PKSF pays its humble and sincere tribute to the greatest-ever Bengali and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the eve of his birth centenary PKSF CONTENTS ANNUAL REPORT 04 Chairman’s Message 06 Foreword 2019 08 Governance 16 Management 21 Editor’s Edge: PKSF Has Promises to Keep 22 PKSF: Accentuating the Strides of Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh 36 Buniad 38 Jagoron 40 Agrosor 42 Sufolon EDITORIAL ADVISERS 44 Agriculture Unit Mr Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah 46 Fisheries and Livestock Unit 48 Social Advocacy and Knowledge Dissemination Unit Dr Md Jashim Uddin 50 Environment and Climate Change Unit EDITOR 54 ENRICH 58 LIFT Professor Shafi Ahmed 62 Kuwait Goodwill Fund 64 ABASON Loan Program 66 Programs-Support Fund EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES 68 Special Fund Suhas Shankar Chowdhury 70 Uplifting the Quality of the Lives of the Elderly People Program 72 Cultural and Sports Program Sharmine Mridha 74 Program for Adolescents Sabrina Sultana 76 Livestock Risk Mitigation Program Nazmus Sakib Al-Azam 80 Food Security 2012 Bangladesh: UPP-Ujjibito 82 SEIP PHOTO CREDITS 84 PACE 86 LICHSP Faizul Tarique 88 Sustainable Enterprise Project (SEP) Rakib Mahmud 90 Pathways to Prosperity for Extremely Poor People (PPEPP) 93 Microenterprise Development Project (MDP) PKSF Archive 96 Training 98 Research PUBLISHED BY 100 Communications and Publications Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) 102 Innovation for Public Service 104 Major Events 128 Auditor’s Report Printed by: Laserscan Ltd. 143 Partner Organizations MESSAGE CHAIRMAN Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation real circumstances as well as The PKSF stands by extremely (PKSF) has gone through a year their expectations and interests poor households that come under of expansion and consolidation and then develop the action its ambit as they move ahead since the Annual Report 2018 programs giving due emphasis successively becoming poor and was published. Broadly speaking, to their opinions and views. For non-poor and also as they move the PKSF particularly focuses example, in the case of poverty on to a sustainable development on multidimensional poverty reduction/eradication, 16 severely pathway. The PKSF seeks to eradication, human development disadvantaged groups have enhance human capabilities of the and human dignity; modernization been identified. Each group has downtrodden through education, of agriculture in all its dimensions; certain unique circumstances and skill training and primary health enterprise development with due needs. A single approach does care services. The purpose is to emphasis on productivity, growth, not work for all groups. An action enable them to find employment program designed for a particular sustainability and cluster approach; or set up micro-enterprises with group must include its differential and climate change impact a view to upgrading their living needs and circumstances; and management. conditions. Skill training is provided that basic information can be in various trades, including The PKSF works with 1.4 million obtained authentically from them modern ones. The participants extremely poor, poor, and non- directly. This is exactly what the come from across the country. poor (mainly for promotion of PKSF does. Again, in the case of But, health services are provided micro enterprises). The updates ENRICH, the human dignity issue in areas where feasible. The health on various programs being relates to everybody suffering component is, however, quite implemented by the PKSF are from a deficit in this regard, but elaborate in the ENRICH Unions. described in this Report. I intend their circumstances may call for The PKSF’s human-centric to outline here a few strategic somewhat different (in terms of development approach dimensions. both contents and extents) sets of services. The particular realities encompasses needs-based One basic element in the PKSF faced by the individuals are taken interventions at different stages approach in all its activities is into account. The same approach is of human life, from conception to to consult the target people followed with respect to enterprise grave. This is universally practised to learn from them about their development. in the ENRICH Unions and is also 4 PKSF Annual Report 2019 encouraged for implementation The PKSF has set up about 1,100 quality time together. All in all, the elsewhere by not only the PKSF Adolescent Clubs (wK‡kvix K¬ve) in program is helping them find the but also by other organizations various parts of the country. The final chapter of their lives worth working for poverty eradication purpose is to help the girls, via living. and development of the various activities, develop their My sincerest gratitude is due to downtrodden. individual and collective strengths the Government of Bangladesh, in relation to understanding the The PKSF has organized about particularly Finance, Finanical social environment they live in; 230 thousand young people from Institutions, and Economic inculcating human, social and around the country, particularly Relations Divisions of the Ministry ethical values; and assisting one from ENRICH Unions. Half of them of Finance for the support provided another in the context of preparing are girls and half boys. A large to the PKSF. themselves well when possible, proportion of them have already at the present time and for the I would also thank the members been given training in human life ahead. The adolescents pass of the General Body and the and social values, and the others through an age, which is not easy Governing Body of the PKSF for will also be brought under this to handle. They often need help for their continuous support. I thank all program in the course of time. making the best possible choice. Of the PKSF staff for carrying out their Many of these young people course, their families and teachers responsibilities efficiently and with are so enthused that they are are there to help them. But, a club commitment. I wish to thank the working on their own to perform gets a group of them together in a Development Partners, who have and promote good deeds in their framework where they can discuss been working with us, for their respective areas, including, for among themselves all relevant support. example, staying away from drugs issues. The opportunity serves as and motivating others to do the a useful mechanism for their self- The PKSF implements all the same, motivating people against development. For each club, there activities through the Partner child marriage, eliminating teasing is a mentor to guide and help Organizations (POs). In fact, when of girls and eradicating other social them, as appropriate. I say PKSF, I include all the POs as evils. Some of them in certain part of the institutional framework. areas also engage themselves in The PKSF program for the elderly I wish to thank all the functionaries cleanliness drives and planting is serving a much needed and of the POs for their efforts and of trees in their own localities. wonderful purpose. The elderly would encourage them to keep Those who have received values people everywhere, including working with commitment as training are now gradually being rural areas, suffer the most from long as they remain a part of the provided with skill training in their loneliness. In poor families, they mission. I should also thank all own chosen traders so that they also suffer from lack of medical other people and institutions, can find employment or set up attention and food deficits. In that have helped us one way or enterprises. Those who set up the PKSF program for the elderly, another, in our journey towards enterprises are supported with particularly in the ENRICH Unions, promoting the causes we espouse. appropriate financing (up to Tk. their medical needs are taken one million) and other necessary care of and their families are services including market encouraged and facilitated to information, assistance in acquiring look after them. In the centres for appropriate technology, and the elderly that are set up, they support in marketing of products. find company and can spend Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad PKSF Annual Report 2019 5 FOREWORD MANAGING DIRECTOR From the Jagoron program (earlier is in the right track to realize the very strong and plans are in place known as Rural Microcredit and Sustainable Development Goals to support and realize that will. Urban Microcredit), which was (SDGs). It is a definitive indicator launched as the maiden program that the smooth rise of the GDP PKSF’s strength lies in October 1990, to the Pathways will continue and the Bangladeshi to Prosperity for Extremely Poor people are happily set to celebrate more in the theoretical People (PPEPP) project, which saw the Mujib Year in 2020 and the 50th evolution of financing its formal inception for piloting in anniversary of Independence in the poor populace who some selected areas of Bangladesh 2021. in October 2019, Palli Karma- can somehow have This PKSF Annual Report 2019 Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) is on the access to freedom a long journey of nearly three is a testimony to the activities decades to make its laudable accomplished in the last year. of choice in their marks as the country’s premier Contents inside speak of the very occupations. So, while positive role that PKSF plays in the development organization. At agriculture remains a the moment, PKSF services are development sector to bring about available to 13.91 million members strategic changes in the lives of the preferential domain to across the country through 278 poor people for whom it works. help the toiling masses in Partner Organizations (POs). Financing has remained the key And this is, by all standards, a operational method for the uplift fighting poverty, PKSF has magnificent achievement. of the socio-economic conditions made a thoughtful shift to of the poor. The growth of PKSF represents enterprise development. both a quantitative and qualitative Bangladesh has projected a bright And this has yielded great upward curve.