Department of Development Studies

Bangladesh University of Professionals

Course name & Course code: Poverty Alleviation (BDS 3627)

Topic: Health based conditional cash transfer

Submitted to:
Manila Khisa
Lecturer
Dept. of Development Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

Submitted by:
Nusrat Jahan Rimi (18121001)
Miraj Jamal (18121003)
Jarin Musarat Orin (18121005)
Rumpa Akter (18121023)
Zubayer Ahmed Eshan (18121025)
Jannatul Mawa (18121035)
Dept. of Development Studies
Batch: 03, Session: 2017-18

Date Of submission: 22 July 2020

 “Health for Wealth”
A Project by Procheshta Foundation

Sector: Health
Country: Bangladesh
Division: Dhaka
District: Dhaka
Estimated start date: January 2021
Estimated end date: June 2021
Estimated budget: 1,60,000 $
Background:
With the emergence of the long-awaited vaccine, the Covid-19 pandemic is about to come
to an end. However, the struggle still remains endless; especially for the third world countries.
Bangladesh is a massive victim to this devastation. During the pandemic it has lost a great deal
of manpower. Many were laid off and became unemployed. The industries and the market faced
immense loss. Recovering all these loopholes made in the economy is already a standing white
elephant in front of Bangladesh. With this comes the problems regarding health. People being
unemployed during pandemic was another nightmare for a country where poverty and
unemployment were already high even before. Besides, there were problems like price hike and
insufficient commodity supply throughout the pandemic. The day laborers, rickshaw-pullers,
garment workers etc class of people were way more sufferer of all these traumas. They are
suffering from malnutrition and many other diseases, cannot afford to get themselves and their
family proper health treatment. Currently, they are indifferent to go to hospitals and take vaccine
on their own. Even if the government is providing vaccine for free, they are unaware of the
importance of it and their rights because of their illiteracy.
Tetuljhora Union is in Savar Upazila which has noticeably gone through the horrors of
Covid-19 pandemic. The literacy rate is very low and poverty rate is high in this union. Most of
the people are farmer, day labourer, garment worker and so on. There is a big garment factory
named ‘DIRD Fashion Ltd’. It was shut down due to the lockdown and many garment workers
were laid off. Day labourers faced difficulty in earning enough to fulfil daily needs. Besides it
has no well-established hospital that can provide good health treatment to the people. The nearest
clinic is “Shurjer Hashi Clinic” which is about 3 km away from the place and the roads are not at
all convenient for the poor villagers to frequently travel from the clinic to way back and vice
versa.
This project is an attempt from Procheshta Foundation to provide better healthcare and
employment to the day-labourers and laid off garment workers of Tetuljhora union to fight the
aftermaths of Covid-19 pandemic. While doing this, the roads and transport system will be
attempted to improve so that the outcome of the project is sustainable. The project calls for
funds for road repairment as well as the health services.
Objectives:
 To provide income source to the selected class
 To improve transportation system of the selected union.
 To provide healthcare to the selected class.
 To reduce malnutrition of the selected class.
Scope of Work:
The project will be run for 6 months; Jan 21-June 21. The target groups are the day laborers and
the garment workers of Tetuljhora union; each 100 in sample size. As health services, the project
will first ensure their vaccination. Later they will be given weekly telemedicine service and
monthly clinical check-up. To remove malnutrition these 200 workers will get lunch on daily
basis and their families will be provided with weekly grocery needs.
As the health concern among the groups is very low, the project will provide them incentive of
income source. The day laborers will be employed in the road repairment of the union which will
ensure both the economic well-being of the beneficiaries and improve the transport system of the
road. The garments workers will be provided with sewing machines to generate income. As they
do not have any market linkups, the organization will take their product and sell them in the
markets so that at the end of the project the beneficiaries will have permanent vendors for their
product.
Jarin Musarat Orin
Roll: 18121005

Work plan:

Task Conditions Expected Outcomes Data Source and

Evaluation
Methodology
Finding out the unemployed N/A To find out the Secondary data source:
labours and laid off beneficiaries of this Employee record of
garment’s workers of project. DIRD Garments LTD,
Tetuljhora Union. Local Government
records

Primary data source:

Holding meetings to the
donor agencies.
Survey on Tetuljhora
Union.
N/A Additional resources Number of donor
that will help to agencies are eagerly
achieve objectives in work with us.
this project.

Organizing two campaigns
for the people on Covid-19
vaccine.
The garments workers To make them aware Number of people
will get sewing machine about their rights attend to the
if they take Covid-19 about vaccine. campaigns.
vaccine.
They will get
The day labourers will financial support and
get employed if they take soon after they can
Covid-19 vaccine recover from these
conditions.
Task Conditions Expected Outcomes Data Source and
Evaluation
Methodology
Arranging vans for taking N/A To make it easy for Number of people take
them at Surjer Hashi Clinic them to go to the vaccine.
for vaccination. hospital despite
broken roads.
Dealing with vendors. N/A To buy sewing Number of vendors
machine in cheaper join
cost

Buying and distributing Have to take vaccine Financial stability Number of women
sewing machines to the first. will increase. taking sewing machine
unemployed garments
workers. Income source will
increase.
Employing the day Have to take vaccine first Financial stability Number of day labours
labourers for building up will increase. join work
roads.
The infrastructure of
the village will
develop.
Providing lunch to the Have to be active in their To provide adequate Number of people
garment’s workers and day work. food during work actively take part
labourers.
Fixing a time and place They will get their To increase access to Number of people
where to set up laptop for weekly grocery if they health care for register in here.
providing Telemedicine take part in here. workers as well as
Service for the day their family.
labourers and garments
workers. To reduce
malnutrition of
workers as well as
their family.
Providing monthly salaries Must go to Surjer Hashi Their health Number of people go
to the day labours. Clinic for monthly check conditions will be for medical check-up.
up. better than before,
and they can actively
participate in
economy
Collecting the products of Must go to Surjer Hashi To make them self- Number of women
the garments workers and Clinic for monthly check independent through take part in it.
sell them and pay them. up. linking up them with
market.
Jannatul Mawa
Roll: 18121035
Timeframe:

Main Activities
1. Survey in selected area “Tetuljhora Union” to find out the demographic history of the
people out there.
2. Selecting 100 garments workers who lost their job because of the shutdown of DIRD
Garments Ltd and whose financial condition is very poor.
3. Selecting 100 day-laborers who lost their earning source in Covid and financially not so
well enough.
4. 1 meeting for the donor agencies, 1 meeting for the organizers at the beginning of the
project, and 6 meetings in each month from JAN 2021- JUNE 2021.
5. Arranging volunteers who will work as local data collector in “Tetuljhora Union”.
6. Arranging 5 vans for transportation for the labors and workers, as the roads are not suitable
for ambulance or any other vehicles.

Sub-Activities
One-time activity Daily Activity Weekly Activity Monthly Activity

1. Registration of 1. Providing lunch to 1. A fixed place will 1. Giving cash as

the peoples among the day laborers and be selected for the salary to the laborers
beneficiaries who garment workers. Telemedicine service. who are engaged in
did not take the construction of road to
covid vaccine that area for better
earlier. transport system.
2. Two awareness 2. Registration of their 2. Bringing them to 2. Collecting the
campaign with the names. the place through van readymade garments
selected day and after the service and handicrafts made
laborers and taking them to their by the garment
garments workers. home. workers.
3. Taking them to 3. Video conferencing 3. Introducing them to
the clinic through with the specialized an org who will sell
van as a transport doctors through their products.
medium. laptop/projector.
4. Distributing 4. After the session, 4. By selling the
sewing machine to each person will get products they will get
the garment weekly grocery
workers. package according to their monthly salary.
their family member.

Condition: If Condition: If they Condition: They Condition: Before

they don’t get the do not come to the job must take the taking the salary, they
vaccine, they will regularly, they won’t Telemedicine service must undergo through
not get the get their monthly unless they won’t get the monthly check-up.
job/sewing salary. the family grocery
machine. package.

Rumpa Akter
Roll: 18121023

Budget:

Expenditure

Total
Date/Duratio Amount Quantit Balanc
  Description (Includin
n (USD $) y e
g VAT)

Local
Meeting with the
Launching Jan-Jun 21 800 8 6400 6400
stakeholders
event

Campaign Awareness campaign Jan-21 1000 2 2000 8400

Capacity Project orientation

Jan-21 500 1 500 8900
development workshop
of the project Training of the
staffs Jan-21 1500 1 1500 10400
project staffs
Purchasing sewing
Jan-21 100 100 10000 20400
machine
Equipment for
Jan-Jun 21 500 2 1000 21400
Tools for telemedicine service
purchasing Providing lunch to
the labors (per
Jan-Jun 21 100 181 18100 39500
person 1$, per day
100$)
 Providing weekly
meals to workers &
Jan-Jun 21 100 181 18100 57600
labors (1$, per day
100$)
Lunch for volunteers
Jan-21 30 30 900 58500
1$, per day 30$)
Transport for the
Jan-Jun 21 500 1 500 59000
Transportatio project staffs
n Emergency Van (per
Jan-Jun 21 110 6 660 59660
month 110$)
Salary of the staffs
(15) per month Jan-Jun 21 2500 6 15000 74660
1500$

Salary Salary of the trainer

Jan-21 250 1 250 74910
(project staff, 1 day)
Salary of the
doctors(telemedicine Jan-Jun 21 500 6 3000 77910
)

Monitoring Meetings and ICT

and evaluation software service for Jan-Jun 21 2000 6 12000 89910
cost data record

Rent of the training

Jan-21 70 1 70 89980
center (1 day)
Others Rent of the office Jan-Jun 21 100 6 600 90580
Maintenance cost Jan-Jun 21 100 6 600 91180
Miscellaneous cost Jan-Jun 21 20 6 120 91300
  Total 91300
 Income

Amount Quantit Balanc

Description Date Total
(USD $) y e

Donor
Organization
Jan-21 20000 1 20000 20000
for Road
Repairment
Donor
Organization
Feb-21 10000 1 10000 30000
For Health
Care Service

Government
Mar-21 10000 1 10000 40000
Grant

Income from Feb-Jun 12000

20000 6 160000
the sale 21 0

  Total 160000

Total Total
Total Expense 91300 160000 68700
Income Balance

Nusrat Jahan Rimi

Roll: 18121001

Stakeholders:
The beneficiaries of the project are 100-day labourer and 100 garment workers of Tetuljhora
Union and the project will try to support to find out how to best and most sustainably help them
get into a better health and financial position after the post COVID era.
The staff and volunteers from board members to the generous folks of the village who will help
keeping the whole activities running. We regularly consult with and defer to both groups on the
best way to achieve our goals.
Stakeholders who deliver services our beneficiaries need, such as NHS health teams in
telemedicine and Upazila Sadar Hospital authority are also very important. Without their
support, our beneficiaries can't get the statutory or other services they need.
Every non-profit organization is part of a broader community and here people participate in our
activities are community leaders, institutions, and government agencies.
Another important stakeholder is Shikder group who sell sewing machine in a very affordable
price to run the whole program among the beneficiaries. Again, the project will collaborate for a
long-term settlement with the renowned clothing brand of our country named Deshal who agreed
to buy garment workers manufactured goods for their stores. It will also seek partnership with
other local NGOs rather than competing with them to accomplish our goals perfectly.
Miraj Jamal
Roll: 18121003

Monitoring:
We will make teams for monitoring this project and the whole project will be monitored by some
steps. The monitoring teams must be created from our organization as it is the most important
part. The team members, who are expert, are selected for monitoring. There will be an ICT team
and this team will always collect data from other monitoring team and will analysis them for
evaluation. The whole monitoring process will be held in 9 steps.
1. As an organizer, at first, we will monitor the demographic history of ‘Tetuljhora’ union.
2. Then we will monitor how many people are poor in that area.
3. A monitoring team will find 100 workers and 100 labor who are poor.
4. A team of 10 person will monitor the volunteer are how much aware of their work and
how much sincere they are.
5. The labors and workers are coming to the clinic timely this will also be monitored by the
volunteers.
6. A checking team will monitor the labors and workers whether they are taking the vaccine
or not.
7. Food monitoring team will ensure that the workers are getting their food in time.
8. Most importantly, a team will monitor that the workers are getting the treatment properly.
9. The ICT team will monitor all other teams by a software and record the information for
reporting to donor organizations.

Evaluation:
Evaluation is another important part of this project. So, we will evaluate the whole project into 3
phases.
1. Baseline evaluation
2. Midterm evaluation
3. End term evaluation
The baseline evaluation will serve as the pre-conditions against which mid-term and end-term
evaluation will be compared. In the baseline evaluation, our aim is to change the health status of
the 200 people of ‘Tetuljhora’ union. After the project, they will take vaccine, get better
treatment and better nutrition. This evaluation will contribute towards better health planning.
A mid-term evaluation serves two immediate purposes: decision making and taking stock of
initial lessons from experience. There will be a meeting after 3 months of the project and by a
presentation, we will show the reports and the results of the project. There will be a discuss
session if there are any problems and how to improve the project plan.
End-term evaluation will serve the results of the project and how much the project is succeeded.
After 6 months of the project, a final meeting will be arranged to show the final reports and
progresses of the project. All the teams, donor agencies and all other members of the project will
attend in the meeting.
Zubayer Ahmed Eshan
Roll: 18121025
References:
https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2020/03/23/two-garment-factories-shut-down-in-savar
http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Savar_Upazila