Dhaka Ahsania Mission

Basic Informations

Dhaka Ahsania Mission is a non-government development organization founded by Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, an eminent educationist, reformer and Sufi. The founding motto of DAM is ‘Divine and humanitarian service’. It functions since 1958 pursuing the  aims of social and spiritual development of entire human community.

 

Address

House # 57, Pran Sha-er-road

Sultanpur, Upazila: Satkhira Sadar

District: Satkhira.

Vision

DAM visualizes a society that foster humanity, spirituality, humility, equality and caring the nature..

Mission

DAM provides high quality services towards unity, peace and development of social and spiritual life for the human community in general and for the disadvantaged and suffering humanity, in particular.

Objectives

Humanity, Spirituality, Humility, Equality and equity, Caring the nature, Honesty and morality:

Major Activities

  • DAM is unique and distinctive because of its founding divinity values, which combine service to the humanity and service to the Creator under the motto ‘Divine and Humanitarian Service’.
  • DAM is also distinct because of its identity as an organization delivering diverse need-based services through both field based and institutional interventions.
  • DAM has a unique way of doing ‘business’ that is shaped by its values and works for unlocking human potential enabling communities and societies to engage in creating a better society.

Head Office

Dhaka Ahsania Mission House 19 Road No 12 Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1209

Project Office

House # 57, Pran Sha-er-road

Sultanpur, Upazila: Satkhira Sadar

District: Satkhira.

 

List of Excutive Body

  1. Al- Haj Kazi Rafiqul Alam
  2. Professor M.H. Khan
  3. Al- Haj Md. Zahir Ahmed
  4. Prof. Dr. Abu Tweb Abu Ahmed
  5. Al-Haj Dr. S M Khalilur Rahman
  6. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Mazid
  7. Al- Haj Kazi Iqbal Hossain
  8. Al-Haj Md. Kutub Uddin
  9. Barrister Rafique-ul Huq
  10. Prof. Dr. M. Shamser Ali
  11. Al-Haj Prof. Dr. Golam Rahman
  12. Al- Haj. Prof. Ashraf Ali
  13. Dr. Kazi Ali Azam
  14. Dr. Kazi Shariful Alam
  15. Eng. A F M Gholam Sarfuddin
  16. Prof. Muhammad Abdus Sobhan
  17. Al- Haj. Md. Abdul Qayyum
  18. Al- Haj Md. Habibullah
  19. Mr. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder
  20. Mr. Khondker Ibrahim Khaled
  21. Eng. S.M. Al-Husainy

Chief of NGO

Name: Mr. Kazi Rafiqul Alam

Designation: President

Phone & Mobile No. (880-2) 8115909 ((880-2) 8115909 )

Staff Strength

Staff category Male Female Total
Management and Supervision 154 16 170
Mid-level 678 271 949
Field Worker 1315 658 1973
Support Staff 416 134 550

Infrastructure facilities:

Particulars Total Number

Network / Forum

Name of Network / Forum : National Alliance of Humanitarian Actors, Bangladesh (NAHAB)

Type : CC & DRR sector

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

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

Type : Education

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE)

Type : Education

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)

Type : Education

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : UNESCO Appeal Resource & Training Consortium (ARTC)

Type : Education

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : ACCU Literacy Resource Centre Network

Type : Education

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : International Literacy Association

Type : Education

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : Adult Learning Documentation and Information Network (ALADIN)

Type : Education

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : Framework Convention Alliance (FCA)

Type : Education

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : Vienna NGO Committee on Narcotic drugs, Vienna, Austria

Type : Health

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : World Federation Against Drugs, Stockholm, Sweden

Type : Health

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : HelpAge International (HAI)

Type : Rights & Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : Fresh Water Action Network, South Asia

Type : WASH

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN)

Type : WASH

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : UNISDR/Prevention Web and Stockholm Environment Institute

Type : CC & DRR

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/our-net

Name of Network / Forum : Bangladesh ECD Network

Type : Education

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : National Taskforce Committee for Tobacco Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Type : Health

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : National STD/AIDS Alliance

Type : Health

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : SANJOG- Network for Drug Treatment Centers in Bangladesh

Type : Health

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Bangladesh Breast Feeding Foundation (BBF)

Type : Health

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Bangladesh Network for NCD Control and Prevention

Type : Health

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Tobacco Free Platform Bangladesh

Type : Health

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : WASH Cluster

Type : WASH

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : National Sanitation Taskforce

Type : WASH

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Water Supply and Sanitation Collaboration Council Bangladesh (WSSCC-B)

Type : WASH

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Street Children Activist Network

Type : Rights and Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Action against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children (ATSEC) Bangladesh Chapter

Type : Rights and Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Coalition for Urban Poor (CUP)

Type : Rights & Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : National Girl Child Advocacy Forum

Type : Rights and Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Disadvantaged Adolescents Working NGOs (DAWN) Forum Member

Type : Rights & Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Rescue, Recovery, Repatriation & Integration (RRRI) (By Home Ministry)

Type : Rights & Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Victim Support Centre ( Home Ministry & UNDP)

Type : Rights and Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Monitoring Cell (Home Ministry)

Type : Rights & Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF)

Type : Rights and Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Steering Committee for Adolescents Policy

Type : Rights and Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Working Group on Protecting & Stopping Sexual Harassment against Children and Adolescents

Type : Rights and Governance

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Credit & Development Forum (CDF)

Type : Economic Development

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : NETWORK FOR INFORMATION, RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES ON DISASTER (NIRAPAD)

Type : CC & DRR

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Disaster Forum

Type : CC & DRR

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Name of Network / Forum : Education Cluster

Type : CC & DRR

Website : http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/nationa

Micro credit related information Last three years: (If necessary)

Financial year Amount of Savings Loan disbursement (Cumulative) Amount of Total fund (Tk)
2016-17 212560000

Project List ( Total Project : 5 )

Project Name : Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for health and nutrition of Kaligonj (IWASH)

Doner : DAM-UK, Human Appeal International (HAI)

Sector : WASH

Area : Kaligonj

Time Line : 1 August 2016 to 30 June 2018

Brief of activities :

 

Project Introduction:

Kaligonj a rural area of South West areas of Bangladesh where over 48.36% of the population has no access to sanitary latrines, and where only 84.49%, tap 2%, pond 8.80% and others 4.71% of the population has access to safe water. Hygiene practices are very poor due to lack of awareness, poor facilities and poverty. Defecation in open areas is common and contamination of surface water leads to high risk of contracting waterborne diseases, often fatal. The area also has mid-levels of naturally occurring arsenic and iron contamination of water supplies. This project aims to address the above problems by working with the community and its Union Parishad (equivalent to parishad council) to develop a community-managed programme for achieving 100% sanitation by the end of the project period and provision of a safe water supply for the targeted hard core poor people within 1 kilometer of every home in the area including improved hygiene practice.

 

Specific Objectives:
  • To promote Community Managed Program (CMP) implementation process along with the involvement of local government.
  • To improve communities’ health status by providing safe water, improved/hygienic latrines.
  • To Promote improved  hygiene practice in Community and Schools
  • To improve health and nutrition among the <5 child and their mothers.
Outputs: 
  • 09 water supply facilities (DHTWs/ PSFs) installed in un-served and under-served areas.
  • New 200 of latrine constructed and 500 latrines renovated.
  • 09 women bathing place (separate bathing corner with shade and facility of the menstrual disposal system for women as to change in habits for easy cleanliness). Especially concentrated in the rural areas where women have less facilities for taking bath/shower maintaining their privacy. At the same time it helps to maintain their reproductive health situation, especially in Menstruation period.)   Constructed for safe motherhood.
  • At least 50% of total household members of selected Unions will have improved hygiene practices. Especially hand washing in critical times.
  • 09 school toilets will be renovated at Primary School.
  • About 09 TWs platforms raised and renovated for ensuring the safe water in existing sources, considering DRR (damaged platform of existing TWs due to disaster or other default situation).
  • 09 homesteaded garden demonstration for nutrition support. (In a different courtyard session community people are discussed on nutritious food. At the same time there encourage to make gardening for taking nutritious food at low cost which will be demo in the session by cooking process and serving the foods, preservation).
  • Construction of 01 new WASH technology (water treatment plant for operating through entrepreneurship)
 

Project Comonents:

Community Managed WASH, Health and Nutrition, WASH in School, SRHR, Safe motherhood and Stunted Growth.

 

Major Activities: 

  • A baseline study will be conducted in unions for communities identify; (We are implementing a project in this areas (CMWSH-H) funding by DAM-UK and we have all primary data of Kaligonj Upazila. Furthermore, we have collected primary data from Union Parishad, BBS, and Upazila Education Office).
  • 36 clusters and 09 CBOs of WASH CBO/community groups will be formed/activated for smoothly running the project activities.
  • Prepared joint planning by the Union Parishad with the involvement of Ward Sanitation Taskforce and CBO.
  • A hygiene education program with the community and in schools to raise awareness of the connection between hygiene, ill-health and waterborne diseases, implemented via household and school visits, workshops and events such as rallies, advertising campaigns, cultural programs and videos.
  • New 50 of latrine constructed and 500 latrines renovated by 10-15% subsidy
  • A number of people trained including Natural leaders, Adolescent,  local resources, local entrepreneur, care taker, School teacher/SMC/Students brigade/Resource Teachers are trained on WASH and primary health care (MCH).
  • Raise/Renovation of approximately 09 tube well platforms to ensure safe water from existing sources and considering DRR.
  • Renovation of 09 primary school toilets.
  • 09 women bathing place constructed by 10% subsidy for safe motherhood;
  • At least 50% of total household members of selected Unions will have improved hygiene practices. Especially Hand washing in critical times.
  • Anti Natal Care (ANC) health service which is provided to the pregnant mother before delivery /Post Natal Care (PNC) health support which provides for the lactating mother by the counselors/ Midwives, (a recent study shows that one Midwife can conduct 50% of the child birth deliveries of a union, UNFPA-The Daily Star, Dhaka Feb 18, 2016)
  • 126 SMC and teachers and 63 student brigade leaders capacitated;
  • 09 homesteaded garden demonstration for nutrition support.
  • Value based Hygiene campaign in the primary schools.
  • Construction of 01 innovative WASH technology (water treatment plant for operating through entrepreneurship). (it depends on the rapport building during the project period and who is found most suitable)
  • Skills and capacity-building program with the community and local officials to ensure that new behaviors will be sustained and new equipment and services will be maintained after the project ends.
  • Promoting Water Business through Entrepreneurships.
Project Participants (Direct):
 

Children(0-10)

Adolescent(11-17)

Youth(18-25)

Adult(26-60)

Senior Citizen(61+)

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

1462

1717

1313

1261

904

1922

4731

3569

459

424

 

Project Duration : 1 August 2016 to 30 June 2018

 

Financial partner (Donor): DAM-UK, Human Appeal International (HAI)

 

Implementing partner (if any): N/A

 

Project Location/s and number of Field Offices: Daskin Shreepur, Kaligonj Upazila at Satkhira District.

 

Project Budget: 67,37,530 BDT

 

Number of project staffs and volunteers:
 

Staff (Regular)

Paid Volunteer

Non-Paid Volunteer

M

F

M

F

M

F

4

3

   

 

Contact Person: Mohammad Akter Hossain, Project Coordinator, IWASH project

 

 

Email: akter2079@gmail.com

Cell : 01745-868965

 

Project Name : Health & Nutrition Voucher Scheme for Poor, Extreme Poor & Socially Excluded People (PEPSEP)

Doner : Europe Union

Sector : Health Sector

Area : Savar & Satkhira Municipalities.

Time Line : 1st February 2018 to 31 March 2021

Brief of activities :

Overall objective: Health and Nutrition status of urban poor is improved.

Specific objectives: 1) System established for sustainable primary health care and nutrition voucher scheme approach for the urban poor at Savar and Satkhira Municipality; 2) Increased access and utilization of comprehensive primary health and nutrition care services of 32087 urban poor of Savar and Satkhira Municipality.

Target Group: RMG (Ready Made Garments) workers, factory workers, van-rickshaw puller, daily labourer; Local Poor and Extreme Poor: fishermen, small & marginalized farmers; and Socially Excluded and Marginalized People: Dalit (Bede, Shantal, Sweeper and Potters etc.) from urban community. Total 32087 poor and extreme poor from 6417 HHs will be directly reached (35% of total poor population in 2 Municipalities).

Beneficiaries: BPL (below poverty line) populations in 2 Municipality is 91677, who will benefit from the action in the long term

Activities: Following activities are implementing through this project:

} Mapping, identification, selection, and capacity assessment of private health care facilities, Develop ToR and signing agreement

}Development of service package and standard protocols and Training Modules for voucher service management, Training of staff of scheme operator and scheme implementers

}Development of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Quality Assurance Tools and Training Module;

}Training of Service Providers on SOP and QA Tools, Formation of Quality Assurance Team (QAT) and ensure service quality assessment

}Develop advocacy strategy to enhance collaboration, coordination and sustainability of the Action and continue strategic advocacy for sustainability of Voucher Scheme

}Develop criteria for BPL identification, conduct data collection and social mapping;

}Training of field staff and community volunteers on identification of poor through social mapping, distribution of vouchers

}Development of BCC strategy and BCC materials (print and audio-visual), Training of field staff for BCC, conduct community education: court-yard meeting, distribution of BCC materials, community drama/ popular theatre, video show

}Conduct baseline and end-line survey, Develop M&E Framework and Plan, Develop Brand guideline, prepare exit plan for Sustainability.

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