Development Initiative for Social Change (YPSA)

Development Initiative for Social Change (DISC)

Donor: Action aid Bangladesh

Goal: To increase the responsibility & accountability of the local government by organizing Person with Disabilities and establishing their rights through ensuring demand-based services.

Objectives:

To ensure Social Rehabilitation of Person with Disabilities (PWDs).
To organize poor people (with PWDs) to enhance their empowerment. Strengthening Civil Society to enlarge the constituency in favor of poor people.
To raise the awareness of the general population on PWDs & their rights’ through a Cultural Campaign.
To improve transparency, accountability & responsiveness of the local government with increased capacity among the public representatives – especially UP female members in favor of PWDs.

Duration: 2001-2011

Location & Target Coverage:

Area Coverage				Area Coverage
Name of District	Name of Upazila/Thana	No. of union/Ward	No. of Village /Mahalla/ Para	Categories	Direct	Indirect	Total
Chittagong	Sitakund Upazilla	Sitakund Powrashava Sayedpur Baraydala Muradpur Barubkund Bansbaria Kumira Sonaishory	-9 Wards -12 Village ---12 Village ---14 Village ---13 Village ---12 Village ---10 Village ---10 Village	Male	500	1975	2575
				Female	350	2290	2640
				child	Disable- 450 Sponsor child -850	1200	2375
				Total	2150	5465	7590

Background:

With the assistance of Action Aid Bangladesh, YPSA conducted a house hold survey (1998) depicts that around 17.72 % person with disabilities lives in the Sitakund. From 1999 YPSA started to operate different community based development programs. In that time observed that People with disabilities are deprived in the society and they did not claim their rights.

Having more findings and community needs from 2001 thematically the issue of disability had been identified and DISC Program started it journey. As Sitakund Upazilla is a place with people with higher rate disability, it was decided to include this vulnerable segment of people with all development initiatives.

Activities Reports:

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
1.Right to Work (Employment)	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
1.Right to Work (Employment)	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
IGA Training for Person with disabilities	01	10	02	34	5	82
Support to Person with disabilities for small Entrepreneurship business.	00	05	00	07	00	40
Advocacy meeting with existing industries and other Companies owners for Person With Disabilities Employment.	01	30	01	35	00	08 People with disabilities are doing job
Computer Training for Young Person with disabilities from YPSA ICT centre	00	04	00	05	00	24
Received Government Safety net
Soft Loan	00	00	00	10	00	25
Disability Allowance (Bhata)	00	00	00	60	00	150
Blood Grouping	00	00	02	160	00	250
Certificate	00	00	01	91	00	195

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
2. Right to Education	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
2. Right to Education	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
Continuous Education scholarship	01	15	01	16	00	105 student
Support to admission in the school for students with disabilities.		10		11		115 children with disabilities
Campaign on Disable friendly school. (Ramp, Teachers/Students/SMC Orientation etc)	2	200	2	291	4	800
Organize a Sharing meeting and orientation with education officers and teachers	2	45	2	55	8	480

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning.
3. Women with Disability Rights	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning.
3. Women with Disability Rights	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
Income generate activities training for WWDs	01	20	01	24	4	78
Small Grant for women with disabilities	00	05	00	04	00	32
To Formulate a rights based organization by the women with disability	05	85	04	80	05	105
Training on Leadership and Human rights for women with disability organization members.	01	30	02	39	4	120
Girls Club Initiative	02	100	02	120	2	120

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning.
4. Participation in the Local Power Structure (UP) & Access to Government Facilities	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning.
	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
Support to Person with disabilities representatives to be candidate next UP election.	01	25	03	150	03	150
Announced open Yearly UP budget.	04	800	03	1062	Every Year DISC program organized Budget and Public hearing program
Public Hearing	02	400	02	500
Advocacy meeting & Workshop/Orientation with Union Parishad to involved the person with disabilities in UP Steering committee.	02	55	03	105	Local Government representative and Government officers are all most same every year meeting and workshop.

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
5. Rights to organize & Freedom	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
5. Rights to organize & Freedom	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
Organized and Support to Self-Help Org. of Person with disabilities & regular activities	40	600	45	720	45	720
Leadership Devent. Training for self-half org.	02	50	02	47	8	220
Organize an upazilla convention & formulate Upazilla Committee by the all Self-org members.	01	600	01	900	03	1000 ( All participants are Self- help- org members who are participate every year)
To organize orientation on UNCRPD along with Rights Based Approach (RBA) training for self-half org. members	02	50	02	55
To observe National and International Disability day, the World Day.	02	400	02	550

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
6 .Rights to Mobility & Accessibility	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
					# Of Event	Total Participants
Assistive device distribution	02	10	02	12	00	122
Training on Mobility and Independent living	01	22	01	25	2	40

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
7.Rights to Health service	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
7.Rights to Health service	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
Providing Primary Rehabilitation Therapy(PRT) for Person with disabilities in Center (Average in a month )	00	25	00	19	00	192
Providing Primary Rehabilitation Therapy(PRT) for Person with disabilities in field ((Average in a month )	00	15	00	32	00	140
Support to Person with disabilities & poor peoples for treatment & Surgical operation	00	10	00	09	00	106
Organized Sharing meeting & make action plan about health facilities for Person with Disable with existing upazilla health complex Task force.	01	25	01	22	03	60
To arrange Satellite clinic for children with disabilities & sponsor children, there families & poor	00	00	48	672		1205 children and 2039 people

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
8. Disaster & Disability	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
					# Of Event	Total Participants
Training on Disaster for self-half Organization members	01	25	01	29	4	126
Orientation on Disaster & Disability for Local Volunteer (Red Crescent & others Volunteers)	02	40	01	21	5	130

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
9. Rights to participate sports & cultural activities and Media	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
Organize sports & cultural competition for the Person with Disable in upazilla level & encourage them to participant in district & national level.	02	300	02	365	6	400 (All participants are participate every year)
Support to the local Youth Club on different cultural activities & sports competition.	04	200	04	130	00	00
Orientation on the Rights of Person with disabilities for Local Journalist.	01	25	01	23	02	40

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
10. Yes to Child Rights	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
10. Yes to Child Rights	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
a) Shishu Mela / Child space	06	800	06	837	(All children are participate every year)
Child space Pre-schooling	06	200	06	220	06	450
b) Guardian Meeting at child space.	36	1800	30	1800	(All children are participate every year)
Observe child rights week	01	120	01	450		every year DISC program Observe child rights week
Support to Sponsorship children for education	00	05	00	05		35 sponsor child
Educational materials for sponsor children	00	500	00	420		Every year DISC provide Educational materials for sponsor child

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
11. Sponsor ship	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
11. Sponsor ship	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
Total sponsor child	00	397	00	397		Every times same person
New Child History and Photo collection		550		550		550
Update Child History and Photo collection		397		397		397
Child massage collection-	00	397	00	397		Every times same person
Dropout sponsor child	00	58	00	78		185
Sponsorship related orientation	02	50	03	65		---
Educational Support to Sponsor children	00	400	00	400		Every year DISC provide Educational materials for sponsor child
Community Sensitization & Sponsorship PPRP	04	100	04	116
Community Journalist Group Meeting	04	15	04	52		Every times same person
Community Journalist Group Training / Workshop	01	15	01	14

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
12. REFLECT	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
12. REFLECT	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
# of REFLECT	06	75	07	105	10	150
# Meeting with Guardian and Community	10	150	30	450	50	750
# of Refreshers	04	10	03	10	10	10

Major Activities	Target 09-10		Achievement 09-10		Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
13. Jonokendra	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	Cumulative Achievement from the beginning
13. Jonokendra	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants	# Of Event	Total Participants
# of Jonokendra	02	150	02	220		DO
# of Day Observation	02	200	06	400		Every Year observe
# IGA Training	00	00	02	33	6	106
# of removing domestic violence meeting	00	00.	02	00
# of Meeting	12	150	08	170		DO Every Year

Future plan:

YPSA believes that every People have equal rights on the society. To ensuring their rights this year’s DISC implement priority based previous year on going some activities and including new following these program: Provide Income Generate Training from YPSA and different institution for their self employment. Support loan for small Entrepreneurship business. Support to admission in the School for 20 Student with disabilities and Support educational materials 850 sponsor children. Support to2 girls Club for different initiatives. Support to Person with disabilities representatives & women to be candidate next UP election. Support to Self-Help Org. of Person with disabilities for their regular activities (45 SHO's) and formulate new SHO's. Afford different kinds of 4 orientation and training for increasing disable people leadership. Organize an upazilla convention by the all Self-org members & form a new upazilla committee Give Primary rehabilitation therapy. Support for surgical treatment. REFLECT & Disability Circles implementations. Organize sports & cultural competition for the Person with Disable in upzilla, district & national level. Support to the Sitakund community journalist group. YPSA hopes that without barriers if we implement these activities this year then Person with disabilities is to be committed to ensuring their rights.

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