asa as an ngo

Presentation on

as an NGOPresented By:-Md. Shamim Ahmed

BBA 054 16789

&

Abdus Samad

BBA 054 16723

Background

• Origin in tepra, a typical village of rural Bangladesh, in 1978.

• Microfinance is the core program.

• Seven million clients across Bangladesh currently.

• around 3000 branches.

• Non-financial programs featuring education, healthcare, sanitation, hygiene

and agriculture support services.

• Self-financed organization.

• Vision: establish a poverty free society.

• Core Value: achieving cost-effectiveness and sustainability.

• Mission: Support and strengthen the economy at the bottom of the socio-

economic pyramid by facilitating access to financial services for the poor,

marginalized and disadvantaged.

Programs and Projects (Non-financial)

• Agribusiness Project:

– support to the potential entrepreneurs and traders of agro-products and farmers.

– operating the program since 2007 under a tripartite agreement among ASA, Bangladesh

Government and Asian Development Bank.

– 57,393 clients were provided loan amounting to BDT 3,987.4 million during 2014-15.

– 691 entrepreneurs and farmers were trained during 2014-15.

• Vermicompost Project:

– 10 Vermicompost farms cum outlets were established.

– farms produce Vermicompost and distribute among farmers at a subsidized price.

– 13.6 metric tons of vermicompost were produced and distributed among the farmers during

2015.


• Orange Cultivation Support Project:

– providing financial and knowledge support for enhancing local production.

– 50 orange producers of Chunarughat Upazila in Habigonj district were trained during 2015.

• Mushroom Cultivation Program:

– launched in 2015.

– started cultivating it on a pilot basis in Gazipur, Manikganj and Dhaka districts.

• Power Tiller Loan Program:

– started in 2014.

– small, medium, marginal farmers are offered the loan at reduced service charge.

– BDT 185 million was disbursed as Power Tiller Loan among 2,228 cultivators in 2015.


• Project on Dairy Farms:

– took an initiative in 2015 for setting up Dairy farms in every district of the country.

– under the project 1,190 entrepreneurs were provided with the financial assistance.

• Fisheries Project:

– training, technical support and soft loan as inputs are being provided to the youths

and fish farmers.

– BDT 15 million was disbursed as loan among 110 fish cultivations in 2015-16.

Programs and Projects (Non-financial)• Primary Education Strengthening Program:

– 10,600 Learning centers have been set up in the underdeveloped localities.

– 25-30 students through holding a two-hour class/session every day over six days in a

week(per center).

– students also get involved in extracurricular activities once in week.

– provided teaching-learning service to 3,00,000 students.


• Sanitation Program:

– motto to improve the sanitation facilities of the poor and the underprivileged.

– provide training on sustainable sanitation technology and expanding its

marketing.

– offer soft loan to the poor and low income people for purchasing sanitary latrines.

– assisting members in installing off-set latrine in their households.

– disbursed soft loans amounting to BDT 437.5 million for the purpose among the

entrepreneurs and 45,939 off-set latrines were established.

– a plan has been taken to disburse loan amounting to BDT 420 million among

35,000 beneficiaries and to establish 40,000 more off-set latrines in the FY 2016-17.

Programs and Projects (Non-financial)• ASA Health Program:

– the program covers 58 out of 64 districts of the country providing service to about 7

million people.

– 49 Primary Health Centers established in remote areas.

– services including health checking, blood sugar test, blood pressure test, growth

monitoring of children and pregnancy test.

– medicines are sold to the patients at a subsidized price.

– also provide middle and old age groups with Physiotherapy treatment.

– 40,000 patients were provided Physiotherapy treatment during July 2015 – June 2016.

SWOT AnalysisStrengths Weakness

Clear mission, vision, and principles that guide and motivateStrong leadershipSimple organizationStrong relationship with governmentCost-effective managementGood coordination and monitoringStable source of financing

Lack of systematic operations in the organizationPolitical instability

Opportunities Threats

Innovative middle management Capacity to change, innovate and motivate Good community response Support from media and

advocacy organizations

Government restrictions and lack of political willLack of interest and attitudinal problems at the community levelLack of access to target groups and locationsEmerge of new NGOs

Problems

Multiple borrowing or overlapping

Misuse of credit by borrowers

Absence of strategic planning

Reaching economically backward region

Less attention to ultra poor

Limited capacity

Political interference

Targeting women as borrower and its social dilemma

Insufficient repayment time by the microfinance institution to

the borrower

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