Nagar Daridra Basteebashir Unnayan Sangstha (NDBUS)

On 21st January, the URBIS Capacity Building Support Project for NDBUS arranged a briefing session about Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) with the view to make familiar to NDBUS members the activities of UPPR presently ongoing in 30 cities of Bangladesh with support from DFID. Michael Slingsby, Project Manager of UPPR delivered a short speech about UPPR project and its ongoing programmes in different districts. He explained the unique funding criteria of the project. Mr. Nazrul Islam, Town Manager Dhaka presented the activities of UPPR. Salma A. Shafi adviser of URBIS program in Dhaka conducted the briefing session. After presentation of the UPPR Team, Salma A. Shafi, Azharul Islam UNDP Coordinator and Nazrul Islam responded to questions posed by NDBUS members. They emphasised the need for secure tenure and support for strong legal actions to stop evictions without rehabilitation. The participants also asked about female participation in development works, education and ...

Certificate Awarding Ceremony for participants of 2nd quarter (November ’08 – February ’09) of NDBUS members was held on the 9th January 2009; Friday at the Centre for Urban Studies (CUS). DIG delegates along with the project team members were present at the ceremony. Members of the Executive Committee of NDBUS were also present. It was a bright and sunny winter morning. The programme was arranged at the roof top of CUS. The programme was to distribute certificates among 6 different groups of Advocacy training & 5 different groups of Basic Computer Applications training consisting of 129 trainees. The ceremony started with recitation of the national anthem. DIG delegates: Marianne Carliez, URBIS Programme Manager; Asleigh Flesher, Programme Officer, DIG; Craig Matasick, Programme Associate, DIG; were present as special guests. Salma. A. Shafi, the Project Advisor; delivered her introductory speech. Marianne Carliez, the URBIS Programme Manager remarked “NDBUS should feel proud to h...

Dear all, Wish you seasons greetings & a very Happy New Year 2009. Please accept our heartiest wishes and convey our greetings to your family members also. Happy New Year to all NDBUS Members, URBIS Project staff & DIG family. Executive Committee Members NDBUS Dhaka Bangladesh.

NDBUS celebrated the Victory Day, 2008 on Tuesday, 16th December with due respect to the Liberation War Martyrs who sacrificed their life in 1971 fighting against The Pakistani Army. The organization led by its general secretary paid homage at the National Mausoleum, Savar in the early morning. They organized various competitions like painting, essay writing and debate for children of NDBUS members at Women Voluntary Association Auditorium at Dhanmondi. The day long event was rounded up by a cultural show. The programme received full support from the Centre for Urban Studies (CUS), Dhaka. Architect Khadem Ali; Vice Chairman, Dr. Nurul Islam Nazem; General Secretary, Dr. A. Q. M. Mahbub; Member of the Executive Committee and Salma A. Shafi; Treasurer of CUS participated in various events of the day long programme. The Chairperson of the centre Professor Nazrul Islam also visited the venue during the painting session. The organization welcomed many Freedom Fighters as in vited guests dur...

48 participants in 5 groups participated in the Computer Training programme held during November 8 - December 4, 2008 as a part of the URBIS Capacity Building Support for NDBUS in Dhaka, Bangladesh in its 2nd quarter, implemented by CUS. The training was delivered to 5 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. The programme was successful with the participation of youths most of whom crossed SSC level of education and learnt the unique machine and its application features. Comments of the participants Anwar Sadat : ………“I feel proud being trained up so many things within a very short time. Before this I had no experience of using computer” Kaniz Fatema :...... “It would be better if we had been trained up for more days though it was very useful”. Tanjila Akhter : ...... “For the first time I got chance to operate computer and it was a great experience i...

CUS URBIS team organized 6 days training on “Advocacy and Networking Skills” for NDBUS members of Ward Committee Members of 02 (Polobi), 05 (Mirpur), 08 (Mirpur), 41 (Agargoan), 46 (Mohammadpur), 48 (Jigatola) on 15, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27 November ’08. Out of 90 members 85 were participated in this training session. Sessions were conducted into 6 groups; each group consists of 15 members. During the 1st half of the session trainees learned about basic advocacy tools and techniques. In the 2nd half of the training session they were divided into 3 groups (each group had 5 members) named Padma, Megna and Jamuna. In this session they were assigned to select individual topics by themselves regarding emerging issues such as Water and Sanitation Problem in Slum Areas, Education basically Child Education problem, Housing, Power Supply etc. and they made Advocacy Proposal on the selected issues based on first half’s theoretical lessons . Everyday the team leader presented their plan to the project...