Health Programs
Study Visit Program to Vietnam At the invitation of Asian Institute of Development Studies Inc. of Vietnam, the apex financial organization of
Education Program ENRICH Education Program primarily address the problem of children dropping-out of primary level education. Under this program, 20 afternoon teaching
Media Campaign on Environment and Health Issues
BEDO is one of the leading NGOs who has multi-media experiences both as producer and user. Over last five years it addressed the urban environment and health issues in different ways like-
• Produced a film of 3 minutes duration on Rickshaw Drivers Training Program in Dhaka City with financial assistance of UN ESCAP for awareness raising on road safety. The film was telecasted through BTV and ATN several times during 1998-99.
• Produced a film of 3 minutes duration on Fixing of Reflectors to the rickshaws plying in Dhaka City with financial assistance of National Road Safety Council of Bangladesh for awareness raising on road safety. The film was telecasted through BTV and ATN several times during 2000-2001.
• Produced 6 TV spots of 40 seconds duration on environmental development and health issues under Public Information and Awareness Campaign of DIFPP. The spots were telecasted through ETV and ATN Bangla several times in 2000.
• Produced 4 Radio spots of 45 seconds duration on environmental development and health issues under Public Information and Awareness Campaign of DIFPP. The spots were broadcasted through Bangladesh Radio several times in 2000.
• Produced a stage program of 45 minutes duration on environmental development and health issues under Public Information and Awareness Campaign of DIFPP. The program was telecasted through various cable networks in the country in 2001.
• Produced a good number of posters, stickers and handbills on environmental development and health issues under DIFPP and distributed among general mass during 1999-2001.
• Produced a good number of billboard and bell-sign on environmental development and health issues under DIFPP and displayed at different locations of Dhaka city during 2000-01.
• Produced a good number of newspaper ad on environmental development and health issues under DIFPP and published through different popular dailies in 2000.
• Produced an AIDS song on HIV prevalence and prevention for UNFPA, Dhaka in November 2002 for their use in world HIV/AIDS campaign through TVs and Radio.
• Produced a documentary film based on micro credit program of BEDO in 2006.
• Produced a documentary TV play based on ultra-poor program of BEDO
HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
Prevention of HIV/AIDS is one of the national priorities in respect to global context. In order to combat the deadly virus, BEDO has been working on awareness raising program in Naogaon and Dhaka city since 1998.
The field workers of BEDO in Naogaon are continuously providing knowledge on prevention of HIV/AIDS to the samity members through weekly meetings. In Dhaka city BEDO is implementing the program among the rickshaw pullers. BEDO staffs regularly visit rickshaw garages and conduct awareness raising sessions on STI/HIV/AIDS. Under Rehabilitation of Non-Motorized Transport Pullers and Poor Owners Project with the financial assistant of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) on behalf of World Bank the beneficiaries are imparted training on social issues that includes prevention of STI & HIV/AIDS.
The Government of Bangladesh received grants from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) for the prevention, control and care of HIV/AIDS among High Risk groups, Young People and People Living with HIV. Ministry of Health and Family Planning and Save the Children-USA signed agreement to provide management services for both Round-2 and Round-6 for effective implementation of the projects through sub-recipients nationwide.
Under the project of “HIV Prevention and Control among High-Risk population and Vulnerable Young People in Bangladesh” BEDO arranged training sessions on prevention of HIV/AIDS for 10 samities at Naogaon. Total 244 samity members (male 41, female 203) attended the training sessions.
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