Nagar Daridra Basteebashir Unnayan Sangstha (NDBUS)

The Daily Bhorer Kagoj will be publishing news on the urban poor by DCC wards on weekly basis regularly on Monday in its SARA DESH page. NDBUS will contribute the information through their database and a slum mapping study carried out by CUS in 2005.

NDBUS has started its savings program for members in Zone 8 as a pilot program where community members’ ownership to the savings is created in a unique way. The business plan and operational plan has been provided to the UPPRP on 28th April by Bryan Winston who was visiting NDBUS. Bryan Winston visited NDBUS activities in Dhaka during 26-30 and presented the business plan before NDBUS EC members. After receiving the comments on the Business plan the program is shared with Mr. Richard Geier, International Project Manager.

NDBUS Partnership Development Team has formed its First CDC (Locally known as Consul Camp) in Rahamat Camp. The CDC consists of 10 Primary Groups and composed of 20 members, taking 2 persons from each primary groups. The CDC is headed by Ms Pervin as Chiarman. Other deignatories are Ms Sahera, Vice Chairman, Secretery Ms Lipi, Treasurer Ms Rosie. Mobilisation work for formation of other 9 CDCs are ongoing.

On 21st April 2010, NDBUS started its own savings program in Zone 8 of DCC, commonly known as Mirpur and Pallabi area.The savings program is a new form, devloped with the support of Development Innovations Group, that offers ownership of the community over the savings. NDBUS as an organsiation gets some percentage of service charge from the group members in terms of providing technical support to the group members. Till to date as many as 13 groups have deposited for savings and a good number of groups are in the queue. NDBUS has been rceieving support from The Dhaka Mercantile Cooperative Bank Ltd., a cooperative bank, in collecting the deposit money from the group members. The savings program is solely aimed at NDBUS members and is a pilot of NDBUS in Zone 8 area in DCC. The successful model will be replicated in other areas.