Group Formation & Mobilization

Group Formation & Mobilization

SOJAG mobilizes the poor and the disadvantaged people and organize them into groups. As a first step towards greater awareness and ‘conscientization’ these groups are deemed necessary; regular group meetings are held to discuss social injustices, root causes of poverty, value of education and literacy, cooperative use of resources, etc., for their own overall development. The goal of this program […]

Agriculture Extension & Credit

Agriculture Extension & Credit

Agriculture being the foundation of Bangladesh economy and coupled with the fact that 85% of SOJAG’s target population is dependent on agriculture, SOJAG in 1999 launched Agriculture program with assistance from DANIDA. The main objectives of the program were to disseminate correct and appropriate information on crop technology, increase efficiency and effective utilization and use of agricultural inputs for maximizing […]

Micro Credit & IGP

Micro Credit & IGP

Micro Credit has been the biggest and longest on-going program of SOJAG. This has been running since 1987, initially with SOJAG’s own resources, and later with financial assistance of PKSF. A total of 35,237 individual group members of 330 villages of 28 unions under 6 upazilas have been brought under this activity. Micro Enterprise: The success of micro credit operations has […]

Education Program

Education Program

Many of SOJAG’s working areas are located in difficult-to-reach areas with communication being difficult. There areas lack facilities and institutions to cater to the needs of children for their education, mental and physical development and also not enough schools for children to go to. It must be said that parents, in general, do not deem it worthwhile to send them […]

Human Resource Development

Human Resource Development

Training is deemed essential in overall development of human beings. SOJAG has been providing training to its group members on a regular basis on modern agricultural practices, leadership, group dynamics, social analysis and root causes of poverty and empowering people for their own development. This has been an on-going activity of SOJAG since its inception and since groups were being […]

Agriculture ext & Credit

Agriculture ext & Credit

Agriculture being the foundation of Bangladesh economy and coupled with the fact that 85% of SOJAG’s target population is dependent on agriculture, SOJAG in 1999 launched Agriculture program with assistance from DANIDA. The main objectives of the program were to disseminate correct and appropriate information on crop technology, increase efficiency and effective utilization and use of agricultural inputs for maximizing […]

Health, Water & Sanitation

Health, Water & Sanitation

SOJAG’s involvement in this sector has been not been as significant as it would like to be. Despite resource constraints SOJAG is striving to provide basic and primary health services, namely, safe drinking water, sanitation and health education. Currently, with assistance from NGO Forum for Drinking Water, SOJAG is implementing intensive water and sanitation project in two unions of Dhamrai. […]

Other Programs

Other Programs

  SOCIAL FORESTRY & NURSERY In early 90s SOJAG, under the auspices of Food for Work of World Food Program (WFP), planted trees along Union Parishad roads as part of its social forestry program. More than 20,000 saplings were planted and currently more than 11,000 of them have become matured. SOJAG has also established demonstration farm on about 5 acres […]

ENRICH

ENRICH

With financial assistance and support ENRICH program is being implemented in the Shombagh union under Dhamrai Upazila since 2010. The main objective of the program is the overall development of a family. It works for the socio-economic development, health and nutrition and education of each and every family of the 21 villages under the Union. The program is being run […]

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