ABOUT PALLI CHETANA

 

 

Nature of the Organization:

Palli Chetana is a non–political, non–profitable, non–government organization, working for environmental conservation, human rights, good governance, gender equity and economic empowerment with special emphasis on women.

 

 

Address with Contact:

Head Office: Palli Chetana

Village: Jordia, Post: Bangdaha 9400

Upazila: Satkhira Sadar,

District: Satkhira, Bangladesh

Mobile: +8801711–309148

E–mail: palli.chetana2001@gmail.com

Web: www.pallichetanabd.org

 

 

Contact Person:

Md. Anisur Rahman

Director

Palli Chetana

Village: Jordia, Post: Bangdaha 9400

Upazila: Satkhira Sadar,

District: Satkhira, Bangladesh

Mobile: +8801711–309148

E–mail: palli.chetana@yahoo.com

 

Upbringing: Initially Palli Chetana was a local club for organizing the social and cultural activities, sports and other generous activities. It was developed by some young and educated social volunteers in Jordia village of Satkhira district. After end of eighth decade, environmental calamities and different social crisis increased in the south west coastal region of Bangladesh. With these changing situations the local club turned in a local NGO named Palli Chetana (A Rural and Urban Development Organization of Southwest Costal and Border belt of Bangladesh). As a local NGO, Palli Chetana established in 1992 at Jordia Village in Bnagdaha under Satkhira District of Bangladesh. In the year 1996, it was registered by the Department of Youth Development. In 2000 a devastating flood occurred in the south west region of Bangladesh where huge damage to the people. Crop filed, homestead, school, college, market everything was submerged under water. Near about half million people fall into distressed condition. In this situation workers of Palli Chetana extended their cordial support to the distressed people and carried out massive relief and rehabilitation activities. After the relief and rehabilitation activities Palli Chetana come to know about the socio-economic crisis of the society and decided to work for sustainable development of the society. Initially they organize poor male and female members into different homogeneous groups. Organized group members are using these groups for their social planning and development. Health, nutrition, primary education, water and sanitation, environmental conservation, income generating activities, savings, gender equalities etc. are the main development issues of those groups. Palli Chetana playing a vital role of a facilitator and they are providing training, credit support and issue based social awareness. With their previous activities recently Palli Chetana has been addressing hardcore poor issue and also working for land rights for the landless. As a local organization Palli Chetana prepare its development plan for addressing the local issue. Local people also consider it as their own organization.

 

Legal  Status:  At  first  this  Organization  has  got  registration  from  the  Department  of  Youth

Development where valid registration number Sat/20, dated on 21–12–1996. This organization has also been registered by Department of Social Welfare and NGO Affairs Bureau.

 

Department	Registration	Date
NGO Affairs Bureau	2905	13–11–2014
Department of Social Welfare	Sat 359	24–10–2001
Department of youth Development	Sat 20	21–12–1996

 

Mission: Strengthening capacity of the resource poor people‘s (rural & urban) and empowered establishing self–managed institution for using locally available environment friendly agro–based resources to improve livelihood.

Vision: A gender, Caste and Class equal society where people live in dignity

 

Goal: To reduction poverty and create employment generation for the coastal poor and marginalized families and thereby build a just society based on justice, fairness and self-respect by involving the poor and disadvantaged population in various development activities.

Our Core Values: 

• –       Transparency
• –       Accountability
• –       Democracy
• –       Faith
• –       Honesty
• –       Innovation
• –       Sustainability

Objectives:

1.   Human rights and good governance.

2.   Sustainable management of natural resource.

3.   Development of poorest of the poor (Hard Core Landless Poor, Fisherfolk and ethnic minority and disabled).

4.   Better livelihood for the target beneficiaries.

5.   Develop Palli Chetana as an effective development institution to serve the people.

6.   Gender, Equity, Environment and Sustainability as cross cutting issues.

 

Development Approaches

    Palli Chetana building up people’s organization and leadership development

    Encourages local mobilization through awareness raising programs to ensure maximum benefits for the community

    Environmental conservation is one of the key issues of Palli Chetana that considers reducing global warming while southwest region of Bangladesh has been affected gradually

    Palli Chetana concentrates on alternative livelihood options of climate vulnerable people economically and socially through skilled training and counseling

    Palli Chetana focuses on gender, Equity, Environment and Sustainability at all levels of its programs and management

    Advocacy is one of the activities in Palli Chetana whilst mostly community people get benefits by utilizing its internal and external resources eventually will focus on policy

 

Cross Cutting Issues:

Ø  Climate Resilient

Ø  Gender and Equity

Ø  Sustainability

Ø  Empowerment

 

Geographical Coverage:

At present Palli Chetana has been operated its activities in 24 unions of Satkhira Sadar, Assasuni, Shyamnagor and Debhata Upazila under Satkhira District. Main working areas of Palli Chetana are tabulated as follows:

District	Upazila	Union	Village
Satkhira	Satkhira Sadar	08	89
	Assashuni	09	127
	Shyamnagor	06	45
	Debhata	01	05
Total	04	24	266

Human Resources: Palli Chetana has total 18 staffs with different professional backgrounds – Health and Sanitation, Agriculturist, Environment, Disaster & Climate Resilience, Social Science, Finance and Administration.

Staff Status:

 

Sl.	Level	Total	Male	Female
01	Management Level	05	04	01
02	Operation Level	03	02	01
03	Volunteers	08	05	03
04	Service Staffs	02	01	01
Total		18	12	06