Nagar Daridra Basteebashir Unnayan Sangstha (NDBUS)

NDBUS wishes all a very happy EID MUBARAK. May the Almighty blessed us all to have the lessons of Sacrifice. [NDBUS office will open on DEC 1, 2009 after eid vacation.]

NDBUS arranged a discussion meeting on savings program with their primary committee members in zone 8 of DCC which include 8 wards (ward no. 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,15). The meeting was conducted by Pallabi Thana Chairperson of NDBUS. The meeting started with presentation of data analysis by NDBUS savings coordinator Mr. A K M Saiduzzaman. The presentation was done on data collected from 122 primary committee of NDBUS in zone 8 of DCC during November 3-14, 2009 by 12 ward representative. More than 200 NDBUS members of Zone 8 were present in the meeting and exchanged their views on savings issues. All except a few members expressed their willingness for savings, after an elaborate discussion and sharing of views. Data analysis also found that only 14 members in 7 PCs were not interested. The meeting was warmly participated by the NDBUS members. NDBUS EC members, URBIS coordinator, URBIS Advisor and SOSTA Salma A Shafi was also present in the program.

From now on NDBUS and UPPRP will work in partnership to carry out the UPPRP program in a pilot community and subsequently in other communities as agreed on. An MOU has been signed on November 8, 2009 at Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction Project (www.upprbd.org) Office in Dhaka in presence of UNDP National Coordinator Mr Azhar Ali, UNDP Urban Expert Mr Ashekur Rahman, URBIS Project Adviser and SOSTA Ms Salma A. Shafi, URBIS Coordinator in Dhaka Mr Mehedi Imam. According to MOU NDBUS will be responsible to: 1.Provide information, perspectives and recommendations to UPPRP on the slum areas of Dhaka that it believes are most deserving of and can most benefit from UPPRP interventions; 2.Share its household member database information on households in the NDBUS recommended communities; 3.Collaborate with UPPRP to conduct household surveys to gather information at the individual and household levels, enhancing knowledge of community issues and conditions, and supporting impact evaluatio...

Standing from left: Momtaj Begum, Treasurer, Abdul Zabbar, Social Welfare Secretary, Abdus Sukur Talukdar, Vice President, Abdul Hamid Fakir, President, Momtaj Begum, Vice President, M A Rashid Khan, General Secretary, Sirajul Islam, Joint Secretary, Nurlul Islam, EC Member, Abul Kasem, EC Member, Humayun Kabir, EC Member. Sitting from left: Momtaj Akter Aduri, Joint Secretary, Miz Mala, EC Member, Raju Akter Mala, EC Member, Fatema Akter, EC Member, Jahanara Islam, Women and Child Secretary.

The EC members of NDBUS met altogether on 31 October 2009 at URBIS Meeting Room, CUS to review their ongoing activities according to URBIS action plan designed for month July to December 2009. The NDBUS EC finds 30 Wards have been visited and Ward and Primary committees have been trained with Advocacy and Mushroom. Their database is also completed. The members are optimistic to complete all the Wards by November 2009. The meeting was conducted by Mr. Hamid Fakir with support from Ms. Momtaj Akter Aduri.

On 22 October 2009 URBIS Capacity Building Support for NDBUS met the NDBUS EC members and concerned primary committee representatives to start the mobilisation work of the proposed NDBUS Savings and Credit Schemes. Mr Tapan K. Saha talked with the members and tried to understand existing savings practices within NDBUS. Mr. Abdul Hamid Fakir, Chairman, NDBUS, Ms Salma A. Shafi, Project Adviser and SOSTA and Mehdi Imam, URBIS Coordinator was present in the meeting. NDBUS EC members as well as the concerned ward committee members appreciated the inception of the savings design for NDBUS. They expressed their total support in providing total support to the team to make it a successful.