:

Our main objectives are to assist the target population to build them:

Economically self-reliant to women by increasing their income and enhance their economic conditions through functional education & skill development trainings and extending financial support;

Socially developed through promoting women empowerment, human rights, livelihoods & BDS, health, education, gender, good governance, strengthening local governance and ICT knowledge and responsible services;

Resilient to disaster with climate change adaptation understanding and capacity.

Core Values of SNSP:

Equity, equality and participation;

Solidarity with the poor, powerless and excluded community;

Integrity, innovation, dedication, and professionalism;

Honesty, responsibility, accountability and transparency;

We work together effectively to serve the larger community;




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We value efficiency and excellence in all our work.

Strategic Areas:

Our work is currently focused in five key strategic areas:

Secure Livelihoods: The majority of people in the Faridpur region includes Rajbari, Gopalgonj, Magura, Jessore Jhenaidh and Kustia districts live in poverty, and find it difficult to earn enough income to support themselves and their families. We support communities to develop and diversify their livelihoods activities, so they can increase and secure their incomes, and improve their quality of life. The livelihoods activities includes transfer of technologies, tools, knowledge and micro-credit to women beneficiaries organised in group `Primary Organisation'. To build up women as an earning member of her family, SNSP support them by forming groups. SNSP arranges training for skill development connecting with professions they need. Trained group members are given financial support for running their professions through Income Generating Programmes.

Functional Education: It’s on going challenge is to maintain professor Rokeya Rahman Kabeer’s fundamental and courageous vision of leading the poorest women forward while remaining adapt to changing needs, demands and trends in the course of this transformation by adopting post literacy and continuing education program. SNSP started functional education for rural illiterate adolescent, women & men. SNSP prepared its own method, syllabus and curriculum for them. At present we are continuing support to early child education, primary and higher education. We are also ensuring quality education through civic engagement – School Management Committee (SMC), Parents, Civil Society Representatives, Community leaders, Local Government Representative, overall government stakeholders and policy makers.

Climate change and Natural Resource Management: Destruction of the environment and global climate change have serious implications for people’s lives and livelihoods, including their ability to earn incomes, and grow sufficient food for themselves and their families. We work together with communities, encouraging sustainable natural resource management practices, helping them to protect their land and environment, and improve their futures.

Health, Water and Sanitation: Throughout the region, many communities do not have access to safe health, water and sanitation facilities. We provide new technologies and community health facilities, working to prevent common diseases, and eradicate the health problems brought by unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation. We also raise awareness of heath and hygiene issues, mobilizing communities to change their behavior, and improve their health through courtyard meeting using different kind of tools i.e. posters, flipchart and video clips.

Responsive and Good Governance: Communities has limited access to government services including union parishad, upazila parishad and different GoB departments/agencies that affect their lives. However, we believe that sustainable development cannot be achieved without communities’ participation in public decision-making processes, and work to build links between communities and local government, and enhance responsive governance & promote good governance and skilled leadership at community levels.

Our Approach:

Women Empowerment: We believe that communities are best-suited to identify their needs, and the steps required to change their lives. In line with our Mission, we work to build the capacity and self-reliance of grassroots women so they are able to lead their own development activities. This includes building and supporting `Primary Organisation'; running awareness-raising campaigns; organizing skills development trainings; supporting with micro credit; linking with market; developing socio-economic


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infrastructure; and building links between communities and local government, so they can access the services they deserve.

Inclusion: In each of our strategic areas, we take steps to address socially exclusion issues, including religious minority, Dalit, widow, women and indigenous people's participation in decision-making, awareness on inclusion amongst communities, and facilitate inclusion sensitive platforms and development initiatives. We took initial steps towards gender mainstreaming within SNSP, and are committed to expanding these to our projects in the future.

Activism: We believe the ‘activism' approach helps individuals and organisations engaged in development to understand the effects of their work, and re-design their activities to protest violation against human rights. We apply the Human Rights based framework in our organisational project planning, monitoring and evaluation, and management systems, and encourage its use within development throughout communities.

Who We Work With

We work to improve the lives and livelihoods of those most in need of our support, women and widow. We work with disadvantaged and marginalized groups, including religious minorities, landless and marginal farmers, unemployed youth, girls, and day laborers. In implementing our activities, SNSP believes in working together with individuals, networks and organisations that share our vision and values. We have experience of working with a range of local, national and international network, platform, NGOs and donor organisations, as well as government departments/agencies and officials.

Where We Work

We are based in Faridpur District, and currently work in Seven districts and 15 Upazillas. We have experience working throughout Dhaka and Khulna Division.

Geographical Area Coverage:


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Our Governing Bodies:

Our General Committee: The SNSP General Committee is our top decision-making body. It has twenty (21) members and meets annually to discuss and approve our budgets, programmes, strategic, programmatic and organisational development, and constitutional amendments.

Our Executive Committee: The SNSP Executive Committee is responsible for ongoing monitoring and review of our activities. Its seven (7) meet monthly, to review activities and take decisions on new SNSP projects and directions. Members are elected by the SNSP General Committee members every one year. List of Executive Committee are follows:

Name of person Designation Occupation

Mrs. Samsunnahar Saleh Chairman Social Worker

Mrs. Sayda Yasmin Vice-Chairman Development Activist

Mrs. Mahmuda Begum Secretary/ Executive Director Development Activist

Jakera Akter Joint Secretary Development Activist

Shirin Akter Treasurer Development Activist

Nilima khan Member House Wife

Sayeda Suraia Rahman Member Development Activist

Our Staff:

Division District Upazilla No. of Union/Pourashava

Dhaka Division

Faridpur Faridpur Sadar 8

Saltha 3

Modhukhali 7

Nagarkanda 3

Vanga 3

Rajbari Rajbari Sadar 5

Pangsa 4

Gopajgonj Moksedpur 2

Tongipara 4

Khulna Division

Magura Magura Sadar, 3

Mohammadpur 4

Sreepur 3

Kushtia Kushtia Sadar 2

Jessore Jhikorgacha 2

Jhinaidah Sadar 3


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SNSP currently has 115 staff and volunteers (81 Female and 34 Male).

Equal Opportunities:

SNSP is an Equal Opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, or any other social factor, in the selection or treatment of our staff.

Our Staff Structure:

The SNSP organogram, (described in Human Resources Policy) displays our staff structure, including lines of management and communication.

Staff’s Participation:

Based on needs the staffs of the organization sit weekly, monthly and half yearly basis. They review the progress of activity, finding out problems and challenges, finding out solutions and finalizing action plan for the next course of action.

Our Management:

Senior Management Team:

The SNSP Senior Management Team consists of our Executive Director, Finance and Accounts Director, Administration & Programme Director and Income generating Director. The team sits together on a monthly and as necessary basis, and is responsible for day-to-day management of SNSP and our activities, and supporting our strategic, programmatic and organizational development.

Our current Programmes/Projects:

Sl. No.

Name of the programs/ projects

Name of Funding Sources

Duration

Nature of work

01 Making Market work for women

ActionAid Bangladesh/EKN

23 February 2016 to 31 December -2019

Women Entrepreneur Group Formation, Value Chain Development, Market Assessment & Market Linkage(Backward & Forward Market), Linkage with Business Actors and Service Providers (Public & Private), Financial support through Different Public & Private financial Institutions and Provide training for skill development and IGA development, Advocacy for enabling business environment etc. Awareness build –up on SRHR & Nutrition, Knowledge Increase on SRHR & Nutrition to School level Adolescent’s & women group members, Ensure support for homestead food production and nutrition messaging; coordinate with


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government line department and health facilities to provide training and support for improved routine SRHR & nutrition counseling and reinforce SRHR, nutrition and hygiene messages at the home, village and union levels through interpersonal communication and broad SBCC activities engaging different community groups

02 For the women By the Women(FWBW)

ActionAid Bangladesh/MJF

01March 2006 to Continue

Women Empowerment , Women Right’s, Gender equality & Sensitization, Group formation, loan distribution, savings collection, provide training for skill development and IGA development etc.

03 Study Circle for Women empowerment

NDI Continuing

Women and Youth Group Formation, Discussion Sessions, Issue base Open Debate, Different Day Observance, Organize cultural event base on thematic areas etc.

04 Micro Credit Program (s)

Own From 2001 to Continuing

Group formation, loan distribution, savings collection, provide training for skill development and IGA development etc.

05 Water and Sanitation Project

NGO Forum 1989 to continuing

Ring and slab production for low cost sanitary latrine, installation of low cost sanitary latrine, motivational and mobilization work for use of safe water, hygienic sanitation through announcing etc.

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Women empowerment and women’s articulations of a political voice

Won/AAB/Blast seed fund

1996 to Continue

To strengthen individual and collective capacities to make lasting change, encourage women’s articulations of a political voice to asset their personal rights and access resources, creates an enabling environment for women to practice leadership at all levels and in all domains.

07 Women Entrepreneur Own 1994 to IGA development, Women


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Development continue Entrepreneur Group Formation, Modern technology transfer, ensuring govt. subsidies delivery to extreme farmer. Linkage with business actor & market actor, Financial support for business capital, savings development.

08 Youth and Adolescent Volunteer and Social Leadership program

Own and WAVE Foundation

2010 to continue

Develop youth development volunteer, Capacity build-up social development leadership, Organize training program, Involve different development program, Team building & regular meeting.

List of Previous Donors different Program/Project(s) Completed of the Organization:

Network / Collaboration Information:

SNSP has been working with other forum like FWBW, BLAST, SUPRO, Wave Foundation, ADAB, CDL, CDF, CDN, BAPA, FNB, Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD), NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation, and Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD) on the issues of local governance, women rights, village court, land rights, civic voter education, education & health rights, environment & climate issues and arbitration council as a national & international network participants, member & partner. Our collaboration and networking building with different network &

SL Name of Previous Donor

1 AAB & MJ Foundation

2 ActionAid Bangladesh

3 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE( NDI)

4 Wave Foundation

5 ITTIG/Practical Action Bangladesh

6 Missorio

7 Bread For The World.

8 MCC

9 ICCO

10 NORAD

11 SIDA

12 CIDA

13 OXFAM, OXFAM GB


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development platform for community people's awareness rising, community peoples involve in development & decision making process, responsive service delivery through line department/agencies and advocacy (local and policy) activities organize & implementation.

SNSP has gained relationship and also maintaining regular communication with district based organizations and different network & development platforms. So such kind of experiences of networking with other forum and coalition will help and also insist SNSP to design the proposed project. On the other hand, SNSP has adequate officers and staffs of the targeted district level. SNSP also know the culture and norms of the proposed districts. Since inception SNSP has been working on rights issues especially focusing on women, children and minority people's rights and ensure their secure livelihoods.

Policy Documents & Manual: The organization run the management functions based on approved policy documents and manuals such as Human Resource Policy, Financial Policy, Purchase Policy, Staff Welfare Fund Policy, Credit Manual/Policy, Internal Audit Policy, Vehicle Policy, Gender Policy, Ultra Poor Policy, Disaster Management Policy, Child Safeguarding Policy, Organizational Strategic Plan etc.

Training and Capacity building: Staff training on different issues is going on continuously with a view to develop the skills of the staff members of the organization. Besides, the organization has been conducting training to develop the skills as well as aware the group members and community people on different issue from the very beginning of the organization. Training aims to change the consciousness level, skill and outlook of the neglected and disadvantaged people. Motivational activities are also going on for motivating group members as well as community people on different activities.

Organization and Institution Building: This is the main activity of SNSP. Most of the development efforts of the organization are offered through the process of organization building. Most of the people of the working areas are very poor. Lack of unity and unconsciousness are the prime obstacle towards socio-economic development of poor people. They are deprived from their basic need. So, the deprived men and women are organized into groups to create their savings fund. They meet together one in a week. They discuss their present problems in the weekly meeting and take positive steps to solve the problems. They take most of the decisions in the weekly meeting. Most of the activity of the organization is implemented through grassroots level group or organizations. Community Development Organizer (CDO) of SNSP facilitates the meeting. They collect weekly savings and installment of loan. Different development issues are discussed in the weekly meeting. Awareness session on women empowerment, agriculture, health, education, human rights and legal aid etc. is also take place in the weekly meeting.

Human Resource Development (HRD): Human Resource Development is aimed to foster institutional development and resource management activities of SAPTAGRAM NARI SWANIRVAR PARISHAD (SNSP). SNSP has a training center at its Head Office in Faridpur. There are good numbers of professional trainers in the HRD division of SNSP who have sufficient skills in the art of imparting training. The center is well equipped with training instruments and materials. Staff training on different issues is going on continuously with a view to


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develop the skills of the staffs. Besides, the organization has been conducting training to develop the skills as well as to aware the group members and community people on different issue since 1976. Training aims to change the consciousness level, skill and outlook of the neglected and disadvantaged people. The HRD of SNSP also emphasizes on to develop carrier plan of staffs to increase their capacity.

Organization’s Transparency and Accountability:

Existing Monitoring and Evaluation system:

The organization has its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Unit lead by M&E Coordinator based in the Head Office to facilitate, support and assist the M&E activities of programmes and projects. This central M&E unit mainly support developing and implementing M&E systems for the programmes and project following the activities and indicators defined for projects/programmes. In addition, the unit also has an M&E Framework to monitor and evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of projects/programmes and monitor to ensure that the projects/programmes addressed inclusion (gender, elderly, persons with disability and children) issues. The central M&E unit visit fields regularly and share their feedback with the project/programmes teams to review implementation strategies if required.

The project/programme level M&E done through developing project/programme based M&E Framework. This mainly covers the progress of activities (planned versus achievement) with quality to contribute the objectives and goal of the project/programmes and the progress of values set at indicator level. The project/programmes based M&E focal persons and other team members accomplish the M&E activities of the particular project/programmes.

The monitoring outputs and feedback shared in coordination meeting at project and central level for management decision and review at project/programme level. Planning versus achievement reporting is done in monthly basis, shared in team’s monthly coordination meeting and finally shared at central level coordination meeting.

Short-term projects those do not afford full-time M&E persons are supported by the central M&E Team.

Internal and External Audit Systems: SNSP has it Internal Audit Team reportable to the Executive Director of the organization. The Internal Audit Team regular visit the project offices to check and verify the bills, vouchers and accounts book including process (compliance of procurement policies of both organization and donors/partners) and prepare audit reports to share with the Executive Director and Project responsible persons (Accountants and Project Coordinators). The External Audit is done annually by the Government enlisted Audit Farms and following the project requirement. However, a central compiled audit is done annually covering all projects and programmes of the organization.

Reporting and Publication: Weekly, monthly, quarterly, half yearly and yearly reporting system is in practiced in SNSP. SNSP is able to produce and provide report to the donor as per their requirements. Analytical and human story based report including situation report are the regular practice in the management system of reporting. SNSP has regular publication of Annual Report, Brochure, Booklet, leaflet and posters highlighting implementation status of different program/project(s).


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