No of families covered under THP( Targeting the Hard Core Poor)

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No of families covered under BHP( Bandhan Health Program)

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No of childrens covered under BEP( Bandhan Education Program)

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Bandhan believes that microfinance is not the last word for development of poor - a credit plus intervention is essential. Aspiring to holistic development of poor, Bandhan supports several development activities through its society entity. At present, its intervention areas are health, education and livelihoods. Bandhan aims to deliver these services to the entire community in an innovative and sustainable manner.

 

Arfa Bibi and her family were living in extreme poverty for decades. She lived with her husband who was a daily laborer and used to work in agriculture lands. However, he used to remain unemployed for the greater times of the year. Times were extremely for Arfa as she did not know how to provide for her three children. Finally, she decided to resort to begging to support her family.

However, her plights were soon answered as she was selected as a THP beneficiary by the Bandhan Team in Beldanga, Murshidabad. Her village community identified Arfa as hard core poor through the Participatory Rural Appraisal conducted by Bandhan team. After verification by the Bandhan team, she was finally selected as a beneficiary of the THP Program. Read More

      

Aparna Paul dons a separate identity-everyone in her village addresses her as Doctor Didi. Aparna always wanted to do something for her village community and her dream came true when she was selected as a Swastha Sohayika (a health volunteer) in her community.

At the beginning, she received a training of five days from Bandhan. After the completion of the training, she started rendering her service to the village community as a Swastha Sohayika. She gets training twice a year with the other Swastha Sohayika and she finds the trainings very useful. Every month, she visits 200-250 households in her community and listens to their health woes. One of her prime responsibility is to reinforce the prime messages discussed in the health forums at individual household level. Read More