ISDE Bangladesh: Human Chan Demanding to Stop Land grafting at CHT areas of Bangladesh under ADB Supported projects!

Monday, June 10, 2013

Human Chan Demanding to Stop Land grafting at CHT areas of Bangladesh under ADB Supported projects!

Human Chan Demanding to Stop Land grafting at CHT areas of Bangladesh under ADB Supported projects

In the name of development projects and infrastructure and rural development under the ADB funded projects in Chittagong Hill Tracts areas speakers demanding to stop land grafting of indigenous peoples. Last 13 April 2013 these were stayed at mass gathering and human chain was organized by ISDE Bangladesh and NGO Forum on ADB at Chittagong Press Club Premises.

a view of human chain at Chittagong

Mr. S M Nazer Hossain Executive Director of ISDE Bangladesh was presided over the meeting while solidarity was express by renown journalist and President Chittagong Social Entrepreneur Council M Nasirul Hoque, District Public Prosecutor Advocate Abul Hashem, Councilor Chittagong City Corportaion Anzuman Ara Begume, Central Vice President of Bangladesh Teacher Association Abdul Wahab Chowdury, CRCD Executive Director Kazi Iqbal Bahar Sabery, Secretary Chittagong Social Entrepreneur Council Ajoy Mitra Sanku, Women activist Advocate Kallyani Dev Chowdhury, Dipika Barua, Abida Azad, Rukasana Akhtarunnabi, Sharif Chowhan, BNPS, Dr. Sayed Didarul Monir Rubel, Nirmol Foundation, Khairuunahr BITA, Nasreen Sultana, BBF, Imam Hossain Chowdhury, NOWZOAN, Sowrab Barua, Sangsptak, Alhaj Abdul Manann, CAB Boalkhali, Haji Iqbal Ali Akbar, CAB Bandar, Haroon Gafur Bhuyan, Trinamul Federation, Fazlul gani Mahmud, CAB Chittagong, Anchal Chowdhury, Bangladesh Taechers Association CTG Regional Committee, Cultural activists Abdul halim Dobash, Deluwar Hossaion, Proshika also take part the discussion.

Women activist Khairunnar is addressing the gathering

The speakers criticized the international donors community to become a testing laboratory for their various development models. Without any demand and consent from community they are undertaking various projects which not required or any justification in Bangladesh contest. Most of the projects are prescribed by the World Bank, IMF, ADB and multinational donors ‍and their prescriptions. Peoples demand and concern fully ignored in the planning and preparation of any projects. As a result there is no community participation in the development projects and it cannot bring any positive changes in livelihoods. Speakers also condemn for allocating more money for consultancy work in the project budget. They said most of the fund used for consultancy services which is not justified and it is not healthy for any country.

a view of human chain and participants

Speakers also demanding transparency and accountability of the World Bank, IMF, ADB and other multinational donors funded projects and ensure grassroots level transparency and ensure participation of local community in project implementation. They also demanding to encourage local initiatives and enact separate procurement policy for NGOs and nonprofit sector in Bangladesh.

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Integrated Social Development Effort (ISDE) Bangladesh is a local non-governmental, non-political, non-religious, voluntary, social development organization working in the southeastern part of Bangladesh, including Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Rangamati, Kagrachari and Bandarban hill districts. ISDE Bangladesh was established in 1992, with the initiation of some like-minded social workers to serve the socio economically depressed & backward groups in the southeastern part of Bangladesh. It seeks to create self-sustaining rural communities through process of battling against rural drawback and the social economic energizing of the poor; such a process involves a number of suitable social and economic activities. ISDE Bangladesh is instrument in assisting the poor in working for their own developments instead of being the passive receive of it. It works in the identified rural and urban areas targeting sustainable social change that will contribute in ensuring a better life for the vulnerable people, with special emphasize to women and children. ISDE Bangladesh works adopting the target group development approach and most of the groups are associated with women members. It implements its all activities targeting on purpose to protect rights of the target women and children. It continues its all efforts to ISDE Bangladesh’s commitment through mainstreaming gender in a participatory development process. It collaborates with different local, national and international NGO’s and Government Departments in realizing their common goal of women empowerment, human rights, gender, environment, and education, rural and urban development. It envisages a society with improved environment human dignity and security. Its mission is guided by people’s aspirations that significantly contributes in changing the existing socio-economic status of target groups; facilitate the need-based services focusing to reducing gender discrimination and improving environmental status that will yield poverty reduced better life by enhancing people's capacities, initiatives and commitment followed by the principles of human rights, governance, gender and equity. Strengthen effective people’s participation at all stages of program designing, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation harnessing local and external resources that will contribute greatly in sustainable social change. ISDE Bangladesh works in line with Target Group Approach as well as Community Approach followed by the principles of human rights, good governance, gender sensitivity, equity and participation targeting poverty reduction. It gives equal emphasis to ISDE Bangladesh scheduled castes and ethnic groups as target groups. ISDE Bangladesh grew to its present level by responding to the needs of the people. From 1993 ISDE started moving to a more exhaustive approach with resources and financial assistance from a number of development partners. ISDE Bangladesh has been gradually expanding its activities in more remote and neglected areas of the country.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Human Chan Demanding to Stop Land grafting at CHT areas of Bangladesh under ADB Supported projects!

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