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:

  1. Education
  2. Microfinance
  3. Child Sponsorship
  4. Agriculture (Community Based Irrigation Program)
  5. Income Generation Activities (IGA)
  6. Health & Nutrition
  7. Water and Sanitation
  8. STD/ HIV/AIDS Prevention
  9. Arsenic Mitigation
  10. Technology Transfer
  11. Social Security
  12. Advocacy and Governance
  13. Orphanage
  14. Gender
  15. Environment Promotion
  16. Disaster Management
  17. Food Security
  18. Forestry
  19. Mainstreaming the Street Children
  20. Rehabilitation of the Persons with Disability
  21. Counseling
  22. Awareness Raising on health, early marriage, dowry, violence against women and children
  23. Prevention of Trafficking
  24. Human Resource Development
  25. Recreation

Head Office

Nobo Jibon Center,

Palashpole,

Satkhira,

Bangladesh

Project Office

Nobo Jibon Center,

Palashpole,

Satkhira,

Bangladesh

List of Excutive Body

  1. Gazi Abul Kashem-Chairman
  2. Mst. Josna Ara-Vice Chairman
  3. Tarequzzaman Khan-General Secretary
  4. Mst. Ronjina Begum-Treasurer
  5. Md. Tayab Hasan Shamsuzzaman-Executive Member
  6. Sofiq UD- Dawlah-Executive Member
  7. 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

Name of Network / Forum : Department of Social Services (DSS),

Type : Ministry of Social Welfare

Website :

Name of Network / Forum : Department of Women and Children Affairs

Type : Ministry of Women and Child Affairs

Website :

Name of Network / Forum : Directorate of Health Services

Type : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Website :

Name of Network / Forum : Department of Public Health

Type : Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives

Website :

Name of Network / Forum : Department of Agricultural Extension

Type : Ministry of Agriculture

Website :

Name of Network / Forum : Bangladesh Bank

Type : Ministry of Finance

Website :

Name of Network / Forum : Bangladesh NGO Foundation

Type : Development

Website :

Name of Network / Forum : WORLD BANK

Type : Donor

Website :

Name of Network / Forum : NOVO JIBON (UK)

Type : Donor

Website :

Name of Network / Forum : Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE)

Type : Education

Website :

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.

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