Nobo Jibon
Basic Informations
In Bangladesh, both at rural and urban settings, a huge number of populations are fighting for coping with poverty, hunger as well as illiteracy from generation to generation. For their education, economic graduation, creating of livelihood opportunities is crucial through improving life skills. Nobo Jibon set off in 1998 in the heart of the south-western district Satkhira by Mr. Shahid Khan living in London and left Bangladesh 55 years back, giving highest priority on ensuring education and socio-economic development of the by-passed, disadvantaged and vulnerable segment of the community. Nobo Jibon is transforming the poor and vulnerable community as a change maker of their own fate and has been implementing various programs by following a integrated development approach (IDA). The well designed sustainable programs of Nobo Jibon through covering huge number of beneficiaries is definitely contributing towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Nobo Jibon is now operating its activities all over the countries and plans to expand its interventions gradually in challenging and hard to reach areas to address the dire needs of the people who are deprived from education and other basic rights and continuously fighting against poverty.
Nobo Jibon is registered with the following Registration and Licensing Authorities:
- The NGO Affairs Bureau under Foreign Donation (Voluntary Activities), Registration Number 2365, Date of Registration 05/06/2008
- Directorate of Social Services, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh the Registration Number 357/2001, Date of Registration 23/10/2001
- Micro-credit Regulatory Authority on 2008, Reg. no. 01510-00596-00166, License Number 01510-00596-00166; Date of Registration 16/03/2008
Address
Nobo Jibon Center,
Palashpole,
Satkhira,
Bangladesh
Vision
To make an educated, democratic, just, equitable, capable and poverty free Bangladesh. It also envisages a society in Bangladesh where every human being living with human dignity and free from all sorts of human rights violations.
Mission
To create self-financed, self-employed and self-empowered communities with increased capabilities by providing need-based services and supports like education, health, income generation, accommodation and fooding, microfinance, agriculture, water and sanitation, environment, Climate change, social security, technology, etc.
Objectives
- Enhancing the socio-economic condition of the by-passed, disadvantaged and underprivileged people through undertaking and implementing strategic programs and projects
- Ensuring education for all by increasing enrollment of most vulnerable, disadvantaged, orphans and dropped out children in the institution
- Ensuring food security of the underprivileged poor people through improving their income and access to food
- Assisting and supporting the disadvantaged and the underprivileged people for capacity building and ensuring provisions of basic needs of life like employment, income, health, education etc
- Helping in building institution of the target groups for establishing their basic rights in the family, community and society
- Making ownership of the organizations among beneficiaries
Major Activities
Nobo Jibon strives to free the poor people from the vicious circle of poverty and for this it follows a integrated program approach. Nobo Jibon has identified the following broad interventions to achieve its goal and objectives:
- Education
- Microfinance
- Child Sponsorship
- Agriculture (Community Based Irrigation Program)
- Income Generation Activities (IGA)
- Health & Nutrition
- Water and Sanitation
- STD/ HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Arsenic Mitigation
- Technology Transfer
- Social Security
- Advocacy and Governance
- Orphanage
- Gender
- Environment Promotion
- Disaster Management
- Food Security
- Forestry
- Mainstreaming the Street Children
- Rehabilitation of the Persons with Disability
- Counseling
- Awareness Raising on health, early marriage, dowry, violence against women and children
- Prevention of Trafficking
- Human Resource Development
- Recreation
Head Office
Nobo Jibon Center,
Palashpole,
Satkhira,
Bangladesh
Project Office
Nobo Jibon Center,
Palashpole,
Satkhira,
Bangladesh
List of Excutive Body
- Gazi Abul Kashem-Chairman
- Mst. Josna Ara-Vice Chairman
- Tarequzzaman Khan-General Secretary
- Mst. Ronjina Begum-Treasurer
- Md. Tayab Hasan Shamsuzzaman-Executive Member
- Sofiq UD- Dawlah-Executive Member
- Sabina Awladur Rowshon-Executive Member
Chief of NGO
Name: Tarequzzaman Khan
Designation: Tarequzzaman Khan
Phone & Mobile No. +88-0471-65065 (+88-01716-982790)
Staff Strength
| Staff category | Male | Female | Total |
|---|
Infrastructure facilities:
| Particulars | Total Number |
|---|---|
| Community Center | 01 |
| Conference Hall | 01 |
| Training Room | 01 |
| Motor Cycle | 10 |
| Privet Car | 01 |
| Computer | 50 |
| UPS | 50 |
| Laptop | 05 |
| Scanner | 03 |
| Laser printer | 05 |
| Color printer | 02 |
| Multimedia Projector | 02 |
| OHP | 06 |
| Network switch | 03 |
| Photocopier Machine | 02 |
| Overhead Projector | 02 |
| Color TV | 10 |
| Digital Camera | 10 |
| Video Camera | 02 |
| Guest Room | 04 |
Network / Forum
Micro credit related information Last three years: (If necessary)
| Financial year | Amount of Savings | Loan disbursement (Cumulative) | Amount of Total fund (Tk) |
|---|
Project List ( Total Project : 3 )
Project Name : Micro-finance
Doner : Self
Sector : Development
Area : Satkhira
Time Line : January-1998 to Continuous
Brief of activities :
These days microfinance operation has become a globally recognized approach for reducing poverty in the developing and least countries. Its role in socio-economic development of the poor people is inevitable as it helps make the capital and access to financial/banking to these people. Bangladesh is the birthplace of microcredit programs of the world. Realizing the importance of microcredit, Nobo Jibon started its savings and credit programs in 1998 to encourage increasing the income of the poor through income generating activities (IGA’s) and micro enterprises. Nobo Jibon provides access to financial services to the poor who are unable to obtain credit from mainstream banks due to lack of necessary assets and referrals. The borrowers, most of whom are women, use these loans to engage in various income generating activities to improve their socio-economic status. Nobo Jibon experiences suggests that only microcredit is not enough to tackle poverty and the poor also need a package of other services like health, nutrition, education etc. for their economic empowerment. Therefore, Nobo Jibon follows an integrated development approach in micro-finance program that aims to alleviate poverty not only through income generation but through an integrated approach. Integrated development is the system of collectively implementing health, economic and education initiatives to strategically meet a community’s development goals.
Micro-credit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to impoverish borrowers who typically lack collateral, steady employment and a verifiable credit history. It is designed not only to support entrepreneurship and alleviate poverty, but also in many cases to empower women and uplift entire communities by extension.
In Bangladesh, the rural poor, particularly the women, are unable to obtain credit from mainstream banks due to lack of necessary assets and referrals. They are mainly dependent on the informal supply from moneylenders who charge an exorbitant rate of interest. Nobo Jibon initiates its credit program to create opportunities for employment and income for the rural poor, specially, the women and reduce the dependency on the moneylenders. Nobo Jibon, provides collateral free loan to the poor in both rural and urban areas in a simple, efficient and affordable manner. The borrowers use these loans to engage in various IGAs to improve their socio-economic status.
Project Name : Non-formal Education Institute
Doner : Self
Sector : Education
Area : Satkhira
Time Line : 1998 to Continuous
Brief of activities :
Nobo Jibon is operating 3 Pre-Primary School at the grassroots areas of Satkhira district for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children including the dropped out children from the education. Nobo Jibon is trying to ensure education for such children so that they can mainstream the formal educational system. Nobo Jibon is providing books, stationeries, school bags etc. free of cost. About 90 dropped out children are getting the educational facilities per session.