PROFILE OF MANOSIKA

Village : Khatapara, BSCIC Road

Post : Shaptibari, Upazila: Aditmari

District : Lalmonirhat–5500 Bangladesh

Phone : 0591-61302, Mobile: 01718640945

E-mail : manosika56@ yahoo.com

Web : www.manosika.webs.com

Name of the Organization : MANOSIKA

Mailing Address : Vill. Khatapara, P.O. Shaptibari,

                            Upazila: Aditmari, District: Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh

Description of Contact Person & Banking Information:

Name of the Contact person A.K.M. Shamsul Haque

Designation Executive Director

Phone 88-0591-61302, 01718640945

Email manosika56@yahoo.com

Bank Info STD- 17746 of Pubali Bank Ltd

Signatories Secretary, President and Treasurer

History of the Organization:

MANOSIKA is a national level NGO. It was established in 1st February, 1995 with the initiation of a group of educated minded social workers with an aim to promoting the socio-economic and cultural status of the rural poor, ultra poor and disabled people emphasizing the women and children though concretization, Capacity building, institution building, capital formation, and imparting fell-need based problem solving programs by adopting modem scientific methodology. It believes in non-directive bottom up participatory and integrated development framework and acts as a catalyst with beneficiaries. It is formed as local level community based non Government, non Political and voluntary organization. MANOSIKA is committed to ensures rights and leadership works for disabled children and women’s in the community, socio economics development of the under privileged people and control of environment.

Vision:

A Just Society where children, women, disabled, mentally disordered persons & poor people of the community can enjoy equal rights, opportunities and justice.

Mission:

Socio-economic development of the vulnerable poor, women, disabled and children-incorporating education, human rights, health, livelihood, water and sanitation, agricultural development, sustainable development, income generation on safety net programs & clean environment development initiatives.

Aim:

Enhance capacity building of the poor, disabled, women and children by adopting sustainable environment friendly approach.

Slogan:

Works for special need people first.

Values of the organization:

Mutual respects, commitment with legitimate cooperation and coordination for ensuring transparency and accountability to the authorities.

Objectives:

⦁ To educate target groups (Child, Normal & Disabled) through formulation and activism of demand driven approach of education.

⦁ Enhance income generation of the target groups to meet up fundamental rights.

⦁ Access to health services of all people concerned.

⦁ To establish justice and be able to remove crime tendency.

⦁ Ensure socioeconomic rights of the poor, disabled and children.

⦁ Rehabilitate the poor, disabled and children in the main stream of life.

⦁ Restrict child labour and human trafficking in the community.

⦁ Control of environment through social forestry activities.

⦁ Resource Mobilization

⦁ Agriculture development through modern technique.

Development approach:

MANOSIKA believes in process oriented development approach rather than that of task oriented for making the program people oriented and leads towards sustainability. During program implementation the organization stresses a non-directive, bottom-up and people’s participatory development approach and working strategy are adopted for making the program socially accepted and people oriented.

Implementation strategy:

Group formation popularly known is the primary stage in the intervention strategy through selection of village, identification of group members, recruits eligible members. In this direction the strategy is to make the target beneficiaries aware of their social realities that have leaded them to exploitation, deprivation and degradation. Group leaders are trained in group administration, income generating, health, literacy, legal aid etc. The members will have access to basic services. Group members are encouraged to practice democratic norms. Then the members get the facilities of the project based programs concerned. Our target will be disabled and the poor people of landless, marginal farmers, poor women and other professional groups of the area concerned.

Governance:

MANOSIKA adopts decentralized participatory management system in program implementation. The General council, supreme authority consists of 21 members. A seven-member Executive committee is elected biennially out of General council for policy making and providing project guideline for implementation. All the policies of Executive committee are implemented by modest staff headed by the Executive Director responsible for overall program implementation and management.

Legal status of the Organization:

SL Name of the Registration authority Area Number

⦁ NGO Affairs Bureau Dhaka 1935 / 04

⦁ Department of Social Services Lalmonirhat 118/2000

⦁ Department of  Jubo Unnyan Lalmonirhat Lal-24 /Adit – 4

⦁ Europe Aid ID: BD-2011-DHL-1803062256

Governing Body:

MANOSIKA has General Body consisting 21 members.

Selection Process: Initiators, Life Members & Interested same minded applicants selected by the Executive Body.

Duration – Till continue membership subscription as per constitution.

List of Executive Committee:

Sl No Designation Name Years on board

⦁ President Abdus Salam Bakul 25 years

⦁ Vice President            Md. Abder Rahman 25 years

⦁ General Secretary A. K. M. Shamsul Haque 30 years

⦁ Treasurer  Samrat Jahangir Alam 4 years

⦁ Executive Member Md. Khabidur Rahman 25 years

⦁ Executive Member M A Baten 25 years

⦁ Executive Member Md. Liaqat Ali 25 years

Policies or Manuals practised:

MANOSIKA follows various policies for the entire development of the organization with view to creating balanced development based transparency and accountability in all sectors of development.

⦁ Constitution

⦁ Service Rule/Admin Manual

⦁ Financial Manual

⦁ Gender Policy

⦁ Code of conduct on child protection

⦁ Procurement Policy

Geographical coverage:

Sl. District Upazila

1. Lalmonirhat Lalmonirhat Sadar, Aditmari, Kaliganj, Hatibanda and Patgram

2. Pabna Bera

Staff Strength:

Position Male Female Total Male (%) Female (%)

Staff 36 24 60 60 40

Volunteers 05 02 07 67 33

Total 41 26 67 65 35

  Institution of Organization :-

Sl Name of Institution Year of establishment Number of Teachers and staffs Number of Students

1 Manosika Disabled School 1998 12 104

2 Manosika Kg School 1998 7 104

3 Manosika Junior High School 1998 11 96

4 Manosika Vocational School 2010 9 37

5 Manosika Medical Institution 2011 7 40

Main operational fields and type of present projects record:

Sl Project Budget (Tk) Year/s Donor

1 EU assisted School Feeding Program 3,41,00,525 2011-2014 EU and DPE

2 School Feeding Program in Poverty Porn Areas 12,66,000 2012-2020 WFP and DPE

3 Promoting Science Education in secondary School Children’s 23,06,245 2011-2013 Bangladesh Freedom foundation

4 Liliane Partners Networking Project-Bangladesh 15,90,700 2013-2015 Stiching Liliane Fonds

5 Pre- primary, Primary & Secondary Education 12,00,000 yearly Own and Government

6 Inclusive Education for Disable Children 25,00,000 2010-2012 PKSF

7 Pure Drinking water to Disabled  Family & Assistive Devise for Disabled Persons 20,00,000 2012-2020 Bangladesh NGO Foundation

Hazardous Child Labor Reduction Movement40,000 2012ILO

8 Legal Aid Support for vulnerable People     50,000 yearly  Own

9

Medical Support       60,000yearly Own

10 Disabled Support program 50,000 yearly Jatio Protibandi Unnyan Foundation

11 Relief 70,000 One time Muslim Aid UK, Bangladesh.

12 Fish Culture 60,000 Three time Jub Unnayan Adhidaptor

Main operational fields and type of previous projects record:

Sl Project Budget (Tk) Year/s Donor

1 Listening to Children Voices Project

  50,000 2011-2012 Save the Children Australia.

2 Child Labor Elimination Project

  3,14,000 2007-2009 Manuserjanno Foundation,  ESDO

3 Rehabilitation project for disabled Children 20,00,000 2004-2009 DRRA & SLF

4 Training for disabled children

  8,00,000 2008-2012 NGO Foundation

5 Strawberry Cultivation & Vegetable home gardening 1,50,000 2010-2011

  Bangladesh NGO Foundation & ESDO

6 HIV/AIDs Prevention Awareness Program 1,50,000 2007-2011 Padkhep & Own

7 Nutrition Support through Food for Work 50,000 2002-2005 WFP

8 Protection on Street Children’s Rehabilitation Project 1,50,000 2001-2005 TDC & DANIDA

9

Inclusive Education for Disable Children 12,00,000 2009-2011 CDD, LCD & DFID

10 Counter Trafficking Project 50,000 2002-2005 ATSEC Bangladesh

 Membership/Affiliation:

Sl Name of Forum/Network Issue Year of Membership

1 ADAB Networking 2001

2 NFOWD Networking 2004

3 Shisu Adhiker Foram Networking 2008

4 CLEAN Network Networking 2007

5 FNB Networking 2007

Organgram of the Organization:

MANOSIKA

General Committee

Executive Committee

 Executive Director

Program                  Institution                       Administration              Training

Project Director       Director education             Coordinator                       Training Manager

Coordinator    Principal/Head Teacher           Accountant                                Trainer

Field Staffs             Teachers                         Office Staffs                   Support Staffs

Support staffs        Office Staffs                     Support Staffs

Authorization:

The undersigned person below by submitting the Profile hereby declares that the information contained is accurate and truthful.

(A.K.M Shamsul Haque)

Executive Director

Manosika