Progetto Uomo Rishilpi International Onlus

Gopinathpur, Binerpota, Satkhira 9400,

Bangladesh.

Phone : (0471) 63527, Mobile: 01715608704

Email: rishilpi.bd@rishilpibd.org

www.rishilpibd.org

Rishilpi has a vision of a happy and prosperous community through humanitarian, social, and economic development of all the downtrodden and minorities without discrimination

Rishilpi supports the development of humanitarian, social and economic interventions through the involvement of stakeholders towards the sustainable development of communities in Bangladesh, with emphasis on the ‘Rishi’ communities of the downtrodden, minorities and distressed, with fairness as to caste, religion, race, and gender.

Our specific mission statement:

• Feeding the hungry at times of emergency, by creating employment opportunities and equipping children with skills and tools for their future livelihood.
• Healing the sick through treatment and rehabilitation of people with disabilities through comprehensive rehabilitation approaches, with love and compassion.
• Educating underprivileged children who cannot access mainstream education, and mobilizing the community for education awareness.
• Drinking water for thirsty by installing community filters in poor community and supplying the pure drinking water whereas need
• Sheltering the homeless after an emergency or in any other urgent need to rehabilitate the derelict and displaced.

The aim and objective of  Progetto Uomo Rishilpi International-Onlus are to assist, encourage and engage the underprivileged in development activities for ensuring sustainable development in their life.

The operational objectives of Progetto Uomo Rishilpi International-Onlus are to:

• Access in basic education for disadvantaged children by ensuring educational assistance and schooling
• Prevent early marriage by creating accessibility to school for girl child for building the foundation of Sonar Paribar   (Golden Family)
• Prevention disability and reduce infant mortality rate by improving health and nutrition status of community people
• Rehabilitation of people with disability both in physically and socially with equalization of opportunity
• Develop a sustainable household livelihood with just distribution of resources, and enhancing the capacity of community people.

Rehabilitation for children with disability

Rishilpi Health and Rehabilitaiton program started its’ endevour from 1980 with a tiny shed of charitable dispensary, but now it has turned into a big rahbilitaiton center where everyday almost 350 children/persons with disability get rehabilitaiton support and 50 people get medical treatment with necessary medicines. Social rehabilitation and inclusive in development to the children with disability is one of the key component of the project. It promotes equal rights and opportunity for the children/persons with disability in the family and the community

Education for the Underprivileged Children

Rishilpi Education Programme began its activities in 1994 by opening a Nursery Class at Rishilpi campus and gradually expanded in a big programme having three components that is Rishilpi Center School (RCS), School for Speech & Hearing Impaired Children (SSHIC), Community Education Programme (CEP).  It has opened a window for the children of disadvantaged community for education. Around 2700 students enrolled every year in the project in Satkhira District.Library project has ended its intervention but it is running with the part of Edcuation Programme aims to build up an educated society increasing knowledge and ensuring transformation in the life of students with human values. Rishilpi has established 11 libraries, one is at Rishilpi Center School (RCS)  and other 8 library based on Community primary School (CPS).  

Education Support for disadvantage children

Sponsorship for Education is going ahead from 1989 with the generous support of many individual donors from Italy. It has explored opportunities for underprivileged children including children with disability to ensure their education.  Getting assistance from Education Support Program (ESP) many students are now leading life with social dignity having job with Government Organization, Non Government Organization and Corporate sectors. Around 2500 sponsored students of Satkhira district get benefits every year from ESP. Amar Sonar Paribar (My Golden Family) is a special component of Education Support Program (ESP) started in July 2003 for bringing hope in the life of adolescent girls to build a golden family. Early marriage prevention, girl child education and women empowerment are the key objectives of the project. Adolescent girls are enrolled from class six in ASP. At present ASP has around 600 students/Members, 64 Adolescent member groups and 20 Early Marriage Prevention Committee (EMPC).  From  January  2017 Rishilpi opened also the special component of  Education Support Program for  boys  called  “Amar Sonar Swapno” to make aware also the adolescent  boys about  the importance of equal opportunities for girls. At present ASS has around  90 students  enrolled.

Water Treatment Plant Project

Rishilpi Water Treatment Project (RWTP) is working to mobilize the community to find out the sustainable safe drinking water sources and promote safe drinking water for the community. The project adopted the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-6) where stated as: ‘Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’ through development of water resources, optimizing its various uses, managing resources for sustainable development including securing the lives and properties of people from water related disasters. The RWTP project intends to supply the pure drinking water for the community people and students of the community primary school and promote the community awareness on safe drinking water for improving the health & hygienic situation in the family and the community.  The plant is producing more than 13000 m3 (metric cubic) of potable water per year through WTP plant inside the campus and giving benefit to around 1800 people per day both in campus and  the community through this project .

Progetto Uomo Rishilpi International Onlus- Administration Project :

General Project is implemented to provide necessary operation support to the different projects programs. This project is basically an operation management supporting project. Under this project the sections that are actively working are: Finance and Account, Internal Audit, Human Resource and Administration, Communication and Documentation, Media and Publication, Information Technology (IT) and Support Service.