introducing shiree - june 10, 2012
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Introducing
shireeshiree – Bangla word for steps
stimulating household improvements resulting in economic empowerment
Economic Empowerment of the Poorest
Economic Empowerment of the Poorest
• EEP is a partnership between UKaid from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Bangladesh under the Rural Development & Cooperative Division, MoLGRD&C
• EEP aims to help 1 million people lift themselves out of extreme poverty and contribute to UN MDG 1
• Md Asadul Islam (Joint Secretary) – PD shiree• Colin Risner – CEO, shiree
Extreme poverty• 17.6% of our population is extremely poor*
i.e. earn less than that needed to meet just their basic food requirements; on average, that means they earn less than 42 BDT per day rural or 45 BDT urban*
~25 million people
low income linked to lack of employment, low caloric intake, no secured shelter, low literacy-rates, no access to micro finance, inadequately covered by safety nets, low community involvement and decision-making, elderly, people with disability and minority groups are the poorest disproportionately high among the extreme poor, 40% female headed compared to national average of 10%, intergenerational vulnerability, structural inequalities
*Source: Household Income & Expenditure Survey (HIES), 2010, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
shiree portfolio• Challenge fund: shiree supports 9 scale fund NGOs projects and 27
innovation fund NGO projects across the country• Scale fund: large grants to scale up existing successful projects• Innovation fund: small grants to explore creative new approaches,
technologies and processes to lift people out of extreme poverty• Advocacy, research and lesson learning: shiree generates and shares
knowledge on extreme poverty through in depth research, a dynamic change monitoring system, an interactive website, frequent inter-NGO sharing sessions and Extreme Poverty Research Group
• Number of districts covered 24• Number of households targeted 259,715
117,955 selected as of April 30, 2012
Modus operandi• Shiree is an asset-transfer programme• Shiree partner NGOs provide carefully selected beneficiaries
(bottom 5% of the population) with a means to earn a sustainable livelihood and graduate out of extreme poverty
• Asset-transfers vary from NGO to NGO, and generally include livestock, poultry, land for agriculture, ponds for aquaculture, sewing machines, shops, petty trade etc.
• NGOs also provide holistic capacity building, community mobilisation, social empowerment and nutrition components alongside the asset
Pockets of vulnerabilityHaor
Urban
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Monga
Barind tract
Costal belt
shiree partner NGOsActionAid
SKS
CNRS
IC
PUAMDO
NDP
HKI
Green Hill
Aid Comilla
ShusilianSSS, BOSS
Save the Childrenuttaran
Concern, ADD, Plan
DSK
NETZ
MJSKS
CARE PAB
GUK
CARITAS
Concern
Oxfam GB
Eco-Development
Handicap
HELPAGE
IDE
PRIP Trust
TARANGO
SR2
IR4
SR1
IR1
IR2
IR3
shiree Advocacy• Aims to expand the understanding of extreme poverty and asset
transfer programmes among development partners, GoB and other stakeholders
• Aims to improve extreme poor people’s resilience to shocks, increase the sustainability of graduation, prevent the intergenerational transfer of poverty through advocacy which links the extreme poor to external support mechanisms
• Aims to strengthen local government response to extreme poverty and sensitise national policy makers on extreme poverty
• Focuses on improving policies and practices that effect the economic empowerment of the poorest through private sector engagement
• Nutrition and gender mainstreaming are important components
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