Natore Located in the north of , lies under the division, and has an area of 1,900 square kilometres. The main rivers here are the Atrai, Boral, Nagor and Tulshi. Natore’s kachagolla, is a sweetmeat made of milk, and famous throughout the country for its taste. It is a kind of sweet made from milk. The largest Photo credit: BRAC (a large water body) of Bangladesh, is A female BRAC beneficiary has got livestock from BRAC’s targeting the ultra poor (TUP) also located here in Natore. programme.

BRAC works at Natore with a At a glance Health, nutrition few components such as the and population microfinance, targeting the ultra (as of December, 2016) Health workers poor (TUP), health, nutrition and Microfinance (shasthya kormi) 37 population (HNPP), education Village organisations 2,185 Health volunteers (BEP), community empowerment (shasthya shebika) 331 (CEP), and human rights and Members 128,532 Borrowers 67,529 legal aid services (HRLS) Community empowerment programmes. Progoti Community-based Small enterprise clients 8,747 organisation (polli shomaj) 329 Tenant farmers’ development Union-based organisation project (union shomaj) 41 Village organisations 268 Money disbursed 189,153,000 Human rights and legal Population covered 9,133 aid services General information Human rights and legal Education education (HRLE) shebikas 419 Population 1,779,360 Legal aid clinics 11 Primary schools 90 Unions 52 Shishu niketon schools 99 Gender justice and diversity Villages 1,434 Pre-primary schools 173 Children (0-15) 626,741 ADP centres 122 MEJNIN (meyeder jonno nirapad Community libraries 52 nagorikotta - safe citizenship for Primary schools 737 women) Literacy rate 80% Targeting the ultra poor Community watch groups 3 Hospitals 1 Students watch groups 3 Specially targeted ultra NGOs 64 poor (STUP) members 12,513 Social enterprises Banks 12 Other targeted ultra poor Bazaars 170 (OTUP) members 4,765 Nursery 1

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