Pabna Part of , Pabna is located in northern . It is surrounded by Natore and in the north, Rajbari and in the south, and Sirajganj in the east and Kushtia in the west. The main rivers in the area are the , Ichamati, Gumani and Hurasagar.

BRAC operates most of its core BRAC Photo credit: programmes here including microfinance, education (BEP), BRAC school students engaging in group work. health, nutrition and population (HNPP), ultra poor graduation (UPG), community empowerment (CEP), human rights and legal aid services (HRLS), gender realise their full potential. Migration At a glance justice and diversity (GJD), skills is promoting safe migration development and migration. BRAC awareness in the area. (as of December, 2018) also established a few of its social enterprises in the area, which are Pabna has some notable tourist Microfinance destinations. Among them the creating livelihood opportunities. Branches 55 three-domed mosque at Bharara, Among these programmes, Village organisation 3,135 microfinance has reached the Jagannath Temple and Seth Kuthi Members 230,251 most number of clients through its are quite popular. Borrowers 102,578 multiple wings – dabi (microloan), Progoti progoti (enterprise loans) and Small enterprise clients 16,684 tennant farmers’ development project. BEP interventions target General information Education marginalised children, for whom Primary schools 123 it provides access to education Population 2,523,179 Pre-primary schools 187 UPG is also operating in Pabna, Sub-districts 9 Shishu niketon schools 214 Education support programme 88 tackling multiple fronts of poverty. Unions 73 CEP and HRLS are promoting Adolescent development Villages 1,562 programme (ADP) centres 205 legal empowerment, while HNPP Children (0-15) 755,673 is providing health services to rural Community libraries 61 Primary schools 1,337 women and children. UPG works Health, nutrition Literacy rate 47% to tacle poverty in multiple fronts. and population Skills development programme is Hospitals 9 Health workers providing holistic skills NGOs 63 (shasthya kormi) 61 development training and decent Banks 43 Health volunteers employment opportunities to Bazaars 164 (shasthya shebika) 610 enable young women and men to

www.brac.net Community empowerment Human rights and legal aid services Community-based organisation (polli shomaj) 290 Human rights and legal education Union-based organisation (HRLE) shebikas 383 (union shomaj) 38 HRLE graduates 93,079 Popular theatre 11 Legal aid clinics 11 Complaints resolved 1,740 Skills development Cases filed (civil and criminal) 693 Number of master craft persons (MCPs) 84 Social enterprises Number of trades 6 Number of learners 177 Ayesha Abed Foundation 1 Number of graduate learners 177 BRAC Dairy and food project Chilling centres 19 Gender justice and diversity Fisheries 2 MEJNIN (meyeder jonno nirapad nagorikotta - safe citizenship for Nursery 1 girls) Sericulture 1 Number of community watch group (CWG) 3 CWG members 45 Number of students watch group (SWG) 3 SWG members 45

Migration Community-based organisation (CBO) facilitators 4 Communication workers 4 Volunteers 5 Unions 23

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