annual report 2012 RDRS RDRS working area and population Working Area : 22,161 sq. km District : 14 working area Upazila (Subdistricts) : 74 Union : 534 Population of RDRS area : 21 Million Total Groups : 16,525 Participant Households : 410,000 Programme Participants : 2.25 Million Other participants Participants in health programme : 144,000 Children in education programme : 68,000 Other clients/beneficiaries : 289,658 Facilities Head Office : Dhaka Central Coordination office : Rangpur Research Centre : NBI, Rangpur Training Centres : 11 Staff : 3,096 Volunteers : 723 Annual Report 2012 Annual Report 2012 RDRS Bangladesh Text RDRS staff Editing Marion L Garry Cover photo SH Suza Photos RDRS Staff and Archive Production Supervision Sabrina Sharmin Design & Printing Cover Design: Mahbub/Drik, Inner Design: Tushar/Drik Printing: Drik, Bangladesh (
[email protected]) Dhaka, March 2013 Contents Foreword 6 Bangla Summary 8 Bangladesh 2012 10 RDRS: Four Decades of Service 12 RDRS Timeline: 1971-2012 16 Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: 1971–2012 18 Civil Empowerment 22 Social Organisation 23 Community-based Policing 25 Women’s Rights 26 Adibashi Empowerment 29 Quality of Life 32 Community Health 33 Fighting Tuberculosis (Global Fund) 34 Safe Motherhood 35 Education & Training 36 Natural Resources and Environment 38 Agriculture 39 Climate Change Adaptation 43 Food for Progress for Bangladesh 45 Soil Fertility in Hill Areas 45 Food Security for Ultra-Poor Women 46 Chars Livelihoods Programme 47 Environment & Disaster Preparedness 48