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Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation is a non-governmental, non-profit and non-
partisan voluntary organization situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We have been working in
the field of Health & Sanitation (Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS/STDs/STI prevention,
Brest cancer awareness), Gender discrimination, Adolescent Girls Empowerment (AGE),
Non- Formal Education (for Disadvantage/poor people), Disable rights, arsenic
mitigation, Environmental issues & Ecosan, Sustainable Development, Leadership
Development Program and various training programs etc. since its inception in 2002.
Vision:
We want to develop a society that is materially optimum, socially equitable, ecologically
sound and joyful to live in.
Mission:
Our mission is to help disadvantaged people to identify and solve their own problems
and realize their potentiality.
Objectives:
- To create awareness within target groups about their present social and economic
condition.
- To inspire cooperative efforts within the target groups in mobilizing resources toward
creating a self-reliant community. Rainbow Foundation thus, tries to ensure the
participation of the poor people in the programs.
- To eradicate illiteracy and unemployment through technology-based functional and
non-formal education;
- To promote reproductive health education services (especially concerning STDs/STI,
HIV/AIDS).
- To promote environmental sanitation (Ecosan) and waste water management.
Legal Status:
E-mail: Rainbowngo@gmail.com
Web: www.newsletter.com.bd
Tel: 880-2-8628908,
Mobile: 88-01711344997
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Organogram
Board of Director
M & E Officer
Training Officer
Program Officer
Trainer
Peon-cum-Security
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List of Executive Board Member:
02. Mr. Anirudha Vice- Green Dale, Flat # 3C, 30-09- M MA Social
Alam Chairman House # 13, Road # 10, 1972 Worker
Block # C, Section # 6,
Pallabi, Mirpur,
Dhaka-1216
03. Mohammad Executive 24/3 M. C. Roy Lane 29-10- M MSS Social
Khairul Alam Director Dhaka- 1211 1970 Worker
04. Miss. Nurun Assit. 1/1 M. C. Roy Lane 19-05- F HSC Social
Naher. General Dhaka- 1211 1978 Worker
Secretary
05. Mr. Kazi Md. Executive 37/1Ka Gonocktuly 01-01- M MA Social
Jahirul Haque Member Lane, Dhaka-1205 1972 Worker
07. Miss. Nazia Nony Executive 25/2 M. C. Roy Lane 06-04- F BSS Social
Member Dhaka- 1211 1986 Worker
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Organization Values and Principles
1. Honesty
2. Transparency and Accountability
3. Mutual respect
4. Creativity
5. Gender sensitiveness
6. Cost efficiency
7. Participation
8. Solidarity
Guiding Principles:
Programs:
For the past 3 years we have been working in the field of:
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Member/ partner/ donor of
PMNCH The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health hosted by
the World Health Organization (Switzerland)
Global Found for Women (GFW), USA
BCC Network, Bangladesh
NYC STOP Human Trafficking, USA
International Journalists’ Network, USA
Changemakers, USA
Asian Harm Reduction Network, Thailand
Solution Exchange, India
Wiser Earth, UK
The Developer's Network (DevNetwork Forums), USA
World Wildlife Fund, USA
WINGS, USA
Sight savers International, USA
Bangladesh Social Network,
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), USA
American Foundation for the Blind
Krityanand UNESCO Club, Jamshedpur, India
Bangladesh ECD Network, BRAC, Bangladesh
Naripokha, Bangladesh
Church World Service community (CWSC), USA
Voyagers world
Take Part Social Action Network, USA
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, USA
K4 Htalth, Knowledge for Health, USA
FX Network
blurtit
UNYK, UK
FBO, USA
National Partnership for Women & Families, USA
Family Care International, USA
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Activities
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HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAM:
Observing the devastation of HIV|AIDS worldwide Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan
Foundation has been inaugurating its activates and spreading awareness of HIV/AIDS
since 2005. From starting it upholds the vulnerability of HIV/AIDS nationally and
internationally by advancing its social warning with a view to spread awareness among
the prostitutes on the vulnerability of HIV|AIDS. Its first project was implemented in
Goalando Brothel, and later we started in Dhaka city with the financial support of the
Global Fund for Women, USA. The purpose
of the project was to reduce the
vulnerability of STI/HIV/AIDS among the
target beneficiaries especially the youth,
street children, youth /adolescent students,
domestic workers, transport workers
(drivers and helpers of truck, bus and
tempo), hotel/restaurant workers,
commercial sex workers, industry workers,
professional blood donors, injecting drug
users etc. The objectives of the project is to
create a vast awareness on the knowledge
on HIV|AIDS. So with this view to initiated
peer Education, Referral of STI patients to
clinic, counseling, condom promotion and awareness building to improve awareness
scenario, understanding and knowledge of the target populations about prevention of
HIV/AIDS by taking preventive initiatives and awareness raising programs.
Beside these to give more emphasis on HIV/AIDS among the all kinds of people it
spreads its activities by giving entertainment so during this period, Rainbow Nari O
Shishu Kallyan Foundation produced several animated cartoons, songs, banners etc.
These BCC materials provided with the necessary information about HIV/AIDS to both
literate and illiterate people. About 1500
people, basically the youth, adolescents,
transport workers (drivers and helpers of bus,
track, and tempo), injecting drug users, sex
workers, call girls, NGO workers or staff,
factory workers, vulnerable youth and women
groups, and MSM received awareness training
on HIV/AIDS, STI/STDs, and its protective
means alongside gaining knowledge on
reproductive health, sexual health, primary
health care etc. In the aftermath of such
trainings target groups are being more
conscious about HIV/AIDS & also about sexual health, reproductive health, primary
health care etc. These trainings will help these people to disseminate their knowledge
among their family members and neighborhood and make them aware about HIV/AIDS,
STI/STDs & different social issues. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation organized
2 district level workshops/seminars, 8 action researches among sex workers and their
clients (Goalanda brothel, Mymensingh brothel, Residence Sex Workers, Floating Sex
Workers), 10 grassroots-level workshops, 10 awareness programs for NGO workers,
hundreds of community meetings, hundreds of courtyard meetings, 2 rallies on
HIV/AIDS awareness and over 500 home campaign on HIV/AIDS and STI/STDs.
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MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH CARE INTERVENTIONS:
The connections of HIV/AIDS with humanitarian crisis are establishing a great problem
for all over the world. So motivation, awareness raising and dissemination of knowledge
through different means and media are the most important activities under the program
to improve the overall health status of the target people.
Women are disproportional infected with HIV/AIDS
for biological, social, economic reasons. Heterosexual
and vertical transmission of the virus has resulted in
its wide distribution in the general population in
sexually active adults and adolescents so with a view
to make the vulnerable group conscious about health
related issues, awareness activities were carried out
on personal hygiene practice, dehydration &
importance of ORS, Antenatal Care (ANC), Post Natal
Care (PNC), delivery care, health & nutrition, family planning, water & sanitation,
immunization, etc. The staff of the program organized small and large scale of group
meetings, conducted household visits, displayed video films and arranged audio folk
songs to create awareness & motivation among the target people. Several Behavioral
Change Communication (BCC) materials like posters, leaflets, flipcharts, stickers etc.
were mainly used for different promotional activities.
To achieve the objectives under Maternal Health Care program, Rainbow Nari O Shishu
Kallyan Foundation started providing several trainings for its target groups.
Motivation, awareness raising and dissemination of knowledge
through different means and media are the most important
software activities under the program to improve the overall
health status of the target people. The software supports
comprise all the services, which lead to sustainable behavioral
change. Keeping this in mind, awareness raising acts on health
related issues within the community people have been
emphasized at as one of the most important parts throughout
the reporting period.
Among many health related issues, awareness activities were carried out on personal
hygiene practice, dehydration & importance of ORS, Antenatal Care (ANC), Post Natal
Care (PNC), delivery care, health & nutrition, family planning, water & sanitation,
immunization, etc.
The program staff organized small and large level group
meetings, conducted household visits, displayed video films and
arranged audio folk songs to send a message to raise awareness
among the target people and motivate them. Several Behavioral
Change Communication (BCC) materials like posters, leaflets,
flipcharts, stickers etc. were mainly used for different
promotional activities.
To achieve the objectives under Maternal Health Care program,
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation is now providing
several trainings among its target groups.
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FAMILY PLANNING INTERVENTIONS:
With view to reduce over population from
Bangladesh Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan
foundation emphasis on family planning as it is
one of the most important and vital
components of health program. The staff put
their earnest efforts to raise awareness about
the benefits of having a small family and to
increase the percentage of users of family
planning devices through motivation.
Therefore, the program staff provided trainings
on how to use contraceptives and distributed
the materials (in a small scale) among the
fertile couples within the target groups. Such training campaign has got a momentum as
well as popularity in the project domain.
EDUCATION PROGRAM:
Bangladesh is a being a poor country here illiteracy is considered as a curse of getting
development. So education is necessary for human and social development and it is a
basic human right. Unfortunately, the people of our country are still suffering from the
curse of illiteracy. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation believes that as soon as
the people of our country will ascend on the educational ladder, economic and political
stability will be restored and; as a consequence, a just society will be established.
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation upholds
emphasis on Basic Education (BE) comprising
functional education, literacy, post literacy/continuous
education, livelihood development, life skill
development, adult education, early childhood
education, human resource development and so on for
keeping its target groups (disadvantaged and poorest
people especially women and children) on the right
track towards sustainable future. So it stared its function to spread the light of education
among the illiterate people. Internalizing the fact, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan
Foundation started its Education Program back in 1996 through providing need-based
education to the community people catering to them. Our education
programs/projects/courses are designed to provide literacy and numeric along with
general knowledge, skills and values to the target groups through constructive and basic
education. The activities under Education Program includes about 20 general social
issues, such as nutrition, environment,
pollution issues, basic business management,
child care, prevention of communicable
common diseases, health and hygienic,
balance diet, family planning, HIV/AIDS/STDs
prevention, personal health care, leadership
development etc. It contains Community
Demand Driven (CDD) and problem solving
holistic approach. The BE classes have proved
to be an excellent forum for group
information and motivation.
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Since 1996 under education program, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has
been conducting and organizing institutional development program making the
disadvantaged people organized through group formation that they can be able to
achieve necessary life skills and develop leadership within effective and comprehensive
interaction. For example, through its three adult education centers in urban areas of
Dhaka City, about three hundred illiterate beneficiaries are getting the opportunities to
take complete livelihood development oriented education in every shift. Rainbow Nari O
Shishu Kallyan Foundation offered an opportunity for education to the adolescent girls
from the poor and landless families within the program intervention areas who either
have never been enrolled in a formal school or have been dropped out due to extreme
poverty as well.
Recently, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation launched its primary education
program called Basic Education for Working Adolescents and Street Children (BEWASC)
to provide access to the working children with basic rights to primary education,
especially who do not have the family support or whose families are dysfunctional. So
far, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has established two BEWASC schools
with the funding from dedicated individuals from the community and through the
organizations own fund as a pilot project.
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Women have less access to get information and
education so they are less able to get information
and response to the disease. Bangladeshi women
especially in the rural part have a poor knowledge on
HIV/AIDS and its transmission and prevention. In
many developing countries where diagnostics
facilities may be minimal, epidemiologists employ a
case defection based on the presence of various
clinical symptoms associated wit immune
deficiencies and the exclusion of other known causes of immune suppression such as
cancer, or mal-nutrition under the under the integrated support services on health and
nutrition paramedics, one Program Officer (PO) trained in nutrition, food processing and
general health, two Assistant Program Officers (APO) trained in health, nutrition and
non-formal primary education, were involved with Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan
Foundation in the project.
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Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation puts fundamental importance in combating
all forms of sexual abuse on children and any such exploitation. The organization’s
awareness activities have an essential role to play in protecting children from sexual
abuse and exploitation. They are ideally placed to disseminate knowledge, encourage
child protection practice amongst the individual members from families. The Rainbow
Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has been active in initiating to look at child protection
issues. The following are some of the initiatives that have been undertaken in this work
area. Need of childcare, gender education, parental awareness and dissemination of
information against sexual abuse are the basic tools of the program.
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areas and are usually kept apart from men other than their family. Here the men
dominate women in both rural and urban areas, regardless of their class identity.
Gender awareness and women’s legal right activities under Rainbow Nari O Shishu
Kallyan Foundation are initiated with the objectives of increasing social awareness on
gender related issues and to extend the legal supports to its target beneficiaries to
establish women's legal rights for eliminating all types of discrimination against women.
The economic, gender discrimination, social and physical right imbalance between men
and women contribute to the luck of safety in sexual relationships and the difficulty for
many women in negotiating safer sex. The right differentiates between men and women.
Compounded by age differences, subordination in education, employment, social and
legal status makes women more vulnerable to any infections. Women who have limited
access to financial resources are more likely to become economically dependent on men,
relegated to the subsistence sectors or forces into commercial sex works.
The objective of this project is to establish gender equality, women human rights and
local level good governance involving local people. They were imparted series orientation
and training to work on the 6 issues: Increase Birth Registration, Increase Marriage
Registration, Protect Early Marriage, Protect Violence against Women, Reduce Family
Violence, Increase Women Participation in decision making process. All these activities
contributed to women empowerment and protection family violence and violence against
women as a whole.
Good governance is necessary to keep balance in gender equality, rights, health and
nutrition etc. if it is possible to scale all women and men with same consideration then it
must be possible to eradicate the gender discrimination from our society. Imbalance
attitude towards women must lower their latin skill to bloom. So it is necessary to have
good governess in every sector. We have to look and keep consideration on women legal
rights; they should not be deprived from the advantages that come out from our society,
country and from the world. So we should maintain good governess to keep balance
status of a nation.
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or house of their own and who have to live from hand to mouth and are far away from
getting any credit support are covered under the initiative.
Our organization undertakes various income-generating activities to assist the extreme
poor. Moreover, we provide them with motivation skill
development training so that they can become self-
employed. These activities include cottage industry
based on indigenous materials (e.g. bamboo or
bamboo cane, hogla, cane, mat etc.), livestock and
poultry rearing, tailoring, nursery business, small
shops to sell retail products and other feasible
activities.
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DISABLES’ AWARENESS AND REHABILITATION:
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has been
running a development and awareness program for
the disables with the technical partner Nobo Anquer
Shomaj Kallyan Shansta, also with the help of APEX
Bangladesh. Through this program, we are helping
people to change their negative attitude to the disable
people, especially the children. With a view that they
are not burden to our society, we are sponsoring some
disable children to go to school to continue their
education to earn their worth to the society. The
organization distributed wheelchair, schoolbags,
instrument boxes, pencils and notebooks, color pencils
and brushes; rubbers etc. among the 10 disable
students.
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ADOLESCENT GIRLS PROGRAM:
In Bangladesh particularly in rural and urban slum area adolescent girls are the most
deprived group of all. They are deprived of education, human rights, family and legal
security. They are neglected and sometimes ostracized, despite being productive
members of society with great future potential. During adolescence girls become a social
burden of their parents even while they accomplish many manual responsibilities in poor
families. To add some additional earnings for the family, adolescent girls work as
maidservants where they are poorly paid and bitterly treated.
After their marriage, the adolescents bad and un-
livable life fraught with torture, desertion and divorce.
Due to dowry system and having no literacy and
knowledge of legal rights, the yield to the cruelties of
their husband’s family in the most cases. Thus their
wedlock becomes a dead lock by napping their lives in
the bud. Being fully aware of the problems. Rainbow
has taken up the initiative for the well being of poor
adolescent girls through launching a adolescents
advancement program of adolescent girls training’s
where life based education is a vital component.
The purpose of this training is to make the adolescent girls aware of social exploitation,
reproductive health, gender awareness, STDs/STI, HIV/AIDS, legal rights, concepts of
family development, hygienic sanitation, arsenic pollution, clean water, leadership
development, health, nutrition, mother care before and after pregnancy, family
planning, concept of marriage, early marriage and its demerits, importance of marriage
registration, divorce and ways and means to check divorce, the persecution of women
and law against it, child abuse, concept of family court. Role of adolescent girls in the
family their participation in development activities. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan
Foundation has been running adolescent girls development program since 2007.
EID GIFT:
Every year we celebrate Eid with poor people. We give Eid gift to the poor people.
Getting the fun from Qatar Charity we contributed Zakat, food, clothes, warm clothes to
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the destitute people. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan foundation is a social organization
and its main aim to work for the society to make it free from obstacles.
EID-UL-AZHA:
During Eid-ul-azha we held several program to
distribute beef, mutton among the poor people.
We get help from Qatar Charity fund to share the
Eid with destitute people. Poor people come from
different places to have the gift of Eid-ul-azha.
We try to be cordial with the helpless people as
our main aim is to spread the ray of happiness
among the all kinds of people inhabiting in our
society.
IFTAAR PROGRAM:
Bangladesh as Muslim country, here people are
religious minded. People like to keep fist during
Ramadan. To spread the light of religion among the
people Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan foundation held
Iftaar party for inspiring the people to keep fast and
the necessary and impotence of Ramadan. It also tries
to abolish the misconception of Islam among the
superstitious people by holding Iftaar party and
analyzing the importance of Ramadan.
FOOD DISTRIBUTION:
Flood, cyclone, famine are the natural disaster in
Bangladesh. Every year the people of our country
faces food crisis for natural disaster. Rainbow Nari O
Shishu Kallyan foundation stands Bangladesh beside
the affected people by providing food, shelter,
rehabilitation etc.
FOOD ADULTERATION:
Food adulteration is heinous crime. It creates a lot of problem among the society. To eat
the poisonous food children, adult all are entangle within food adulteration. Now a days
food adulteration is becoming a tension corrupt trader mix adulteration even in children
food like Melamine. So to create awareness against awareness food adulteration
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation held seminar, procession, campaign with the
businessmen, buyer, customer, consumer etc with the association of UNIDO’s technical
support we continue this program.
PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Promotional activities are carried out for awareness building and motivating the
community people towards changing their behavioral attitude regarding health,
nutrition, WatSan, personal hygiene practices etc. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan
Foundation implements the promotional activities at the community level with the aid of
IEC/BCC activities and materials.
A notable number of promotional activities
are facilitated for the target beneficiaries
and community people. The activities
include production of IEC/BCC materials
(printed materials, audio-video materials,
etc.), conducting courtyard meetings,
counseling, organizing rallies along with
mike announcing, displaying film shows and
animated cartoons, folk songs containing
message, small and large group discussion
meetings, seminars, workshops, meetings
at different forums, doorstep visits etc.
To activate all the development programs, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation
has a well-equipped communication material development cell coupled with a team of
skilled personnel.
Adding to these, to make aware and motivate the people, Rainbow Nari O Shishu
Kallyan Foundation has been developing and using communication materials on dowry,
acid crime and HIV/AIDS which have been pasted throughout the year on the back of
the rickshaws containing different messages and pictures about the dreadfulness of
HIV/AIDS and dowry. In fact, we always encourage people to leave smoking by anti-
smoking campaign and create mass awareness through anti-trafficking campaign.
ANTI-TRAFFICKING MOVEMENT:
Bangladeshi girls and women are trafficked to India in maximum number by the several
district of Bangladesh such as Kustia, Jessore, Rajshahnd even from other districts. As
this country is one of the victim countries for internationally trafficked persons primarily
women, girls and children.
Trafficking in young women and
children are matter of great concern
all over the world. Several thousand
women and girls are trafficked
annually from Bangladesh for the
purpose of sexual exploitation,
primarily to India, Pakistan, and the
Middle East. Most trafficking girls
and women are sexually abused;
often they also experience other
forms of physical and psychological
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brutality. They are in high risk of being infected with STD's including HIV/AIDS and they
are by the surrounding society seen upon as unchaste and lowest ranked group in the
society. One of our surveys at Goalondo brothel under Rajbari district in Bangladesh
found out that almost 53% of sex workers enter the profession before the age of 20
years, and 30% do so between 20 to 25 years of age, and some of them get into this
profession through deceptions of the traffickers. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan
Foundation started Anti Trafficking movement on 2006. In this long run, we have been
able to bring in several organizations in Anti-trafficking movements, through our
comprehensive training.
Bangladesh is one of them victim countries for international trafficking, primarily the
women, girls and children. Several thousand women and girls are trafficked annually
from Bangladesh for the purpose of sexual exploitation, primarily to India, Pakistan, and
the Middle East. Most trafficking girls and women are sexually abused; often they also
experience other forms of physical and psychological violence. They are in high risk of
becoming infected with STD's including HIV/AIDS and they are by the surrounding
society seen upon as non-pure and considered among the lowest ranked in the society.
Alongside extreme limit of poverty, gender inequality plays a vital role too behind all
these; also frustration and risky behavior cause a major damage behind the scene. The
link between poverty and gender inequality helps the decline of the socio-economic
progress. This link creates several anti-social and fatal issues too; such as, trafficking for
prostitution, selling of sex for livelihood, breaking down of family norms to create
frustration and driven drug point etc.
It is not just the problem of girls; even little boys and women are victimized to
trafficking to countries like India. They are trafficked even within Bangladesh, often from
the villages to the major metropolis areas with the promise of work opportunity and a
better life. These little boys and girls are then forcefully involved in physical labor at rich
households, child labor, pick pocketing, illegal drug selling, criminal activities, thieving,
commercial sexual selling and many other unfair jobs etc. India is one of the major
markets for trafficking as people from most of the countries are trafficked here.
Bangladesh is a big market where from these victims are trafficked.
Bangladeshi girls and women are trafficked to India in maximum number from these
districts of Bangladesh- Kushtia, Jessore, Rajshahi and also from other districts. India
shares 4,222 kilometers of border with 28 districts of Bangladesh, most of which are
open with rivers running across. So, Bangladeshi trafficking groups have been able to
build up powerful bases in the border districts of India in West Bengal and Assam, to the
north and west, and these have now become favorite transit points of trafficked women.
One of our surveys at Goalondo brothel under Rajbari district in Bangladesh, it has been
found out that almost 53% of sex workers enter the profession before the age of 20
years, and 30% do so between 20 to 25 years of age, and some of them get into this
profession through deceptions of the traffickers. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan
Foundation started Anti Trafficking movement on 2006. In this long run, we have been
able to include ten organizations in these activities. By mid 2007, our team of experts
trained Anti-trafficking actions among some NGOs working in the border areas.
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knowledge and enhancement of people’s creativity and productivity through mass
campaign. The concept has an extreme positive significance where a real change could
be initiated by orchestrating joint efforts against the alarming health & education
situation. To face the serious alarming scenario in health, education and some other
areas, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation realized that the standard of living
could be raised through an overall improvement of socio-economic and demographic
conditions by undertaking an integrated social mobilization program with components of
information (providing), health and basic education as the major components.
To promote and improve the socio-economic status and demographic conditions,
promotional activities have been facilitated in the intervention areas through different
forums. Young men in impoverished communities have many needs. Sometimes the only
means of income available involves strenuous manual labor, low job security and little or
no control over working conditions. Though such type of work may not have a risk of
HIV infection in itself, but can lead to intense frustration. The lack of personal
satisfaction may turn into adopting escapist behaviors like excessive drinking, taking
drugs or sexual association with prostitutes/sex workers and so on. Therefore, the youth
groups of the society fall easy victims to HIV infection. With this understanding, Rainbow
Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation promotes sex education targeting the vulnerable
youths and women through different communication materials and thought provoking
activities.
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation believes that the focus on HIV/AIDS and
other general & reproductive health issues must be expanded to the youth groups. But it
has been observed that resources and attention are limited to protect young women
from falling victims to HIV infection. This point is correlated with women's rights and
reproductive health. Before adopting any approach for preventing HIV/AIDS, it should be
acknowledged that young women are far more vulnerable than young men in this
regard. Therefore, initiatives have been taken for raising awareness and highlighting the
means those perpetuate the power relations in different societies and cultures to exploit
the disadvantaged women at all levels. The endeavors are still being put in to eradicate
the violence against women.
It should be admitted that still the women in our country have less opportunity, lower
status and less access to any skill development training and resources and hence
perpetuate their lower socio-economic status. The women are the main sufferers of
trafficking, victims of sexual violence and pervasive illiteracy. Their representation in
different forums is insignificant which also leads to a weak voice from them when it
comes to decision-making.
All these facts and findings urged Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation to empower
women and to prevent and control HIV/AIDS. We provide services to women vulnerable
to HIV infection, especially those aged 15-40 years. This includes women working as
low-paid industrial or house workers and women living in slum areas. Services include
Behavior Change Communication strategies on HIV and sexually transmitted diseases,
condom promotion, referral to reproductive health services, advocacy to local officials
and agencies and; linkages with other development and HIV prevention activities. Now
these women are becoming aware of these sensitive issues and trying to protect
themselves from being forced against any sort of sexual violence or any chance afflicted
with HIV/AIDS. They also have started taking up their own responsibilities and their own
choices for their lives.
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OTHER INTERVENTIONS:
For awareness building, a total of 4 animated films were showed and 1 audio song was
played at the community level with the participation of a huge number of community
people. Moreover, several rallies, campaigns on health related issues were held and
National Immunization Days (NID) was also observed by Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan
Foundation through organizing rallies along with mike announcing and banner display
with the participation of mothers and children of the target areas. Apart from these, we
regularly organize yard meetings, which emphasizes on the target people to be more
aware about the mothers’ health and nutrition.
E-mail: Rainbowngo@gmail.com
Web: www.newsletter.com.bd
Tel: 880-2-8628908,
Mobile: 88-01711344997
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CASE REPORTS
(In the language of the girls/women interviewed)
Case study – 1:
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Case study – 2:
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Case study – 3:
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Activities in pictures:
Solidarity convention (One-to-One session) between peer leader & target groups (Residence
sex worker)
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