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Countries Operating InBangladesh
Organization TypeNon-Governmental Organization

Organization

Women Development Program

Mission

WDP's Vision: People's development in peoples hand.
WDP's Goal: Empowerment of the rural disadvantaged women towards self-reliance

Organizational Expertise

Capacity Building, Gender / Womens Empowerment

Other Organizational Expertise

Women are responsible for collecting and using of fuel energy. So women play a key role in decision-making for type of fuel energy and how to use it. The decisions about type of fuel energy use, however, are influenced by many factors such as tradition, convenience, and availability of resource, accessibility to technologies, household income and role of women in decision-making process of household expenditure.

Technologies & Fuels

Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.)

Clean Cooking Activities

WDP emphasizes improved kitchen management to keep well the environment as well. For this reason, the organization always gives different ideas and ways about improved ways of cooking. WDP has implemented the following activities to balance the environment. Session on kitchen development management, 500 sessions, 9000 women/household beneficiaries this program. 22 person ICS manufacturer work now.Our target group is Women, Children, Young people, CBO.

Partnership

WDP's Objectives:
1) Institution building for rural disadvantaged women and to empower them for self-help oriented development.
2) Promotion of community movement by obtaining spontaneous and active participation for successful implementation of compulsory primary education.
3) Promotion of community based health action approach to materialize the idea of “people's health in peoples handâ€.
4) To improve health care service specially women and children through ICS dissemination.
5) Creation of employment opportunities and development of income generating activities for women for their economic upliftment.
6) Promotion of community/mass movement to ensure active participation towards sustainable environmental development.

Regions Operating In

South Asia

Country Based In

Bangladesh

Address

Vill: Badinarpara
PO: Saghata. District: Gaibandha

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Mr. Farid Ahmed

Title: Chief Executive

Email: wdp_gaibandha@yahoo.com

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