- Working area of SEDAD is in the district of Dhaka, Gazaipur and Shariatpur. Teaching Session on Climate Change : One of many training session for the facilitators on various climate change adaption program. In order to teach communities about the climate change, cause effect and other aspect of these natural phenomena, well trained and well knowledge facilitators are a must, a video session, participants are getting visual on how the climate change is affecting our eco system. Video sessions are followed by lecture to answer participant’s various questions. It’s more practical approach; viewers have more easy time to accept the fact, a fine strategic approach.Community consultancy : Community consultancy is a key chapter in this program, SEDAD is working with the community and community’s feedback,, community cooperation is vital to this program. Times to time various pilot programs have been implemented by consulting with the community.Field work and monitoring : A facilitator is talking with a community person, Facilitators actively do time to time survey and monitor project progress in order to have a successful project completion.Literacy and Education Program : Education is the backbone of a nation and no nation can develop without education. The current average of literacy rate of this country is about 64%, however it varies from area to area. The literacy rate amongst the poor communities, mainly living in the rural areas is much lower as compared to the effluent community living in the urban areas. Considering this problem, SEDAD has initiated Non-Formal Education program several years back. As a part of these initiatives, SEDAD and its co-operating NGOs have provided NFE to approx 2615 children and adult during the last one (1) year out of which 505 were persons with different degree of disabilities.Non–Formal Education provided to the Child beneficiaries: Except one School at Shibchar in Madaripur District, the other Schools were operated for both normal and disabled children from poor and distressed families as a part of inclusive education. One other added advantage and also obtained from this type of mixing well integration of the two distinct communities created a social harmony in the areas. In one NFE School, about 100 children and adults are admitted and one teacher is hired. The curricula include textbooks, from the Non-Formal Primary Education Department of the Govt. of Bangladesh. One session usually last from 6 to 12 months depending on the age group of children and adults and on the basis of their acceptance capabilities. Adequate emphasis was given in 2015-2016 for the improvement of quality education through regular training of teachers and close monitoring and supervision of School operation. After completion of education in the SEDAD, they got more priorities when they wanted to get admission into the normal Government Primary SchoolIGA related skill- training Activities: One of the main goals of SEDAD is to make Deaf-blind, Disabled and other distressed, destitute people as self-reliant and self sustained through provision of IGA related skill training on different IGA activities. These topics included poultry, duck and goat rearing, preparation of handicrafts, sewing by using different local products like leaf, straw, jute etc. and mats, fishing traps, flower bases etc. with bamboos. Training is also provided for vegetables, fruits and development of nurseries. Those persons who do not want to undertake skill training or who are not capable enough to undertake such training SEDAD organized some entrepreneurship development training like opening of small grocery shop, fuel selling shop, vegetable shop and selling of shopping bags etc. In these training sessions out of 3890 persons trained in the year 2015-2016, 1291 were disabled personsPeople’s Empowerment for Addressing Climate justices and Environmental Justices (PEACE)Distribution of Hogla leaf: We were able to aware the people through “people’s climate change school going female messenger team” about the bad effects of climate change and how peoples can be adapted with this environment, how they can save their life from any disaster and where they should go to protect them. By these awareness activities our beneficiaries getting the benefits and now they know about their rights, climate change and its impact on disabled person. The total direct beneficiaries were 480, indirect beneficiaries 2500 (they are including from mass media, civil society, local community). Besides, through a “Small Fishing Adaptation Project” we were able to develop people’s socio economic status and food security as they were affected by climate change hazard tremendously. The total direct beneficiaries were 20 and the project is ongoing successfully. However, we were also able to provide “Hogla Leaf” (A Mat made by Hogla plant) among poor and destitute communities in Shariatpur. Through this “Hogla Leaf” women made bed sheets/Mats and those products sold in the market for their daily livings and food security as well as climate change community adaptation. The total direct beneficiaries were 20 and the project is ongoing successfully.VICAS Awareness raising Meeting : We were able to do village team formation meeting for developing women-led village climate adaptation surveillance that is called Village Climate Adaptation Surveillance (VICAS) Team, through this team we did awareness meeting with the village women for promoting benefits of climate adaptation in rural communities. By this awareness meeting our beneficiaries are getting the benefits and now they are aware of their rights, climate change and its impact on disabled and non disabled persons. The total direct beneficiaries were 480, indirect beneficiaries 2500 (these people from mass media, civil society and local community).Small Adaptation Project : One of our major successes was in Shariatpur district in 2015. We empowered about 100 vulnerable women including Women with Disabilities WWD’s. Women were able to take control of their own life and took the matter into their own hands for any kind of abuse and injustice. Small adaptation project and capacity building (goat rearing, fish ring, chili cultivating, crops stocking and nursery), we were able to make them self sufficient and independent, besides our leadership training among the beneficiaries helped to sustain the program as well. We totally changed the communities view towards these groups of people, no longer WWD’s were looked upon as obsolete, communities are giving priorities to WWD’s for any job position, offering them help in very many ways to alleviate their sorrows. Communities are coming forward to reduce poverty by self employment for them through making linkage with local civil society organization.Group formation meeting among women group : Climate change is a vital issue for Bangladesh and it is getting worse each day. Even though it’s inevitable in Bangladesh but through the proper education, workshop, knowledge and management its impact can be prevented in very many ways. SEDAD is currently working on 2 sub district, Goshaiarhut , Vedergong and four (4) unions, Arshinagor, Dimkhali,Kodalpur an Idulpur union in a 4 years project until 2016, in different areas on climate change education, adaptation, awareness, protection, survival in the communities in many strategic ways. In order to have a successful project completion, SEDAD form many teams to work in different areas, time to time they works individually or by cooperation with another team. There are many good sides to this, each team can share their thoughts with other, can exchange good ideas or even can offer physical help when it’s necessary.Education program on climate change: Open field education session in the community to teach them the cause and effect of climate change. How the climate change is affecting in the Bangladesh in general, what are the responsibilities as an individual or as community to deal with the situation, what positive steps we can take to prevent it and all other areas.Day long workshop : One of many day long workshops to discuss various climate change issue. The workshops cover many strategic areas, including pilot program, their execution, community responsibility and duties, various survival techniques and many plan executions.Teaching Session on Climate Change : One of many training session for the facilitators on various climate change adaption program. In order to teach communities about the climate change, cause effect and other aspect of these natural phenomena, well trained and well knowledge facilitators are a must, a video session, participants are getting visual on how the climate change is affecting our eco system. Video sessions are followed by lecture to answer participant’s various questions. It’s more practical approach; viewers have more easy time to accept the fact, a fine strategic approach.Community consultancy : Community consultancy is a key chapter in this program, SEDAD is working with the community and community’s feedback,, community cooperation is vital to this program. Times to time various pilot programs have been implemented by consulting with the community.Field work and monitoring : A facilitator is talking with a community person, Facilitators actively do time to time survey and monitor project progress in order to have a successful project completion.
Programs for the Deafblind people :
Programs for the development of deaf blind implemented by
SEDAD in previous years : Now i want to state briefly the activities of SEDAD organized
for deaf blind community. SEDAD’s
mentionable activities from the year 2013 to 31th May 2018 are as follows: (1)
In the year 2013, SEDAD organized
four meetings with the parents of deaf-blind children in the district of
Shariatpur. In each meeting 20-30 (total 83) deaf-blind family members were
present in the program. This program highlights the importance of education and
equal rights of Deaf-blind children in family and society as well. In November 2013, as National and Associate Member of
WFBD in Bangladesh, SEDAD’s delegates have participated in the WFDB 4th General Assembly in Philippine which was held in TALVISTA Hotel at Tagaytay City (near Manila) from 4th
November to 12th November 2013. Executive Director of SEDAD, Md
Abdul Motaleb met with the new Executive Council Honorable Geir Jensen
(President), Sonnia Margarita, (Vice-President), Akiko Fukuda (Secretary
General) and Christer Nilsson (Treasurer).
It can be mentionable here that SEDAD has also participated in the previous
time the in WFDB conference in New Zealand (2001), Finland (2005), and Uganda (2009).
(2) In 2014, two meetings were organized as affiliation
program with the concerned government authorities of Gazipur District. They
were informed about our activities and they were also motivated for providing
all sorts of cooperation for the deaf-blind people. In July 2014, a meeting was organized with the government
authority. 10 officials of Ministry of Social Welfare including Secretary,
Director General, and other concerned official were present in the program. In
that meeting we discussed about deaf-blind people’s identification, inclusive
education, ensuring government facility, providing yearly allowance to
Deaf-blind people. In September 2014, a meeting was organized with the
Education Ministry where the Education Secretary and other 13 officials were
present in the meeting. We discussed and proposed in the meeting to provide
education in Tactile Language and inclusive education for each deaf-blind
children.
(3) In February 2015, we organized
5-day Training on leadership development and local resource mobilization in
participation with 12 Deaf-blind person. After completion of the training they
were skilled on leadership development. In Bangladesh many schools provide
facilities and inclusive support for children with a single disability, such as
blindness, physical disability or deafness.
But children with multiple disabilities or deaf-blindness are often left
out of the system and there is no resource in
our country to provide inclusive education and tactile language for
communicating to Deaf-blind children/people. To provide tactile language
facility, we initiated a new Project named ‘Program for the Deaf-blind Children
Care (PDBCC)’. Under this program we have provided tactile language training to
the family key person of deaf-blind children and 7 family members of deaf blind
children in Madaripur district were trained up on tactile language.
(4) In 2016, we organized 6 Court yard awareness
meetings on UNCRPD for the disabled people and especially for the deaf-blind
people to develop and promote the rights of disabled people and some general ideas were given to the beneficiaries to be
proficient in the tactile language. In February 2016 Disability
Rights Fund (DRF) USA organized a Seminar in Dhaka. DFID Country Coordinator,
Bangladesh govt. authority, Social Welfare Minister, Representative of
Australian High Commission, DPOs leaders and other stake holders were present
in the seamier. Executive Director of SEDAD, Md Abdul Motaleb presented a
report on Deaf-blind people’s status in Bangladesh and he also requested all
concerns to take adequate programs for their development. Asian Regional
representative of DRF Mr. Paul took the report presented by Md Abdul Motaleb as
an important document and he provided a commitment and requested to govt. and
other donor agencies for taking special care on the deaf-blind issue. In December 2016 under the Program for the Deaf Blind
Children Care (PDBCC), 5 family members of deaf-blind children in Gazipur
district received tactile language training so that they can provide
services for Deaf-blind children and adults at a greater proportion in remote
and rural areas. We have also developed a community based program that
identifies and trains local field workers and volunteers to provide support,
education and vocational services for the deaf-blind children.
(5) In June 2017, we organized
3-day training course on UNCRPD in participation with disabled and deaf-blind
people. In November 2017, we organized a
Stage Drama and 1 Colorful Rally & Discussion Meeting to raising mass
awareness about deaf-blind people. In December
2017, under Program for the Deaf Blind Children Care (PDBCC) Project 4 family
members of deaf-blind children in Shariatpur district received tactile language
training so that they could be able to provide services for deaf-blind
children. They trained up family members of deaf-blind children for their daily
living skills such as bathing, personal
hygiene and eating, mobility training such as learning to move from one place
to another safely and communication skills such as learning to ask for their
needs or expressing themselves.
(6) We have started Home Based
Care (HBC) since January 2018 with the technical support of Global Fund for Disability
and Development (GFDD), UK. We provide specialist services to the homes of
deaf-blind children through HBC. A team was formed includes I facilitator, 2
volunteers and 1 family care giver of Deaf-blind to run HBC activities. We experience that when a deaf-blind child
learns successfully in presence of his or her family, the family members are
much more likely to have positive and supportive attitudes about their child's
potential and it improves the family's ability to care for their child. In addition,
HBC often includes picnics and outings, parents' meetings, and festivals, which
bring neighbors and community together with deaf-blind children and their
families. It helps to increase people's understanding about disability, and
reduce stigma associated with it. In May 2018,
we organized
a meeting with the parents of deaf-blind children for ensuring the education and equal rights of deaf-blind
children in the family. Total
27 deaf blind family members were present in that program. We have
also a detailed Work Plan in this year for the Deaf-blind people.
It should be mentioned here that since the year 2010-2017
SEDAD support by CDP by the fund of German Bread for the world. And then it has
been working with the support of local industrial donors.
Deafblind
beneficiaries of SEDAD
: Our organization SEDAD
has total 582 Deaf-blind beneficiaries. Their age ranges are as follows;
|
Sl.
|
Age range
|
Number of deaf-blind person
|
|
01
|
7-17
Year
|
84
|
|
02
|
18-25
|
123
|
|
03
|
25-40
|
236
|
|
04
|
41
and Up
|
139
|
|
|
Total
= 582
|
SEDAD is National
and Associate Member of WFBD in Bangladesh. And as a member We have
participated previous WFBD conference in Philippine, Uganda, New Zealand and
Finland. But WFDB did not issued any
certificate or documents as proof of membership. We have surveyed in 14 district, 28 sub-district
(2 sub district in district), in 112 union (4 union in each sub district), in 560
villages. We have survey in 560 village (5 village in each union) among total
1940000 (1 lakh 94 thousand) people and revealed 582 deaf blind person (it can
be assumed the about 0.3% in Bangladesh, totaling 4,95,000 deafblind). SEDAD
has 582 deaf blind beneficiaries.
Main
Programs for Deaf-blind are implanted by SEDAD
v
Organized motivational meeting with the concerned
authorities of Bangladesh government and other stake holders.
v
Deaf-blind Survey, data collection.
v
Organizing press conference.
v
Run research on deaf-blind.
v
Awareness program for the mass people.
v
Motivation programs with Civil Society’s leader, Political
Parties and other Stake Holders.
v
Family and Caregiver Counseling.
v
Tactile communication teaching through counseling.
v
Referral service.
v
Organized Sharing meting exchanging knowledge and experience
and implement the learning for the development of Deaf-blind community in Bangladesh.
Participate in the national and international
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