Noakhali Located in the south- east of , lies under division, and has an area of 4,200 square kilometres. The main rivers in the area are the Bamni and Meghna. It is bounded by district on the north, the Meghna estuary and the bay of on the south, Feni and Chittagong districts on the Photo credit: BRAC east, Lakshmipur and districts on the west. Safe migration female members forum meeting in Begumganj, Noakhali.

BRAC operates in Noakhali with quite a few programmes, At a glance Human rights and such as microfinance, education legal aid services (BEP), health, nutrition and (as of December, 2015) population (HNPP), community Human rights and legal education empowerment (CEP), human Microfinance (HRLE) shebikas 330 HRLE graduates 47,792 rights and legal aid services Branches 31 Legal aid clinics 5 (HRLS), targeting the ultra poor Village organisations 2,024 (TUP), water, sanitation and Members 96,641 Water, sanitation and hygiene hygiene (WASH), and migration Borrowers 57,843 Committee members 304 programme. Progoti Sanitation coverage 93% Small enterprise clients 6,177 Loans for sanitary latrines 2,800 Tenant farmers’ development Sanitary latrines installed project in school 32 Village organisations 177 Population covered 4,190 Targeting the ultra poor General information Education Specially targeted ultra poor Population 3,370,251 (STUP) members 11,541 Primary schools 118 Other targeted ultra poor Unions 91 Pre-primary schools 123 (OTUP) members 765 Villages 786 ADP centres 77 Asset and training received 11,541 Children (0-15) 674,052 Community libraries 30 Healthcare availed 1,827 Primary schools 1,243 Literacy rate 70% Health, nutrition Community empowerment Hospitals 1 and population Community-based organisation NGOs 50 Health workers (polli shomaj) 151 Banks 135 (shasthya kormi) 83 Union-based organisation Bazaars 238 Health volunteers (union shomaj) 15 (shasthya shebika) 830 Popular theatre 6

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