Habiganj Habiganj district is located in the Sylhet division. It is a historic place where freedom fighters started the first guerrilla movement against the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh liberation war. Although 98 per cent of the population are Bengalis, Habiganj has some indigenous groups like the Khashia, Monipuri and Tipperah people. BRAC Photo credit: Since the Sylhet division is famous for its tea gardens, BRAC health forum meeting to identify cataract cases by mobilising the community Habiganj is no exception. Habiganj has around 24 tea another core programme which is a human rights and legal aid services gardens with rubber gardens, combination of preventive, curative, (HRLS), ultra poor graduation fruit gardens etc. rehabilitative and promotional (UPG), community empowerment health services focusing on (CEP), integrated development This district is also famous for improving maternal, neonatal and (IDP), skills development, and indigenous handmade weaving child health (IMNCS), as well as gender justice and diversity (GJD) products and bamboo work. combating communicable diseases programmes successfully. BRAC runs some of its core and common health problems programmes such as microfinance, forming the key component of education (BEP), health, nutrition essential healthcare. Another and population (HNPP), and core programme is BRAC WASH, water, sanitation and hygiene which mainly deals with water and General information (WASH) in the district. Among sanitation services. In Habiganj, them, microfinance is the largest the WASH programme has an Population 2,285,700 programme that offers three outstanding 85 per cent sanitation Unions 78 types of loans – dabi (micro loan) coverage through installing sanitary Villages 2,284 and progoti (enterprise loan) and latrines in the schools and villages. Children (0-15) 879,550 tenant farmers’ development BRAC’s new initiative, the skills Primary schools 1,027 loans (agricultural loan). BEP development programme, is Literacy rate 55% providing holistic skills development stands as the second largest Hospitals 9 training and decent employment programme in this district NGOs 57 running around 900 schools, opportunities to enable young Banks 51 the adolescent development women and men to realise their Bazaars 121 programme and gonokendros full potential. Apart from these (community libraries). HNPP is programmes, BRAC also runs www.brac.net At a glance Human rights and legal aid services (as of December, 2018) Human rights and legal aid services (HRLE) shebikas 460 Microfinance Legal aid clinics 16 Branches 42 HRLE graduates 68,102 Village organisations 4,013 Members 173,770 Ultra Poor Graduation Borrowers 82,192 Group - 1 members 80 Progoti Group - 2 members 1774 Small enterprise clients 9,037 Asset received 1774 Training received 1775 Education Group - 3 members 1191 Asset received 1191 Pre-primary school 245 Training received 1192 Primary school 141 Shishu niketon 23 ADP centres 178 Skills development Community libraries 43 Number of master Education support craft persons (MCPs) 151 programme 113 Number of trades 5 Number of graduate learners 207 Health, nutrition Number of learners in and population PROSPER 38 Number of learners in Health volunteers PROMISE 53 (shasthya shebika) 338 Number of learners in Health workers PROGRESS 29 (shasthya kormi) 40 Health centres 1 Social enterprises Water, sanitation Ayesha Abed Foundation 1 and hygiene Sanitary napkin and delivery kits 1 Committee members 26,481 Sanitation coverage 64% Sanitary latrines installed in school 112 Deep tube-wells installed 154 Although every effort has been made to include and verify the accuracy of relevant information in this fact sheet, users are urged to check independently on matters of specific interest. Report any discrepancies/suggestions to [email protected]. This document was last updated on 31 December 2018, is revised yearly and made available on www.brac.net/visitors..