UGGP

Urban Green Graduation Programme
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UGGP

Urban Green Graduation Programme

The Green Graduation programme will address underlying causes of poverty experienced by the urban people living in conditions of extreme poverty.  The programme will enhance waged and self-employment pathways – will focus on green jobs, increase access to finance, social safety nets, health and education and build resilience of participating households to a climate induced shocks and disaster through capacity building, awareness on environment and promotion of innovative climate smart urban horticulture. The overall objective of the programme will be achieved through sets of interventions as outlined below under each of the outcomes of the programme logic. Programme will have a strong advocacy component to address systemic barriers for accessing decent jobs, social safety nets, education and health services by the target groups. Decent work involves employment that is productive and delivers a fair income. It also should ensure workplace security, social protection, better prospects for personal development and social integration. The programme will nurture an inclusive growth and poverty reduction strategy following a ‘Family Approach’ and will support diversified sustainable livelihood options, and will promote environment friendly income generation and will support participants to access decent, green jobs.

For selecting the Small business (block grants) participants for Cohort 1, we conducted primary survey with database of household in total 2,107 (participant). From primary survey, we selected 777 participants and formed 52 Self-helps group have been developed to engage to ROSBI activities among the UGGP working communities as per vulnerability scoring.

By providing basic training on business skills transfer including Safeguarding, CRM, Psychosocial counselling sessions, orientation on effective utilization of consumption support and consumption support, and finally based on their capacity skills and interest, 353 families are selected from the Self help group members to supported with start-up capital or asset transfers (Block Grants) for the chosen livelihood option (Small business) and provide Consumption Support to improved food security of Graduation households.

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UGGP

Urban Green Graduation Programme

Objectives:

  1. Improve Food Security of Graduation households
  2. Increase Financial Security
  3. Improve access to affordable, accessible and appropriate financial services and increase savings
  4. Improve Social Cohesion and Social Capital including status of women
  5. Improve Environmental Protection and Sustainability and Emergency Response in Shock or Disaster

 

Goal of UGGP:  

Households can sustainably meet their basic needs and have improved coping strategies through strengthened livelihoods which place value on the natural environment.

 

Outcomes:

  1. Improved food security of Graduation households
  2. Increased financial security
  3. Improved access to affordable, accessible and appropriate financial services and increased savings
  4. Improved social cohesion and social capital including status of women
  5. Improved environmental protection and sustainability

 

Working Area

Total working zone (3) and total working Ward (15)  in Dhaka South City Corporation.

  • Khilgaon Zone-(Ward- 1,3,5,10,48,74)
  • Hazaribagh Zone-(Ward-14,20,22,55)
  • Lalbagh Zone-(Ward-24,33,37,54,56)

 

Donor

Irish Aid with Technical Support by Concern World Wide Bangladesh.

 

Target Groups

There are 4 categories of participants’ among 52 working area:-

  • Squatters- (02)
  • Slum- (42)
  • Pavement- (07)
  • Dalit- (01)

Major Activities

  • Households , participants selection
  • Self-help group formation
  • Providing psychosocial counselling sessions
  • 5 days long basic training on business skills transfer including Safeguarding, CRM
  • Block grant provided as start-up capital.
  • Orientation on effective utilization of consumption supports
  • Graduation households received consumption support
  • Group meetings on group dynamics, livelihood planning, health, hygiene, nutrition, environment, gender & equality
  • Households capacitated for obtaining NID , obtaining Red Card from service provider, social safety net support
  • 2 days long refresher training on business skills development
  • ‘Peer-learning’ to cross-fertilize graduating households. of ILUPE participants
  • Individual counselling by Graduation Mentor
  • Learning visit at successful micro-enterprise business within the community
  • Psychosocial counselling training to ensure retention in vocational training
  • Vocational/ skills development training
  • Meetings with potential employers to secure jobs
  • 10 days’ long ToT on financial and literacy skills
  • 3 days long refresher training on financial and literacy skills
  • Numeric & literacy skill sessions by Community Teachers (CTs)
  • Capacity building on effective facilitation of ROSBI
  • ROSBI groups formation and revitalization
  • Organized with MFIs, banks to negotiate access to low-risk finance
  • Opening formal bank account and/or mobile wallets of participants.
  • Training (3 days) organized on life skills for change makers/ community volunteers.
  • Day observations engaging stakeholders (Women’s Day, 16 days activism etc.)
  • Meetings with local law enforcement authorities, Ward Counsellors and elite persons
  • Partnership with Psycho-social service providers for capacity building of the staff
  • Needs based individual counselling by Psychosocial counsellors and follow up (basic PSS)
  • Comprehensive psycho-social support provided to graduation families due to past trauma (advanced PSS)
  • Training on environmental protection and sustainability facilitated by Concern SAL for staffs.
  • SHG level orientation on Urban Risk Assessment for participants/change maker /volunteers
  • Orientation on Urban Risk Assessment (URA)
  • URA and Preparedness plan engaging participants, Ward Disaster Management Committees in all communities.
  • Emergency and recovery support affected by disasters (water logging, fire, eviction etc.)
  • Day observations or campaign by GoB/relevant stakeholders e.g., Environmental day etc.
  • Training and internship (estimated 500) as Plant Doctor supported by Green Savers

Major Achievements

  • Providing psychosocial counselling sessions – 329
  • 5 days long basic training on business skills transfer including Safeguarding, CRM -14 batch(329 persons)
  • Block grant provided as start-up capital- 329
  • Orientation received on effective utilization of consumption supports -353
  • Group meetings on group dynamics, livelihood planning, health, hygiene, nutrition, environment, gender & equality-440
  • Households capacitated for obtaining NID-264
  • Obtaining Red Card from service provider, social safety net support- 150
  • 2 days long refresher training on business skills development -16 batches( 315 participants)
  • Individual counselling by Graduation Mentor -360
  • Learning visit at successful micro-enterprise business within the community-03 visits( 45 participants)
  • Psychosocial counselling training to ensure retention in vocational training -24
  • Vocational/ skills development training-24
  • Meetings with potential employers to secure jobs -01
  • 10 days’ long ToT on financial and literacy skills -02 ( 36 participants)
  • Numeric & literacy skill sessions by Community Teachers (CTs) -12 Lesson (275)
  • Organized with MFIs, banks to negotiate access to low-risk finance-05 meetings
  • Opening formal bank account and/or mobile wallets of participants-713
  • Training (3 days) organized on life skills for change makers/ community volunteers-4 batches (60 participants)
  • Meetings with local law enforcement authorities, Ward Counsellors and elite persons-10
  • Needs based individual counselling by Psychosocial counsellors and follow up (basic PSS) -111 participants
  • Comprehensive psycho-social support provided to graduation families due to past trauma (advanced PSS)-01 referred
  • Training on environmental protection and sustainability facilitated by Concern SAL for staffs-01 ( 25 participants)
  • SHG level orientation on Urban Risk Assessment for participants/change maker /volunteers -4 batches ( 60 participants)
  • Orientation on Urban Risk Assessment (URA)-60
  • URA and Preparedness plan engaging participants, Ward Disaster Management Committees in all communities-22 ( 394 participants)
  • Emergency and recovery support affected by disasters (water logging, fire, eviction etc.) -80
  • Day observations or campaign by GoB/relevant stakeholders (Women’s Day, 16 days activism and Environmental day etc)- (285 participants)
  • Training and internship as Plant Doctor supported by Green Savers-11 participants

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Account Name: Nari Maitree-DMCC
Account Number: 05390240000106
Bank Name: Rupali Bank ltd
Branch Name: Khilgaon Branch, Dhaka.
Routing Number: 185273978

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