PROFILE OF RAYENDA UNION Upazila: Sarankhola District: Bagerhat November’ 2014 1 | P a g e Table of Content Sl # Content Page # 1. Union Map 03 2. Background, Socio-economic conditions , Disaster Vulnerabilities 04 3. Socio-economic condition 04 4. Geography 04 5. Disaster/ Vulnérabilités 04 6. Hard-to-Reach Areas. 05 7. Population in general 06 8. Child Population 06 9. Snapshot of situation of children and women in the union 06 10. Health and Nutrition 07 11. Situation of Birth Registration, Disability and Child Marriage 08 12. Child Labour 09 13. Education: Pre Primary, Primary and Secondary level 09 14. Water and Sanitation 10 15. Service by NGOs 11 16. Union Parishad Functional Status 11 17. Table 1.1: Ward wise Sex disaggregated population data 13 18. Table 1.2: Age specific child population 14 19. Table 2.1: Ward wise number of Children fully immunized or left out 15 20. Table 2.2: Ward wise number of pregnant women with status of IFA intake 16 21. Table 2.3: Infrastructure and facilities/ Health & FP 17 22. Table 2.4 and 2.5: HR status of Health and FP 17 23. Table 3.1: Situation of birth registration child labour, disability 18 24. Table 4.1: Pre-primary Education coverage 19 25. Table 4.2: Primary Education coverage 20 26. Table 4.3: Secondary education coverage 22 27. Table 4.4: Infrastructure and facilities of Educational institution 22 28. Table 4.5: HR status of Institution 23 29. Table 5.1: Source of safe water and water Coverage 23 30. Table 5.2: Sanitation Coverage 24 31. Mapping of NGO Programmes 25 32. Civil Society: List of Key Influential peoples and their contact no. 26 33. Name and contact number of Chair persons of 5 key standing committees 26 34. Important Mobile number of Union Parishad 27 2 | P a g e Map: Rayenda Union 3 | P a g e Part A: General Information 1. Background, Socio-economic condition, Disaster vulnerability, Hard-to-reach areas 1.1 Background Rayenda Union is in Sarankhola Upazila under Bagerhat district. The Union was established before 1948 and at that time Bangladesh was under British rule. From District HQ to union head quarter the road communication is poor and journey by Bus takes 3.30 hours if ferry is available. Upazila HQ to UP Office road communication is also poor. Mr. Md.Ashaddujjaman Milon is the chairman of this union and has been performing the responsibility as UP chairman for the last four years. The UP complex is located at Rayenda bazar of Kadamtala village which is in ward # 05. The total area of the union is 33.70 sq. Km. Around 93% of the population in this union is Muslim and 7% are Hindus. Being situated on the bank of the Bay of Bangle this union is a highly disaster prone area for Cyclone and tidal surge. 1.1 Socio-economic condition: Like other rural areas of Bagerhat district more than 70% (approx. by UP representatives) people have been living below poverty line. Main occupations of the people are agriculture, day labourer, fishing and honey collection from the Sundrabans forest. The main crops are paddy, Dal/Kalai (varieties of lentils) and vegetable. Agriculture and fishing are considered as major livelihood; children are also engaged in these activities. They are deprived from their rights and these are the main concern of education for children. There is one big and three small village markets in the Union. There are brac, CODEC, RIC, Muslim AID and some others NGOs who are involved in micro–credit/financing program. The overall socio- economic condition of the community people is poor. The union has 502 ponds, 4 bazzers, 30 GPS,3 secondary Schools, 6 Madrasas,1 Collage, 1 health sub centre, 4 CC, 6 Orphanages, 71 Mosques, 7 Temples, 1 Cooperative club, 2 Cultural Club, 2 Public libraries, and 25 Cyclone Shelters in the Union. 1.3 Geography: It lies bounded on the north by Khontakata and Dhansagor union, on the east by the Baleshar River, on the south by the Sundraban and Southkhali union and on the west by the Bhola River and the Sundrabans. It is only 2 km away from Sarankhola Upazila head quarter and 90 km from district HQ 1.4 Disaster/Vulnerabilities: Being situated very close to the Bay of Bangle Rayenda union is a highly disaster prone area for Cyclone and tidal surge. The river Bhola is flowing through the west and the Baleshar the big River is flowing through the east side of the union. The embankment is in a bad shape and some portions of 4 | P a g e the embankment were washed out during the disaster SIDR in November, 2007 and again by AILA which had fallen upon the union on 25 May’ 2009. Cyclone and tidal wave used to hit the Union almost every year and affects the life of people, damages their houses and crops and increase their sufferings which make them poor/ultra-poor. There are 25 Cyclone shelters with the capacity of only 8750 persons but there is no earthen killa (fort) for protecting animal. Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) is active here for a long time on cyclone preparedness and early warning system. The Union have 10 trained and well equip volunteer units (male-100 and female 50). 1.5 Hard-to-Reach Areas, villages and communities: There is no hard to reach area in this union. Internal communication is almost good in dry season but very poor in the rainy season due to muddy road. The union has 9 km carpeting road, 7 km brick soling road, 30 km embankment and 36 km earthen road. Motor cycle and van are usually used as vehicle within the union. Sometimes people have to face difficulty to get health service especially ANC service due to long distance in between FWC, CC and community. Distance and communication mood are as below; (Distance is calculated from the UP office to the middle of the respective village) Ward # Name of Village Distance from Union Mood of Communication head quarter 1 Uttar Rajapur 10.00 KM Van, Motor Cycle, Toller for rainy season 2 Dakhin Rajapur 9.00 Km Van, Motor Cycle, Toller for rainy season 3 Malea Rajapur 7.00 KM Rickshaw/van, Motor Cycle 4 Khada 2.00 Km Jeep/Rickshaw/van, Motor Cycle 5 Uttar Kadamtala 1.00 KM Jeep/Rickshaw/van, Motor Cycle 6 Dakhin Kadamtala 1.50 KM Jeep/Rickshaw/van, Motor Cycle 7 Uttar Tafalbari 6.00 KM Van, Motor Cycle, Toller for rainy season 8 Lakurtala 4.50 KM Van, Motor Cycle, Toller for rainy season 9 Rajassor 4.00 Km Van, Motor Cycle, Toller for rainy season 5 | P a g e 2. Population Profile: 2.1 Population in general In 7601 households the total population of the union is 32604 (Census 2011), and population density is 1060 persons per Sq Km. But this number varies from the HH and population number of the Union according to “the holding assessment 2013-2014’ which was conducted by the Union Parishad itself, where the number of HH is 9463 and total population is 39068. Union Parishad claimed that the holding assessment and the number of population are updated. Around 93% of the population in this union is Muslim and 07% are Hindus. The details are shown in the Table 1.1 in the Annex I. 2.2 Child Population: According to the Census 2011, the total child population from 0 to 19 years of age of the union are 14006 which is 43.80% of the total population (0-4 is 3,137, 5-9 is 4,192, 10-14 is 4,076 and 15-19 is 2,601). Community data provides more age specific information than census data and the total child population from 0 to 18 years are 15,918; 0-1 year is 672; 1 to 2 years 651; 5 to 6 years 715 and 6 to 10 years is 2522. This shows an increased number of population than that of Census as usual. Part B: Situation of Children and Women The following chapters describe the sector wise facilities and situation of children and women in the Union. The following table provides a snapshot of the situation of children and women in the union: Table 1: Snapshot of Situation of children and women in the union Indicators Total Receive Not Received d Number of pregnant women who have received / not received 1345* 938* 407* IFA tablets Number of pregnant mothers who have completed 4 ANC visits 1345* 458* About 50% not eligible for 4 ANC due to pregnancy period is less than 8 months Number of delivery take place in health centers (institutional no data delivery) Number of 1 year old children having / not having birth 1494** 580** 914** certificates Number of birth registration within 45 days of birth 0** Number of 1 year old children who have completed all the 1305* 1305* 0* vaccines and left out Number of children <5 with / without recommended weight and No data height Number of children in PPE/ out of PPE 846* 868* 67 enrolled from other area Number of children in / out of school ( Primary) 4955* 4389* 566* Number of children in / out of school (Secondary) 2772* 6 | P a g e Number of children engaged in labor 75** Children with disabilities 119** Number of children not living with families Data not available Number of children below 18 who are married 0** No data Number of households with / without access to safe water 9463** 6934** 73% sources Number of households with / without sanitary latrines 9463** 7336** 77.52% Number of female headed households No data *administrative data, **community data ***BRIS data as of September 2014 The union has 1345 pregnant women and as of November 2014 and out of them 938 received and intake IFA tablet at least 100.