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Sunamganj Located in the North-East of Bangladesh, Sunamganj District Lies Under Sylhet Division, and Has an Area of 3,670 Square Kilometres Sunamganj Located in the north-east of Bangladesh, Sunamganj district lies under Sylhet division, and has an area of 3,670 square kilometres. The district is bordered by Khasia and Jaintia hilly area of Meghalaya (Indian State) to the north, Habiganj district to the south, Sylhet district to the east, and Netrokona district to the west. The main rivers BRAC Photo credit: are Surma and Kushiyara. Microfinance village organisation meeting supervised by integrated Sunamganj is famous for its development program (IDP) held at Derai. stone and sand business. It has been supplying river sand, through its informal schools. UPG Sunamganj is a tourist destination natural sand, crushed stone, focuses on tackling extreme poverty for many domestic tourists since in multiple fronts. HRLS serves the it has more haors and beels gravel and shingle since 1960. disadvantaged community through (wetlands ecosystems) than any its human rights and legal education other district in Bangladesh. BRAC operates the majority of (HRLE) shebikas. CEP is building Tanguar Haor is the largest inland its programmes at Sunamganj, and strengthening community billabong located in this district. such as microfinance, ultra poor institutions to ensure socio-political graduation (UPG), health, nutrition empowerment of poor people. IDP and population (HNPP), education works at Derai sub-district, tackling (BEP), community empowerment the various dimensions of poverty General information (CEP), human rights and legal in haors (shallow land depressions aid services (HRLS), integrated in north-eastern Bangladesh Population 2,467,968 development (IDP) and skills subject to yearly flooding). It offers development programme. Among Unions 88 livelihood training and support, Villages 2,887 them, microfinance offers two education support, health and Primary schools 1,470 types of loans – dabi (microloan) sanitation support, and legal aid Literacy rates 35% and progoti (enterprise loan). support. BRAC’s new initiative, the HNPP provides health education skills development programme, is Hospitals 11 through health volunteers (shasthya providing holistic skills development Banks 12 shebika) and health workers training and decent employment Bazaars 112 (shasthya kormi). BEP identifies opportunities to enable young NGOs 30 children from marginalised families women and men to realise their full and provides basic education potential. www.brac.net At a glance Human rights and legal aid services (as of December 2019) Human rights and legal education (HRLE) shebikas 8 Microfinance HRLE graduates 795 Branches 49 Legal aid clinics 4 Village organisations 4,367 Members 217,206 Ultra poor graduation Borrowers 117,228 Group-1 Members 32 Progoti Group-2 Members 501 Small enterprise clients 9,139 Asset and training received 501 Healthcare availed 501 Health, nutrition Group-3 Members 742 and population Asset and training received 742 Healthcare availed 742 Health volunteers (shasthya shebika) 624 Health workers Water, sanitation (shasthya kormi) 77 and hygiene Committee members 9,273 Community empowerment Sanitation coverage 31% Community-based Loans for sanitary latrines 207 organisation (polli shomaj) 116 Sanitary latrines installed Union-based organisation in school 20 (union shomaj) 23 Deep tubewells installed 14 Popular theatre team 5 Skills development Education Number of graduate learners in Pre-primary schools 1,235 STAR 961 Primary schools 332 Adolescent development programme (ADP) Centres 144 Community libraries (gonokendros) 37 Although every effort has been made to include and verify the accuracy of relevant information in this fact sheet, users are urged to check independently on matters of specific interest. Report any discrepancies/suggestions to [email protected]. This document was last updated on 31 December 2019, is revised yearly and made available on www.brac.net/visitors..
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