Pirojpur Located in the South-West of Bangladesh, Pirojpur District Lies Under Dhaka Division, and Has an Area of 1,399 Square Kilometres

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Pirojpur Located in the south-west of Bangladesh, Pirojpur district lies under Dhaka division, and has an area of 1,399 square kilometres. The main rivers in the area are the Gabkhan, Baleshwar, Damodar, Kochakhali, and Sandha. It is bounded by Gopalganj and Barisal districts on the north, Barguna district on the south, Jhalokati district Photo credit: BRAC on the east and Bagerhat district on the west. Students are playing and reading with happiness at BRAC primary school. BRAC operates in Pirojpur with quite a few programmes, At a glance Human rights and such as microfinance, health, legal aid services nutrition and population (HNPP), (as of December, 2015) community empowerment Human rights and legal education (CEP), human rights and legal Microfinance (HRLE) shebikas 286 HRLE graduates 49,542 aid services (HRLS), and Branches 16 Legal aid clinics 6 targeting the ultra poor (TUP). Village organisations 1,004 Members 50,002 Targeting the ultra poor Borrowers 23,409 Progoti Specially targeted ultra poor Small enterprise clients 1,804 (STUP) members 501 Other targeted ultra poor General information Tenant farmers’ development (OTUP) members 980 project Asset and training received 2,700 Village organisations 501 Population 1,208,937 Healthcare availed 1,150 Population covered 4,800 Unions 51 Money disbursed 377,427,000 Villages 648 Community empowerment Children (0-15) 453,151 Health, nutrition Community-based organisation Primary schools 1,119 and population (polli shomaj) 190 Literacy rate 65% Union-based organisation Health workers (union shomaj) 18 Hospitals 7 (shasthya kormi) 142 Popular theatre 4 NGOs 51 Health volunteers Banks 60 (shasthya shebika) 1,222 Bazaars 147 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 2015, is revised yearly and made available on www.brac.net/visitors..

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