Nagar Daridra Basteebashir Unnayan Sangstha (NDBUS)

Dear All, EID MUBARAK Our Office is closed from today 30th September to 04 Oct, 2008 to celebrate Eid. Please accept our best wishes for a Happy Eid and convey our greetings to your family. EID MUBARAK to all NDBUS Members, Project Staff at CUS and Officials at DIG. Executive Committee Members NDBUS Dhaka Bangladesh.

With the humanitarian support of a family trust, NDBUS provided financial aid to 23 meritorious students of their members who passed 2008 SSC Examination with brilliant performance. The financial assistance will help the families to buy books in the first academic year of their college. Project Adviser Salma A. Shafi distributed the grant among the students while Honorary Chairperson of CUS Professor Nazrul Islam provided the students guiding advices for continuing the success in the future and help the family, society, nation and the world as a whole. [More detailed contents are coming.]

As a part of the capacity building support for NDBUS in Dhaka, Bangladesh CUS project team launched Computer Training programmes for NDBUS members attached to Central Committee, Korail and Rayerbazar committees. 51 persons participated in the training started from September 6, 2008. The training concluded on September 25, 2008. The training was delivered to 6 groups of participants who received 13.5 hours of training on the basic application of MS Word, Ms Excel, MS PowerPoint and Internet in 3 days. The participants were evaluated and provided with TA. The evaluation were made on the following; 1. Participants without appearing at evaluation will not be entitled to get TA. 2. Evaluation will be based on the following; a. Attendance – 10% b. Participation (During Class & Practice) – 10% c. Written – 10% d. Practical - 10% e. Viva – 10% The programme was successful with the participation of youths who mostly crossed their SSC (Secondary School Certificate) level of education and lea...

A 5-day long training was started on “Disaster Management and Mitigation” issue for Capacity Building Support of NDBUS members under URBIS program on 23rd, 25th - 28th August, 2008 from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. Training module designed and facilitated by Dr. A.Q.M. Mahbub (Prof. Dept. of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka). This training week was designed for participants of NDBUS central committee, 2 ward committees (Korail & Rayerbazar) and 2 primary committees (Korail & Rayerbazar). Total 75 members from the above mentioned committees participated in the training. Contents of this training are as follows: Concept and Definition of Disaster and Consequences of Disaster Strategies to Mitigate Disaster: New and Old Classification of Man-Made and Natural Disasters Why Bangladesh is the most Disaster affected country in the World Map -Geographical Reasons -Economic Reasons -Social & Technical Reasons -Regional and International Reasons Why Poor People suffer during D...

The Central committee members have started visiting 90 Ward Committees from 24th August, 2008 to mobilize their organization for better networking and more purposeful organizational activities. These aspects in detail are – 1. Dissemination of Changes in the Organization and Programmes plus Future Activities i. BOSC is going to be registered as NDBUS with the Government of Bangladesh ii. NDBUS is presently supported by DIG under its URBIS programme for Capacity Building of NDBUS where CUS is working as implementing partner iii. The project is progressing well Future Activities a. From October 2008 NDBUS will be shifting to their new office b. The office will coordinate with all the members of NDBUS in Dhaka c. The office will also carry on networking with other organizations in Bangladesh and abroad 2. Assessment of Present Ward Committees The Central Committee Members of NDBUS, have divided themselves into six groups to visit all 90 Wards within 6 days with the following purpo...

The Second Training Week was designed with the participants of committee members of NDBUS Central Committee and Ward Committees of Korail and Rayerbazar. The training continued for two day long session where participants were provided with the following management issues along with visit to a project site of ARBAN (an NGO) initiated housing/apartment scheme at Shah Ali Bag, Mirpur Section - 2 which is being constructed with savings of 40 members. The scheme started since 1999 with micro credit members of the NGO. § Office Administration Learning Objective: To introduce management techniques applied in office administrations in performing day to day activities of an organization. § Data Management Learning Objective: To enable participants to record data as well as search for data and includes filing of data, labeling etc. § Accounting, Tax and Relevant Laws Learning Objective : Accounting, Tax and Relevant issues enables NDBUS members to maintain daily accounts, bank accounts, ledger, ...

CUS URBIS team organized 5 days training on "Advocacy and Networking Skills" for institutional strengthening and development for NDBUS members under URBIS program on 3rd - 7th August '2008. The first training week was designed with the participants from NDBUS Central Committee, 2 Ward Committees and 2 Primary Committees. Total 75 trainees were divided into 5 groups each consisting of 15 trainees. Content of this training are as follows: What is Advocacy? Advocacy as a tool for Citizen Participation Advocacy as an Exercise of Power Advocacy as a Cumulative Process Why engage in Advocacy? 8 steps of Advocacy - Identify and Analyze the Problem, Prioritization of Causes, Analysis of Causes and Consequences- Formulate Advocacy Proposal, Criteria & Characteristics for a Proposal - Analyze the Decision-Making Space -Analyze Channels of Influence, Identification of key Actors, Classification of Actors as Allies, Undecided Persons or Opponents, Analyzing the Interests of Deci...