The marginalised women of Bahadurpur village near Benapole border in
Jessore will now get a skills training opportunity thanks to an
initiative by the Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI)
with funds from BSRM.
Alternative Development Organisation for Raising Entrepreneurship and local daily Gramer Kagoj will jointly implement the initiative under MRDI’s supervision, as per the deal signed yesterday.
The project is a part of joint effort of MRDI and Manusher Jonno Foundation to use CSR funds as an alternative social development support, MRDI said in a statement.
The poverty hit women of the area are often victims of violence and trafficking, and the MRDI’s training centre is expected to benefit 10,000 people of the village.
Atiur Rahman, governor of Bangladesh Bank; Alihussain Akberali, chairman of BSRM, and Hasibur Rahman, executive director of MRDI, were present at the signing ceremony.
The central bank chief highly appreciated the initiative and said the business sector can play an important role to make use of CSR funds connecting business and development.
“These programmes are well recognised in terms of contribution to development.”
He termed it as an important step towards building partnership between corporate and civil society organisations for optimum utilisation of CSR funds in development.
BSRM wants to focus and engage in a few interventions related to education, health care, livelihood, and renewable energy to reach and affect the lives of many under its CSR programme, Akberali said.
The Jessore project would give the young vulnerable girls of the border area an opportunity to acquire skills to make a livelihood and save themselves from the dirty hands of human traffickers, he said.
The volume of fund that BSRM is providing for the initiative will encourage development organisations to seek funds from the corporate sector to take up poverty reduction programmes, Hasibur Rahman said.
Alternative Development Organisation for Raising Entrepreneurship and local daily Gramer Kagoj will jointly implement the initiative under MRDI’s supervision, as per the deal signed yesterday.
The project is a part of joint effort of MRDI and Manusher Jonno Foundation to use CSR funds as an alternative social development support, MRDI said in a statement.
The poverty hit women of the area are often victims of violence and trafficking, and the MRDI’s training centre is expected to benefit 10,000 people of the village.
Atiur Rahman, governor of Bangladesh Bank; Alihussain Akberali, chairman of BSRM, and Hasibur Rahman, executive director of MRDI, were present at the signing ceremony.
The central bank chief highly appreciated the initiative and said the business sector can play an important role to make use of CSR funds connecting business and development.
“These programmes are well recognised in terms of contribution to development.”
He termed it as an important step towards building partnership between corporate and civil society organisations for optimum utilisation of CSR funds in development.
BSRM wants to focus and engage in a few interventions related to education, health care, livelihood, and renewable energy to reach and affect the lives of many under its CSR programme, Akberali said.
The Jessore project would give the young vulnerable girls of the border area an opportunity to acquire skills to make a livelihood and save themselves from the dirty hands of human traffickers, he said.
The volume of fund that BSRM is providing for the initiative will encourage development organisations to seek funds from the corporate sector to take up poverty reduction programmes, Hasibur Rahman said.
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