Flood victims get sacrificial meat in Gaibandha
The Daily Observe-15th August
A total of 2,760 flood affected poor and distressed families in four unions under Shaghata and Fulchhari upazilas of the district got sacrificial meat from a local voluntary organisation on Tuesday 13th August. As many as 69 oxen were sacrificed. Later on, SKS Foundation implemented the meat distribution activity under its Qurbani programme with the financial support of Islamic Relief Bangladesh. The meat distribution function was held on the premises of Nutun Kuri Biddyaniketon at Bharatkhali under Shaghata Upazila at noon with chief executive of SKS Foundation Rasel Ahmed Liton in the chair. Shaghata Upazila Chairman M. Zahangir Kabir formally inaugurated the meat distribution activity to 2,760 flood affected poor and distressed families of Muktinagar, Bharatkhali and Shaghata unions of Shaghata upazila and Gozaria union of Fulchhari upazila as chief guest. Golam Motasin Billah, head of programmes of Islamic Relief Bangladesh, was present at the event as the special guest. Each of the poor and the distressed families of the unions got two kilograms of sacrificial meat to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, said Ashraful Alam, coordinator of SKS Foundation. The chief guest, in his speech, thanked the Foundation and Islamic Relief Bangladesh for standing beside the flood affected poor people of the upazilas with sacrificial meat to help them celebrate the festival peacefully. Technical officer of Islamic Relief Bangladesh M. Zakir Hossain, concerned union parishad chairmen and high officials of SKS Foundation were present on the occasion. After getting the meat from the organisation, all the poor and the distressed men were happy and expressed their deep satisfaction and gratefulness to the Foundation and the Islamic Relief Bangladesh.
SKS Foundation is being Beside the Flood Victims
Updated-03 August 2019 SKS Foundation has organized health camps at Uttrpara Government Primary School, Gaibandha. Total 201 person received treatment for clod stress/fever, allergic,dehydration and scabis
Continuation of the relief work SKS Foundation has provided a food package (rice 15 kgs, oil 2 kgs, Dal 1 kgs and salt 1 kg) to the 500 flood affected families on 01 August 2019 at Shaghata and Muktinagar union under Shaghata Upazila. Upazila Chairman of Shaghata Md. Zahangir Kabir delivering and others distributing food package to flood victims’ families.
Updated- To stand by the flooded people on 31th July , SKS Foundation organized a relief camp with its own financing; in an inundated women-oriented family, widow, elderly, disabled and divorced families between the municipality of Gaibandha and Boali union. Deputy Commissioner of Gaibandha Abdul Motin, UNO Uttom kumar roy and along with the participation of SKS Foundation distributed 15kg rice, 2kg pulse, 1kg Salt and 1ltr soybean oil to each family.
Updated-Emergency health camps were organized by the SKS Foundation to reduce the major health risks of the people. The health camps were organized to provide health services to the sheltered people and raise awareness in various unions of Gaibandha Sadar, Shaghata and Fulchhari upazilas. The camp are provided with medical treatment and free medicines for various diseases including colds, cold fever, measles, allergies and anemia. 24 July 2019 total 5 camps were organized in Fulchhari, Shaghata and Gaibandha Sadar upazilas where 427 patients received services.
Updated- 23 July 2019 SKS Foundation has organized 3 health camps at Bashahata, South Sathalia & Chithulia union.
Info up to 22.07.19
Heavy rain in northern areas of Bangladesh and on-rush water due to floods in Nepal & Assam has risen the level of Teesta and Brahmapootra water. This has caused a huge flood in the northern Bangladesh. This year the water level is significantly higher. According to the Met. Department, this flood has been relatively large over the past 30 years. River water has crossed the danger limit from 16th of this month and made a huge population marooned in the villages and in the townships as water level has risen to the bank and many areas in the plain land has been submerged with the breaking of dams at a number of points.
According to the District Relief and Rehabilitation Office Gaibandha reports, at least 581997 peoples of 51 unions under 07 upazilas of Gaibandha district have been affected so far. The flood-affected people have taken shelter with their livestock and other belongings in various high-rise buildings like high school, madrasas, upazila complexes and so on.
Like other government and non-government organizations, SKS Foundation has been beside the flood victims through various programs like supplying of safe water and establishing the sanitation facilities. Starting on 16 July 2019 with its own fund and some project support, SKS Foundation has distributed 5,000 liters of pure drinking water in daily Fulchhari and Shaghata upazila. Alongside, 8 Tube-wells have been installed in Shaghata upazila and 13 Tube-wells in Fulchhari upazila while SKS Foundation has funded the installation of 26 Tube-wells through DPHE. In addition, 10 latrines have been installed in Shaghata upazila and 09 latrines have been installed in Fulchhari upazila while SKS Foundation has funded the installation of 15 latrines through DPHE.
Taking the health issue into consideration, SKS Foundation has organized 2 Health Camps at Katlamari & Kukrahat in Gozaria union and 7 Health Camps at Poragram, Banpana, Chithuli, Mandura, Dakkhin-Ullah, Uttar-Ullah & Vangamore bazar under Bharatkhali union
111 Poor Talented HSC Students Got Scholarship Money
Every child deserves an education that prepares them for a successful and fulfilling life. Unfortunately, far too many children are assigned to schools that don’t fit their unique needs and learning styles. For them, SKS Foundation provided an education scholarship check which is financed by Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). On 9th April for the 4rth time, 111 poor talented HSC Students in different upazilas of Gaibandha received their scholarship check at SKS School & College hall room. A Total of 13 lakh and 32 thousand taka checks were distributed of these poor meritorious students.
SKS Celebrated the Bangla Nababarsho 1426
SKS Foundation and its Social Enterprises celebrated Pahela Boishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year 1426 with due significance. On 14 April 2019, the celebration started with the participation in the Mongal Shobhajatra led by Whip of the Bangladesh Parliament Mahabub Ara Begum Gini, MP at the arrangement of district administration which was brought out from the Independence Square, Gaibandha and ended at the same venue after parading the main roads of the town.
SKS Foundation was judged as the best-organized participant in the rally and won the first prize ‘Crest’ from the organizer.
The attraction of SKS Foundation’s observance of the Day was the Panta-Ilish (fermented rich & Hilsha fish) breakfast offered by the SKS Inn in the morning of Pahela Baishakh. Being an attractive & fascinating Resort, the SKS Inn opened the Day and covered all other events organized from SKS part in a recreative manner.
The Community Radio Sarabela 98.8 fm, patronized by SKS Foundation, celebrated its 3rd anniversary alongside the observance of the Bangla Nababarsho. In the afternoon, the grand finale of the competition program “Konthe Chhorao Shekorer Gaan 2019” was held at SKS Inn. The top 10 artists performed Baul Songs.
Mahabub Ara Begum Gini, MP, was enjoyed the Competition as distributed the prizes as the Chief Guest. Abdul Matin, Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police Engineer Abdul Mannan Miah, Gaibandha, Civil Surgeon, ABM Abu Hanif, and Emdadul Haque Pramanik, Dy. Director, Social Welfare Department, Gaibandha were also present as the Special Guests while Rasel Ahmed Liton, Chief Executive of SKS Foundation presided over the function.
In the singing competition Asaduzzaman Sajib, Rezaul Karim and Subrata Kumar Das stood 1st, 2nd & 3rd respectively. In this competition, BDT 30,000 was awarded to the 1st place holder, BDT 20,000 to the 2nd place holder and BDT 10,000 to the 3rd place holder along with the Crests & Certificates for all the 10 contestants.
SKS Foundation’s staff members; teachers, students & employees of SKS School & College; the staff, volunteers & listeners’ club members of Radio Sarabela; Staff of the Dainik Madhukar; SKS Hospital and the SKS Printers participated in all the events alongside other guests & dignitaries covering the Pohela Boishakh.
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CSO Platform Meeting Held to Tackle COVID-19 Crisis
“The Government of Bangladesh has engaged all-out efforts in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. The Civil Society Organizations are working hard to help the poor and distressed people in facing this crisis. Their efforts are commendable and thankful. But I think, there is room for improvement.” AKM Idris Ali, the District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer, Gaibandha made this statement.
The District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer was exchanging his views as a guest of honor in the CSO Platform Meeting on 18 May 2020. He also appreciated SKS Foundation’s role and contribution in setting-up the 100-bed Isolation Center in Gaibandha.
SKS Foundation, in partnership with Start Fund Bangladesh, organized the CSO Platform Meeting with participation of non-governmental organizations working in Gaibandha to tackle the coronavirus crisis in the district. The Meeting was held at SKS Foundation's Conference Hall, Gaibandha.
In the Meeting, the participating organizations highlighted their respective initiatives taken so far by them to tackle COVID-19. However, the CSO representatives pointed out that the marginalized people of the district are still in a dire situation. And to support the needy people effectively, they felt, there is a need for coordination between/among the NGOs and government organizations. To this end, it was decided that an organization would be given the responsibility of coordination and a database would be prepared for conducting emergency response in a disciplined manner. The Meeting also decided to chalk-out work-plans of the respective organizations in relation to fight this pandemic effectively.
Representatives from Friendship, RDRS, OBOLOMBON, GRDF, SDRS, CHINNOMUL MOHILA SOMITY, Gaibandha Government College, SKS Foundation as well as local journalists from Radio Sarabela, the Dainik Madhukar, and so on attended the Meeting.
SKS humanitarian support in prevention of Corona crisis
Corona Virus (Covid-19) has turned as a pandemic situation worldwide as well as in Bangladesh. People are being contaminated day by day and methods are failing to slow down the fatality due to Corona contamination. As a result, people from all walks of life ranging from the vulnerable rural poor to the urban well-off families are being affected from the wrath of this fatal virus.
With a view to overcoming this situation, SKS Foundation, in partnership with ANDHERI HILFE, Germany, has been providing humanitarian support to the poor & distressed families under the project ‘Emergency Food Support in the Context of Covid-19’. As part of this initiative, the project has support 725 low-earning families during this lockdown situation. SKS Foundation has provided support to 350 ethnic minority ‘Santal’ and other poor families in ‘Katabari’ and Kamdia union of ‘Gobindaganj upazila and 375 families of Saghata and Muktinagar union of Saghata upazila. The food package for each family included- Rice-20kg, Lentil (Mosur)-3kg, Potato-10kg, Salt-1kg and Soyabean oil- 2 liters.
The food package distribution took place on 3 May 2020 at the respective community areas following the social distancing as advised by the administration while representatives from the local administration & UPs were present. Officials of SKS Foundation were also present and managed the distribution of food package.
SKS distributed Hygiene Kits, Food Package and Cash Money among the low-income families
In prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19), SKS Foundation distributed Food Package, Hygiene Kits & Cash Money among a total of 1,043 families accommodating around 5,000 people with support from the Start Fund Bangladesh. The distribution covered 550 families with Food Package and Hygiene Kits, 450 families with Hygiene Kits,
and 43 families with Multi-purpose Cash Grants (MPCG) in 4 unions including Kamarjani & Mollarchar under Sadar upazila, and Banogram & Jamalpur under Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district.
Each Hygiene Kit Package contained 1 Tap-attached Bucket with a Lead, 1 Mug, Soap-1250 gm, Detergent powder- 1 kg, Surgical Mask- 50 pieces, Sanitary Napkin- 8 pieces and a Leaflet upholding the messages on health & hygiene practices relating to Coronavirus issue. Each Food Package contained Rice-55kg, Lentils-15kg, Oil-6kg, Salt-1kg, and Sugar-2kg. The poor, day labor, elderly & women-headed families and other low-income families received the Hygiene Kits and Food packages while the jobless saloon workers (Barbers) received cash money Tk. 3,000/each. SKS Foundation distributed all the items reaching at the door-step of the recipient families in presence of the Chairmen & Members of the respective unions.
SKS’ Food Bank Feeding 3,000 Day-labor Families during Lockdown
In Corona (COVID-19) lockdown, when daily wage-earners are struggling to feed their families, SKS Foundation’s Food Bank has appeared to be the last resort to 3,000 families to survive. As Coronavirus has spread and lockdown imposed, lives of day labors thrown into starving while they are without work and food. These vulnerable families are facing unprecedented experiences as they do not know when and how the situation will end.
In rural areas like Saghata and Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha district, SKS Foundation has promoted 12 Food Bank initiative (points) where community people have been storing rice to meet their need in crisis. The communities store 14.5 metric ton rice yearly. It helps the communities to meet their food crisis during any disaster or, emergency.
The Food Bank is an initiative taken by the community people to store rice in exchange of saving for future. In community, the families extremely exposed to natural disaster hoard their fist-hand rice and the rice is given and taken among themselves as they need to meet any crisis. As disaster-prone Gaibandha district, SKS foundation has promoted and expanded this Food Bank initiatives to other organizations/programs to prepare local people to fight any upcoming disaster.
The Food Banks have come into most of use these days when the community daily wage-earners are struggling to feed their families as their daily income halt for Coronavirus pandemic and lockdown. Now, the Food Banks are the only source to save them from starving.
SKS Supported in Setting-up a 100-bed Isolation Centre in Gaibandha
The Isolation Centre at Ansar & VDP Training Centre of Gaibandha district is ready to serve coronavirus infected people.
Today,4 April, the District Coronavirus Prevention Committee (DCPC) visited the Isolation Centre, and the Center was handed over to the Civil Surgeon, Gaibandha.
It is a joint venture of government and non-government organization amid of coronavirus outbreak in the district while it has taken only 3 days to set the Isolation Centre.
The District Coronavirus Prevention Committee (DCPC) which includes the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abdul Matin as Chairperson, Civil Surgeon Dr. ABM Abu Hanif, as Secretary, Superintendent of Police Muhammad Towhidul Islam, and SKS representatives- Director- Finance & Accounts, Coordinator - Public Relations & Communication, Coordinator- Social Enterprises, and prominent local journalists were present during the handing over of the Centre.
DC Abdul Matin said SKS Foundation, upholding its charity spirit as a development organization, extended its helping hand to set-up the Isolation Centre with capacity of 100 patients under its social corporate responsibility. The Isolation Centre is set to serve the coronavirus patients separately and to tackle to exceed number of coronavirus patients in the district in near future.
Earlier, the District Ansar & VDP Department had given the permission to use the Training Centre. SKS Foundation has provided all logistic supports while the district Civil Surgeon Office will provide medicine facilities and district administration will play the management and monitoring role of the Centre.
Gaibandha Press Club journalists get masks, sanitizers from SKS Foundation
Journalists of Gaibandha Press Club located at Asaduzzaman Market of the district town got masks and hand sanitizers today from a local organization to prevent the spread of coronavirus that took an epidemic turn worldwide.
SKS Foundation, a reputed non-government organization, donated the 150 pieces of masks and two tubes of hand sanitizer to the club authority at noon so that the media men could discharge their professional duties in the risks of Covid-19 infection.
Abu Sayeed Sumon, social enterprise coordinaton of SKS Foundation and its public relations officer Ashraf Alam formally handed over the masks and the hand sanitizers to general secretary (GS) of the club Sarker Mohammad Shahiduzzaman.
Receiving the masks and hand sanitizers GS Sarker Mohammad Shahiduzzaman thanked the SKS Foundation for giving them the items and lauded the SKS Foundation for providing the support to set up an isolation centre at Ansar and Barrack at Dhanghara here for the corona infected patients.
Vice president of the club Quazi Ziaul Hafiz, treasure Goutamashis Guhasarker, and other journalists including Kaiser Ahmed Plabon, SM Biplob Islam, Farhan Sheakh, Foysal Jony, Rana Sarker, Sanjoy Saha, and Aminur Rahman were present on the occasion.
SKS Measures to Prevent Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Spread
Covid-19 virus has hit across the world as pandemic. Bangladesh also has been affected by it. To fight this, the government has already taken a series of actions. The government has restricted all kind of gathering, closed all government institutions, the operation of public transport, announced public holiday asking people to stay at home.
In Gaibandha where SKS Foundation is rooted, no. of people have been identified as Covid-19 patients and isolated and are in home quarantine. Some of the patients have already been released from quarantine, and they are in home. All recent-back immigrants have reportedly been ensured home quarantine.
To stop spreading coronavirus, development organizations have taken various measures all over the country alongside the government initiatives. As a development partner of the government, SKS Foundation has also taken various initiatives to stop spreading the fatal virus in Gaibandha and other districts under its intervention.
In coordination with the district administration and health department, and being a member of the District Coronavirus Prevention & Control Committee, SKS Foundation has been conducting various types of activities across its working areas- all districts of Rangpur and Rajshahi division, and Satkhira, Jashore and Meherpur of Khulna division.
Since Gaibandha iscomparativelyat high risk of Coronavirus spreading, SKS Foundation is intensively working with the district and upazila administrations.In Gaibandha, a 100-bed Isolation Centre at Ansar VDP Training Centre is under progress to be ready by the District Coronavirus Prevention & Control Committee with full support from SKS Foundation.
As part of awareness building and providing the mass people with hygiene support relating to COVID-19 prevention, SKS Foundation has already distributed 20,000 Surgical Masks,hand sanitizers, soaps, hand gloves and PPE among and through the doctors, cleaners, journalists, law enforcing members, and NGO staffs. SKS has installed 25 Hand Wash Devices at different public places. Featuring measures to prevent Coronavirus, SKS has displayed 550 Festoons, 20 Roman Banners and 3 Billboards, Leaflets, etc in relation to make the mass people aware on the preventives from Coronavirus.
The Community Radio Sarabela FM 98.8, a sister concern of SKS Foundation, has started airing precautionary messages while the Dainik Madhukar has been publishing hygiene awareness messages and other relevant issues on COVID-19.
Number of development partners i.e. ActionAid Bangladesh, Andheri Hilfe-Bonn, Germany, Care-Bangladesh, Manusher Jonno Foundation, Oxfam in Bangladesh, Save the Children, Start Fund Bangladesh have been supporting SKS Foundation, alongside its own initiatives, standing beside the mass people in prevention of corona crisis. A total of BDT 68,201,744 has been spent so far in performing the following activities:
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No |
Activities |
Quantity |
Covering Area |
People Covered |
|
1. |
Support to Setting a 100-bed Isolation Centre |
1 |
Gaibandha District |
Uncountable |
|
2. |
Distribution of Surgical Masks |
64,000 Nos. |
Gaibandha, Sirajganj & Nilphamari through local administration |
100,000 |
|
3. |
Leaflet Distribution |
52,000 Copies |
Gaibandha Sadar, Fulchhari & Saghata upazila |
100,000 |
|
4. |
Miking on Hygiene Messages |
15 Days |
3 Gaibandha Sadar, Fulchhari& Saghata upazila |
300,000 |
|
5. |
Airing of Awareness Messages |
Everyday |
7 Upazilas of Gaibandha & other districts through On-line Service |
uncountable |
|
6. |
Publishing Awareness Messages by the Daily Newspaper |
Everyday |
Northern Districts &Nationwide through On-line Service |
Uncountable |
|
7. |
Health Advice through Community Radio |
Everyday |
Gaibandha & other districts through On-line |
Uncountable |
|
8. |
Festoon Display |
550 Nos. |
Meherpur, Nilphamari & Gaibandha |
10,000 |
|
9. |
Setting of Hand Washing Devices |
25 Nos. |
Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Meherpur |
5,000 |
|
10. |
Banner Hanging |
20 Nos. |
Meherpur |
5,000 |
|
11. |
Billboard Setting |
2 Nos. |
Nilphamari |
4,000 |
|
12. |
Red Flag Marking Houses with Patients |
200 Nos. |
Meherpur |
2,000 |
|
13. |
Distribution of Hand Sanitizers |
300 Nos. |
Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Dhaka division |
4,000 |
|
14. |
Hand Gloves |
6000 Pieces |
Gaibandha |
2,000 |
|
15. |
Microbus support to Health Department |
1 No |
Gaibandha |
As & when needed |
|
16. |
Hand Wash Station Installation |
30 Comm. Clinics |
Sundarganj, Saghata & Fulchari upazila of Gaibandha |
60,000 |
|
17. |
Distribution of Handwashing Soaps |
10,000 HHs |
Saghata upazila of Gaibandha district |
40,000 |
|
18. |
Distribution of Food Packages |
17,75 HHs |
Sagatha, Gobindhaganj, Sadullapur & Sadar upazila of Gaibandha district |
10,000 |
|
19. |
Hygiene & Health Package (Bleaching Powder, Soap, Handwash Device, Sanitary Napkin, Mask, etc |
13,670 HHs |
Gaibandha, Nilphamari & Sirajganj district |
60,000 |
|
20. |
Cash Support for Food Purchasing |
4,803 HHs |
Sadullapur, Fulchari, Gobindaganj and Gaibandha Sadar upazila |
30,000 |
|
Total |
30,248 HHs |
562,000 |
SKS Foundation in Development Operation
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