save the children in bangladesh achievements and impact in 2012/13

SAVE THE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH aCHIEVEMENTS AND IMPACT IN 2012/13 Key achievements: how we help children to fulfill their rights in 2012/13 Children face multiple challenges to realising their basic rights in Bangladesh. Life, for many, particularly those living in families in remote rural areas and urban slums, is characterised by poverty and depriva- tion, involving poor health and nutrition (stunting, under-nutrition and wasting); high dropout from schools; a lack of quality early childhood development, including limited opportunities to play and develop; and inadequate protection from exploitation, early marriage, various forms of abuse and domestic violence, and vulnerabilities associated with separation and migration. While many children are classified as being poor, many are also marginalised (including street children and children working in the worst forms of child labour), experiencing more severe constraints to fulfilling their basic needs and rights to survival, development, protection and participation. Urbanisation, vulnerability to disaster and the effects of climate change are the major trends shaping the future environment for children, requiring strategic attention. Save the Children has built a solid foundation of work in Bangladesh, with many achievements and lessons learned. The organisation has made positive inroads into developing partnerships with local NGOs and other actors such as the Government, and currently holds a credible and positive reputation amongst the country’s diverse civil society. Save the Children in Bangladesh has 90 projects and works with over 60 partners across seven thematic areas (Child protection, Child rights governance, Education, Emergencies Health, HIV/AIDS and Livelihoods) Programmatically reached directly close to 13 million children, 2.2 million adults. “I was only 13 years old when I was married. My husband did not make enough to feed my little daughter and I. Eventually, he married another women and left me.” Save the Children taught Minati to run a business and using those skills, she started a bamboo handcrafts business. “I used my initial profits to repair my parents’ home and sent my daughter to school. I brought nutritious food for the family. Once that was done, I started saving for my future plan, ” she said. “I wanted to build a house with proper sanitation facilities and a vegetable garden. I wanted to give my daughter a proper place to live for a longer time because I do not want her to marry young.” As Minati has been empow- ered to give her daughter a better life, she understands the importance of keeping her in school and protecting her from child marriage. “Many women now come to me to learn how to make bamboo products. More women are now working and warning more money. I am a member of a community group that seeks to reduce early marriage and promotes better hygiene.” Case Study Established in 1970 Total annual spend in 2012, over US $50mn 660+ staff Work in 64 District 90+ Grants 60+ Partners

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SAVE THE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESHaCHIEVEMENTS AND IMPACT IN 2012/13

Key achievements: how we help children to fulfill their rights in 2012/13

Children face multiple challenges to realising their basic rights in Bangladesh. Life, for many, particularly those living in families in remote rural areas and urban slums, is characterised by poverty and depriva-tion, involving poor health and nutrition (stunting, under-nutrition and wasting); high dropout from schools; a lack of quality early childhood development, including limited opportunities to play and develop; and inadequate protection from exploitation, early marriage, various forms of abuse and domestic violence, and vulnerabilities associated with separation and migration. While many children are classified as being poor, many are also marginalised (including street children and children working in the worst forms of child labour), experiencing more severe constraints to fulfilling their basic needs and rights to survival, development, protection and participation. Urbanisation, vulnerability to disaster and the effects of climate change are the major trends shaping the future environment for children, requiring strategic attention. Save the Children has built a solid foundation of work in Bangladesh, with many achievements and lessons learned. The organisation has made positive inroads into developing partnerships with local NGOs and other actors such as the Government, and currently holds a credible and positive reputation amongst the country’s diverse civil society. Save the Children in Bangladesh has 90 projects and works with over 60 partners across seven thematic areas (Child protection, Child rights governance, Education, Emergencies Health, HIV/AIDS and Livelihoods) Programmatically reached directly close to 13 million children, 2.2 million adults.

“I was only 13 years old when I was married. My husband did not make enough to feed my little daughter and I. Eventually, he married another women and left me.” Save the Children taught Minati to run a business and using those skills, she started a bamboo handcrafts business. “I used my initial profits to repair my parents’ home and sent my daughter to school. I brought nutritious food for the family. Once that was done, I started saving for my future plan, ” she said. “I wanted to build a house with proper sanitation facilities and a vegetable garden. I wanted to give my daughter a proper place to live for a longer time because I do not want her to marry young.” As Minati has been empow-ered to give her daughter a better life, she understands the importance of keeping her in school and protecting her from child marriage. “Many women now come to me to learn how to make bamboo products. More women are now working and warning more money. I am a member of a community group that seeks to reduce early marriage and promotes better hygiene.”

Case Study

Established in 1970Total annual spend in 2012, over US $50mn660+ staff

Work in 64 District

90+ Grants

60+ Partners