Habiganj district is located in division. It is a historic place where freedom fighters started their first guerrilla movement against the Army during the liberation war. Although 98 per cent of the population is Bengali, Habiganj has some indigenous groups like the Khashia, Monipuri and Tipperah people. Since is famous for its tea gardens, Habiganj is BRAC health forum meeting to identify cataract cases by mobilising the community no exception. Habiganj has around 24 tea gardens with purpose of BRAC Education mentioned programmes, BRAC rubber gardens, fruit gardens is to assist the government to also runs human rights and legal etc. achieve Education for All (EFA) and aid services, targeting the ultra Millennium Development Goals poor, community empowerment, This district is also famous for (MDG) by the year 2015. BRAC integrated development, migration, indigenous handmade weaving Health programme is another core gender justice and diversity productsand bamboo work. BRAC programme that is also running and agriculture programmes runs some of its core programmes successfully in this district. This is a successfully. such as microfinance, education, combination of preventive, curative, health and water, sanitation and rehabilitative and promotional hygiene in the Habiganj district. health services which focus on Of them, microfinance is the improving maternal, neonatal and General information largest programme that offers child health (IMNCS), as well as two types of loans – dabi (micro combating communicable diseases Population 2,089,000 loan) and progoti (enterprise loan) and common health problems Unions 77 with around 100,000 members which form the key component Villages 2,284 and 55,000 borrowers. On the of essential healthcare. Another Children (0-15) 819,944 other hand, the BRAC Education core programme is BRAC WASH Primary schools 1,027 programme stands as the second which mainly deals with water and Literacy rate 45% sanitation services. In Habiganj largest programme in this district. Hospitals 9 district, BRAC WASH programme Under the programme, BRAC Number of NGOs 57 runs around 1,500 schools, an has an outstanding achievement Banks 51 innovative adolescent development of 84 per cent sanitation coverage Bazaars 121 programme and gonokendros by installing sanitary latrines (community libraries). The main in schools. Apart from these

www.brac.net At a glance Sanitation coverage 84% Sanitary latrines As of December, 2014 installed in school 65 Deep tube-wells installed 146 Microfinance Branches 35 Human Rights and Village organisations 2,353 Legal Aid Services Members 112,665 HRLE shebikas Borrowers 54,930 (including odhikar shebis) 460 Progoti Number of legal aid clinics 10 (small enterprise clients) 3,926 Complaints resolved 2,013 Tenant Farmers’ Development Project Targeting the Ultra Poor No of VOs 118 STUP members 6,458 Population covered 4,025 Asset received 6,458 Healthcare availed 4,823 Education Training received 6,458 OTUP members 3,291 Pre-primary schools 486 Soft loan received 3,877,100 Primary schools 1,205 ADP centres 308 Community libraries 48 Integrated Development Area (Baniachong) Health, Nutrition and Population Social Enterprises Health volunteers 1,020 Ayesha Abed Foundation 1 Health workers 135 Sanitary napkin and Health centres 2 delivery kits 1

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