Why some areas of Rangpur Division need to be the first choice place of any non-profit or charitable organization in improving the socio-economic status of Bangladesh.

While the overall poverty rate in Bangladesh has come down to 24.3%, the poverty rate in Kurigram district ranges from a low of 64% to a high of 77% in Chilmari Upazila.

We believe that it is possible to bring about socio-economic development of the whole of Bangladesh if it is possible to conduct long term activities of non-profit organizations or charities in some upazilas of some districts of Rangpur division.
Why and how?
 Today's Review Kurigram District :
 # Kurigram district is known as the most neglected and poor district of Bangladesh which consists of 9 upazilas and 4 parliamentary seats in the north-western part of Bangladesh.
 # In 1929, the father of the prolific writer Syed Shamsul Huq identified Kurigram as the poorest area in the then British Bengal.
 # Maria Jenin, a senior economist at the World Bank, said in a recent report that although there has been a historic change in the poverty situation in the east-west divisions of Bangladesh since 2010, the poverty rate has continued to rise in some districts of the Rangpur division.
 # According to the survey conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics in 2016, the poverty rate in Kurigram district is 80.4%. 
 According to the daily Prothom Alo correspondent, about 71 out of 100 people in the district are poor, unable to provide food for their families and have little access to health care, education, clothing and so on.
 # More than 4 hundred chars in Kurigram are home to 4 lakh people. According to the Department of Agricultural Extension, almost all of them depend on river and char for their livelihood.  They make a living by farming, fishing and that is why their poverty is constant.
 # The poverty line is considered on the basis of 11 specific food items on the basis of 2,122 kcal per capita daily food expenditure in the districts. The people of Kurigram district range from 71% to 77% below that poverty line.
 # Kurigram district has the highest birth rate of handicapped and disabled children due to malnutrition of mothers during pregnancy.
 # Analyzing the geographical location and communication system, it is seen that half of Chilmari, Roumari, Char Rajibpur of Kurigram district is separated from the district headquarters due to Brahmaputra river, The most backward area of ​​Bangladesh.
 # Among these, the most poverty prone area in Bangladesh is Chilmari Upazila, where the poverty rate is 77%. This Upazila lags behind in food, education, healthcare and all economic activities.
 Why is this the condition of the people of this region in terms of poverty?
# The region is considered to be one of the most disaster prone areas in Bangladesh with a livelihood dependent on agriculture and river or char, without livelihood and suitable for employment.
 # In 1974, public life became unbearable due to lack of food, clothing and shelter. There was no place to stay. People used to spend their days eating kachu, atta mari,banans thor, rice 5/6 days in a row.  There were no clothes, many were dependent on a single cloth.
 # The catastrophic floods of 1998 caused extensive damage to livestock and people, including roads. About 500 people died in various ways. The duration of this flood in this region was 3 months, which is an unprecedented event in the history of the world.
 # The people of this area did not see the face of the sun for 10 days during the cold spell of 1997,  the standard of living was severely disrupted.
 # In 1995, another catastrophic flood hit.
 # There was a terrible drizzle in 1994, which was the most talked about event of that time.
 # The people of this region are upset as they have to deal with various disasters like river erosion, flood, drought, cold wave.
 Even in the floods of 1919-20, more than one lakh people in the rest of the area including Sadar Upazila were submerged in water. Many people had to go without food due to lack of food aid.
 # Considering the poverty rate, the development allocation in this area is comparatively much less.  Even then, misuse of funds and corruption in the name of tackling manga and development are commonplace.
# There are no industrial factories for employment, not even a significant contribution to job creation. Although a workplace was started in a government effort called the National Service, its publication made headlines in corruption.  Those activities are also closed.
Basically, all these are the main causes of poverty in the region.
Is it possible to get rid of it?
   # It is possible to improve the quality of life of the poorest people in the region and in Bangladesh by adopting and implementing long-term plans to make poverty alleviation education and technical education, health care and food self-sufficient, including ensuring proper use of relief activities in every natural disaster in the region.
   Since this region is a role model of poverty for the whole world including Bangladesh, this region is a challenge for any non-profit organization.  Long-term planning, proper decision making on a small scale and honest implementation is enough to meet this challenge.  Since non-profit or charitable organizations only work for the benefit of the people, working in this area is undoubtedly important if you want to contribute to the socio-economic development of Bangladesh and a suitable place to implement long term plans and activities in some upazilas of Rangpur division.  By bringing the poverty line in line with the current context, Bangladesh will be able to play an invaluable role in socio-economic development.
 
 What are the projects or activities that can improve the quality of the poor people of Kurigram and the region - what can happen?
    1.  Provide assistance in emergencies by finding real helpless people with impartiality and honesty.
   The projects that can be run for this purpose:
   # Provide clean water and medicine including flood / cooked food to flood affected people.
   # Distribution of winter clothes among the cold ones.
   # Provide food and financial assistance to any other natural disaster including drought, manga and any epidemic including Covid 19.
   # Serve new clothes and improved food on special days for the poor, orphans, street children and lonely elderly people and organize a picnic for them one day of the year.
   2.  Ensuring the health of the poor.
   The projects that can be run for this purpose:
   # Provision of area based temporary camps, diagnosis and free medicine through formation of medical team.
   # Pregnant mother and baby care Ensure intensive care and nutritious food during childbirth.
   # Therapy center for children with disabilities, training system.  # Blood donation program.
   # Healthcare and public awareness campaigns and training workshops.
   # Installation of tube wells for hygienic sanitation and safe water.
   3. To alleviate the poverty of all extremely poor men and women, including orphans and widows, by making them self-reliant through vocational or vocational education.
   The projects that can be run for this purpose:
   # Provide sewing training, handicraft and handicraft training workshops and job creation to help widows, divorced and orphaned women become self-reliant.
   # Livestock training and distribution of cows / bulls for poverty alleviation and empowerment of women.
   # Provide financial assistance for fish farming training and fish farm projects for the financial well-being of extremely poor men and orphans.
   # Provide training on Baromasi vegetable cultivation and tree planting activities in fallow lands for income generating activities and provide fertilizers, seeds, saplings etc.
   # Establishment of schools to ensure general education and provision of scholarships to meritorious students, including technical education system aimed at increasing the educated population.
   4.  Ensuring safe living conditions for homeless or displaced people or bringing them under the "housing project".
   ুবHow can youth development and their use be used to improve the quality of the poorest people in the area?
   In order to accelerate the work of improving the living standards of the poorest people, first of all, the honest and progressive youth community in the area must be made self-reliant.  They should be prepared and introduced as volunteers in all development activities of the concerned area through team formation.  The youth volunteer team of each area will accurately determine and document the socio-economic condition of each person in the area.  They will monitor whether a beneficiary is able to make a difference in socio-economic development by utilizing the benefits they receive, and extend a helping hand to the unsuccessful person in achieving success or improving his or her worth.  They have to ensure their commitment to maintain the continuity of development in the area concerned.  In conducting these activities, their views should be taken into account and in order to create opportunities for them to come together in a specific place, small area-based libraries can be set up.
   ↗Final:
   The poor people of an area should be brought under the service of all irrespective of caste and creed and appropriate assistance should be provided to ensure the responsibility of all those engaged in development and development.  The joint efforts of a non-profit donor and the youth of the area can ensure rapid socio-economic development of the people
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