Housing for the Poor
Housing or shelter is one of the essential components of every citizen of Bangladesh’s three basic needs. These basic needs are food, clothes, and shelter. About 17% of the total population still now lives under the extreme poverty threshold, and most of the people do not have the minimum sheltering status of the above three issues. In terms of achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and subsequently Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), any nation will have to reach or fill up the issues mentioned earlier, irrespective of gender, race, and color in its area. It is making the issue a goal the government of Bangladesh, with NGOs’ assistance, has already started to mitigate the shortage of housing requirement at an ultra-poor level. As a part of this crucial issue of Bangladesh Government, the organization Sangram has started housing activities with the financial assistance of Bangladesh Bank in its working area, prioritizing Patuakhali, Barguna, Perojpur, and Bhola districts; as these are seriously affected by different types of natural disasters like Sidr-07, AILA, MOHASEN, etc. The housing activities of Sangram, in brief, are mentioned below:
Duration: June 2014 to on going
Area covered: Sangram working area
Donor: Bangladesh Bank
Budget (BDT in lakh): 120.00
Project Name: House Construction for the Poor. (Housing for the all)
Assisted: Fund Management Unit, Bangladesh Bank.
Implemented by: SANGRAM (Sangathita Gramunnyan Karmasuchi).
Objectives
- To enhance shelter arrangement at the poor and ultra-poor level.
- To enhance household-level resilience at a poor and ultra-poor level against different types of disaster