Introduction : Own village advancement (OVA) is a local Non-Government, Non- Political, Non-Religions and Humanitarian Organization established on December 22, 1981. It started development work for the poor people through socio-economic programs. OVA is the joint effort of a few local self-devoted young men and women social workers from various academic disciplines. Background: The Organization is situated at Lalmonirhat district one of the remotest and disaster prone northwestern district of Bangladesh. Geographically one of the distinctive features of the district is that out of its total 1241 square Km the river Tista and Dharla. One-third part is flooded at the time of flood. The district has about 1.25 million populations. It is heartening to mention that Lalmonirhat is one of the extremist disasters prone areas of Bangladesh. Flood is often common during the monsoon. Reversibly there is prevalence of drought almost every dry season of the year and Near Famine (Monga) almost every dewy season of the year. Most measures in the life of the serious causes of poverty in this disaster prone district. The number of poverty stricken people is increasing day by day where the country situation is reverse. There is widespread unemployment scenario in the absence of mills and factories at Lalmonirhat. Only option for a large number of people is selling the manual labour mainly in agricultural sector. When either crop sowing/plantation of harvesting is over the labour class has almost nothing to do as their income. Other time of the year bring untold suffering in their life either starvation of eats for below the calorie and nutritional requirement. Having no other alternative a large number of labourclass migrate to other potential areas in urban and wealthy area. The socio-economic story of Lalmonirhat district does not end here. Temporary migration for a large number of people creates so many new problems in their families. The women and the children of the migrated wage-earning members become more helpless. As a result the migration of their guardians, women's dependence of men in many aspects of living. And livelihood brings scope of male domination on women and this subdues
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Introduction :
Own village advancement (OVA) is a local Non-Government, Non-Political, Non-Religions and Humanitarian Organization established on December 22, 1981. It started development work for the poor people through socio-economic programs. OVA is the joint effort of a few local self-devoted young men and women social workers from various academic disciplines.
Background:
The Organization is situated at Lalmonirhat district one of the remotest and disaster prone northwestern district of Bangladesh. Geographically one of the distinctive features of the district is that out of its total 1241 square Km the river Tista and Dharla. One-third part is flooded at the time of flood.
The district has about 1.25 million populations. It is heartening to mention that Lalmonirhat is one of the extremist disasters prone areas of Bangladesh. Flood is often common during the monsoon. Reversibly there is prevalence of drought almost every dry season of the year and Near Famine (Monga) almost every dewy season of the year. Most measures in the life of the serious causes of poverty in this disaster prone district. The number of poverty stricken people is increasing day by day where the country situation is reverse.
There is widespread unemployment scenario in the absence of mills and factories at Lalmonirhat. Only option for a large number of people is selling the manual labour mainly in agricultural sector. When either crop sowing/plantation of harvesting is over the labour class has almost nothing to do as their income. Other time of the year bring untold suffering in their life either starvation of eats for below the calorie and nutritional requirement. Having no other alternative a large number of labourclass migrate to other potential areas in urban and wealthy area. The socio-economic story of Lalmonirhat district does not end here. Temporary migration for a large number of people creates so many new problems in their families. The women and the children of the migrated wage-earning members become more helpless. As a result the migration of their guardians, women's dependence of men in many aspects of living. And livelihood brings scope of male domination on women and this subdues the women's striking social problems in and around Lalmonirhat are dowry, Polygamy, Separation, with husband abandoned wife, early marriage during childhood, divorce, Physical and mental tortures on the wives render the life of women and children miserable.
A group of social worker had been involved in various socio-cultural and people welfare program around 1981 and gradually their effort turned into developmental program. OVA came to development field with small financing for the poor and small entrepreneurs.
Within a short time OVA received attention of DFID/BPHC Health program. Received a good number of training, technical support and assistance from them. This is how the OVA progress was made.
Vision:To fulfill basic need & develop expect level of livelihood of the lack behind poor people specially women & child in the working area.
Mission Statement:To create self-employed and self-empowered communities with increase capabilities by providing need based services and supports like awareness raising. People participation in socio-economic development, women empowerment, social security, disaster and monga mitigation, water and sanitation, health, HIV & AIDS, education, credit, savings, agriculture etc.
Aims/Objectives:
To establish the ideology of services. Being the positive changes of socio-economic condition of the poor people of village and
saved them from helplessness. Create the self-awareness assist the villagers to solve their problem of daily life through their
self-initiatives and involvement. Establish the self-sustainable organization to well fear for the people and participate and
assist to development program of GOB. Take the initiative to provide-Maternal and child health care, Family Planning, Primary and
General health care Prevention of AIDS, Care of mentally and physically disable, Education, Agriculture, Tree Plantation, Protect the Environmental Pollution, Legal Aids and Human Rights, Credit Support etc. demand based services within the working area. Beside that OVA will be taken necessary steps to face neutral, Social and political disaster by the ability of the organization.
A. General Information:
Name and Logo
Own Village Advancement (OVA)
Year of Incorporation 1981
Postal Address Airport, Road, Lalmonirhat-5500
Telephone/mobile no. 01712949300, 01839997262
E-mail ID suzit_ova @yahoo.com_
Website: N/A
Contact Person & Designation: Suzit Kumar Ghosh, Executive Director.
B. Statutory Information:
Reg. Authority Registration No. Date of Registration
NGO affairs Bureau 192 20/11/85
Department of Social Welfare of Lalmonirhat
115 29/06/2000
Department of Family Planning,Rangpur
18 04/11/1982
C. Governance:D.1. Name of General body and number of members:General Committee and number of General Committee are 34
D.2. Information about Executive Committee:
# Designation Name Sex ProfessionDuration of Involvement
Telephone/Mobile
01 PresidentAdv. Moyzul Islam Moyez Male Lawyer 15 years 01710870350
02Senior Vice president Md. Abdul Haque Male Businessman 14 years 01715153654
03 Vice President ShapnaZaman Female Teacher 14 years 01716965859
04 Treasurer Md. Afsar Ali Male Teacher 25 years 01717745366
05 Member Sofura Begum Rumi Female Lawyer 14 years 01712601056
06 Member SelinaRokshana Female Lecturer 14 years 01717138204
07 Member Md. YeahiaHiru Male Social worker 14 years 01718898867
08 Member SupendraNathDutta Male Social worker 14 years 01716007449
09 Member AbulHossainsarker Male NGO worker 10 years 01712949300
D.3. List of Approved Organizational Policies:
D. Coverage:
Name of District Name of Upazila# of
Unions# of
villages# of Beneficiaries
Female Male boys Girls Total
Lalmonirhat
a. LalmonirhatSadarb. Aditmaric. Kaligonjd. Hatibandha
Donors : Practical Action BangladeshTheme/Sector : Agriculture, Livelihood and Environment Development Location :Lalmonirhat and Kurigram DistrictDuration : 2009 to continueGoal :28350 Extreme poor people ( 7269 household) in rural embankment areas graduate from extreme poverty by 2015.Major ongoing activity : Training on Agriculture, Input support for agriculture, Training on fisheries, Input support for fisheries, Training on Livestock, Input support for Livestock, Training on off firm, Input support for Off firm, Input support for assets protection during disaster & seasonal food crisis. Training on linkage representation, Influence and service provision of extreme poor. Provide micro-nutrient supplement, de-warming tablets suspension, IFA etc. Increase nutritional health status of extreme poor women, children under five years and
adolescent girl as well as all family members. Social mobilization Nutrition educationAwareness, advocacy, influence on policy and impact.
2.Name of Project : Nodi O Jibon-II
Donors : CONCERN Worldwide BangladeshTheme/Sector :Agriculture, Livelihood and Environment Development Location :Lalmonirhat District Duration :2006 to continueOverall objective of the Project:To improve food security of the extreme poor in selected remote island chars of BangladeshMajor ongoing activity :
Group formation and participant selection. Training on agriculture, livestock and fisheries Demonstration plot Distribution of Goat/sheep Distribution of Sapling of fruit and timber trees. Distribution of agriculture crop seeds. Formation of assemble market. Formation/capacity building of producer group. Leadership training for group leaders. Group training on high value agriculture. Group training on livestock/poultry. Learning/cross visit CBO-Leaders) Sharing with Upazila Livestock office, agriculture, Dept. Fisheries office & Union parishad. Visit of char alliance to char areas. Joint Planning with union parishad. Organize Farmers Field Day. Sharing meeting with community people.
3.Name of Project : Char Health and EducationDonors :CONCERN Worldwide Bangladesh.Theme/Sector :GovernanceLocation :Lalmonirhat District Duration :2012 to continueOverall objective of the Project: To contribute in reduction of the extreme poverty in selected remote chars by enhancing the human capitals through quality primary education and health interventions by 2015.Major ongoing activity :
Orientation & Capacity building training for School Management Committee (SMC), Parents Teacher Association (PTA) and Community Clinic Management Group (CCMG)
Monthly Project staff meeting Project Coordination meeting Orientation on Community Mobilization SMC, PTA. Orientation on Community Mobilization for HA, FWA, CHCP and CCMG Training on roles & responsibility, supervision, planning and monitoring for UP standing committee
(Health & Education) Training on quality classroom observation for SMC & PTA Volunteer teachers ¢re development Orientation on SRGV, GBV, HIV & AIDS and DRR for teachers, SMC,PTA,CCMG,HA,CHFP Mother Assembly Advocacy Meeting with Union and Upazila Standing Committee By monthly meeting with SMC,PTA,CBO and CCMG.
4.Name of Project : Promoting Pro- Poor Policy Reforms & Public Services for AllDonors : Oxfam through SUPROTheme/Sector : GovernanceLocation : Lalmonirhat District Duration : 2003 to continueGoal : Established good governance. Major ongoing activity : Capacity build-up training Workshop. Seminar, Mobilization, Orientation on democratic governance.Day observation.
5.Name of Project : We CanDonors : Oxfam through We Can SecretariatTheme/Sector : GovernanceLocation : Lalmonirhat District Duration : 2007 to continueGoal : End All Violence Against WomenMajor ongoing activity :
Organize District Alliance Meeting
Change Maker Committee Meeting(Upazila, Union, Ward) Organize Campaign
6.Name of Project : .Milk Production as a Means to Livelihood Security of the PoorDonors :Plan International BangladeshTheme/Sector :Agriculture, Livelihood and Environment DevelopmentLocation :Lalmonirhat District Duration : 2009 to continueGoal : To ensure improved livelihood of the extreme poor & poor of monga prone areas. Major ongoing activity : Staff Development training Milk cow & Goat rear Technical workshop at Program Unit level of Plan Bangladesh Village based farmer orientation. Farmer training on cow rearing, Napier grass/fodder production, preparing of improved feeds. Demonstration on Napier grass production. Exposure visit. Milk collection & transportation
7.Name of Project :Citizens for Transparent and Accountable GovernmentDonors : SUJONTheme/Sector : GovernanceLocation : Lalmonirhat District Duration : 2000 to continueGoal : Transparent and Accountable Government Major ongoing activity : Meeting , Training
Seminar Workshop
8.Name of Project :Non-Formal Primary EducationDonors : BRACTheme/Sector : EducationLocation : Lalmonirhat District Duration : 1998 to continueGoal : Provide education for drop-out & left out children.Target of people : boys 76 & girls 164 Total: 240
Major ongoing activity : Primary education for the Drop out & left out Children.
Conduct Parents Meeting
Conduct SMC Meeting
9.Name of Project :Horizon Primary EducationDonors : Organization Own FundTheme/Sector : EducationLocation : Lalmonirhat District Duration : 1988 to continueGoal : Provide education for drop-out & left out children.Target of people :60 boys & girls.Major ongoing activity :
Provide Education Provide assistance for admission processes to any other establish schools
10.Name of Project : Village Sanitation Centre Donors : NGO Forum for Public HealthTheme/Sector : SanitationLocation : Lalmonirhat District Duration : 1998 to continueGoal :Insure 100% sanitation coverageMajor ongoing activity :
Motivation to use pure water and Hygienic Latrine. Ring, Slave making & sells, by installment
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