Woman Development Through Nursery Establishment

Title of the project:              Women Development through nursery establishment

Implementing NGO:             Animation Liberate For Organize (ALO)                 
                                                Vill: Nowdagram,
                                                Post: – Jessore-7400,
                                                District: – Jessore,
                                                Bangladesh.
                                                Mobile – 88-01712-861049
                                                email: alo2002org@yahoo.com

Duration of the project:       It is a One year Project..

Contract Person:                   Md. Anisur Rahman
                                                Executive Director,

Legal Status:                         Registration Number and Date 
                                                   a) Department Social Welfare            DSS No-   484 / 19-5-1997
                                                   b) Department Youth development –JUO No –35 / 2-8-2003
                                                   c) NGO Affairs Bureau-                      FDO/R No- 1711 / 1-4-2002

Project Summary:

 ALO is a non-profitable voluntary organization, has been working for the environment, climate, forestation, vulnerable woman and children. On this trend, the proposed project has been made on nursery establishment namely forest-grown, fruits-tree and herbal tree seedlings and seeds. In this project, ALO will select 100 women with 10 groups. In each group, 10 women will be included.  The main purpose of this project is to make a nursery and give training to the beneficiaries. Trees will be distributed among the beneficiaries and the beneficiaries will be paid a part of profit selling trees. This project is a continuous project. After one year, new beneficiaries will be selected at the same process who will be taken form other villages. At present environment problem is the main problem. Bangladesh is mostly affected in the climate risk. Due to cut down of forest, ecological balance has been changed in Bangladesh. In our targeted area, forest-grown, fruits-tree and Herbal tree has been cut down for fuel, furniture and other purposes.  So to protect ecological balance of the area, ALO has taken this project proposal for implementation.  

Background of the Project:

At present environment problem is the main and core problem. Environment is mostly related to air, water, trees, birds, animals sound and many other elements. Trees help us a lot to keep our environment suitable for living. Trees are useful to man in tree ways: they provide him with wood, oxygen and other products; they give him shade; and they help to prevent drought and floods. It is a friend of man. Without trees the soil becomes hard and poor.  Once all kind of trees were full and the ecological balance was kept up smoothly in the project area. The procreation ability of the birds and animals was normal in its daily life. Different kind of birds and animals were enough to keep up the balance of ecosystem. Many kinds of fruits-trees, forest-grown and herbal trees were seen 10-12 years ago. People, being uneducated and unconscious about tree, begin to cut down trees and gradually the environmental and ecological balance has been changed and recently the ecosystem has been damaged. From this project, the people of the area will be conscious about the significance of tree plantation, the methods and taking care of tree plantation though the proposed training plan. Lack of consciousness and lack of awareness of forestation and ecosystem, geographical balance has been extinct in the area. And for extinction of this forestation, the procreation impotent the birds and animals is tremendously being hampered. Total environmental balance is lost for the ecosystem. Weight level erosion, deforestation, increasing carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere, increasingly emission of cloro-floro carbon dioxide gas from the industries of developed countries and natural calamity are the main headache spotlight of the world people. All people are completely dependent on chemical fertilizer, pesticide and Herbicides in applying the crops. For this reason, total ecological balance has been destroyed from this area. The main purpose of this project is to develop the women who will come in the nursery to receive training and take practical work experience giving labor. ALO will distribute seedlings to the beneficiaries. Then they will make a nursery in their yard and work area.  For this reason its importance and urgency is very much needed to develop the ecosystem of the area.

Project objective

1. To develop women financially and socially through establishment nursery
2. To develop environment and agriculture through direct practice and training of the local women
3. To make the beneficiaries a small businessman.

Tasks

1. Establishment a  nursery
2. Direct participation of the women in the nursery.
3. Revive the environment

Project implementation plan.

Beneficiary selection and Group formation 

First ALO will invite the local honorable and distinguished persons for open discussion who lead the society for development.  During discussion, the invited persons will make a list of beneficiaries and entrust the list of 100 women beneficiaries to ALO. Then 100 women will come in this project as direct beneficiaries. After beneficiary selection, a organized committee will be made with 3 women members with an Agriculturist. The Agriculturist will be recruited as the trainer cum supervisor. In this project area, 100 women will be involved with 10 groups. And in each group, 10 women will be involved in order to take direct practice and training. They will be providing labor for the nurseries i.e. preparing the nurseries, bagging, transplanting or column, watering, and security. Afterwards, ALO will distribute all kind of seedlings to the beneficiaries to make a nursery of their own.

Nursery center establishment:

 A tree conservation center will be established in the project area where the forest-grown, fruits-trees and herbal trees, seedlings, seeds will be kept. The shed will be 25 feet long and 15 feet wide one tin shed. In this center, step by step all kind of trees will be preserved.

Tree collection:

 The forest-grown, fruits-trees and herbal trees, seedlings, seeds will be collected from different developed nurseries of some nearby Districts especially seeds and seedlings will be collected from Gov. Seeds research bureau. This seeds and seedlings will be preserved in potting bags. Plastic bags that will be brought from nearby workshops.  when the nursery will be established completely, all kind of trees  will be collected from its own nursery by making column, cutting, grafting and seeds processing.

Tree Planting and expansion:

 In one side, ALO will make a nursery and in this nursery the beneficiaries will come to receive training on the production of column, cutting, grafting and sowing seeds, preparing the nurseries, bagging, transplanting, watering, seeds and seedlings processing. On the other side, the trees will be sold to the market, local people and other nursery, and distributed among the beneficiaries so that they can plant it in their own yard and back word in their house. The beneficiaries will be able to sell trees when they will make themselves as a small businessman.  In this way, the development of nursery will be expanded across the District.

Project implementation/technique

 In this project, ALO’s survey team will survey the targeted area and select 100 women who will come in contact to this project. With these beneficiaries, a organized committee will be made with 5 members with a Agriculturist. The Agriculturist will be recruited as the trainer cum supervisor.  In this project area, 100 women will be involved with 10 groups. And in each group, 10 women will be involved. For making a nursery, a land will be taken as lease that will be fenced and a tube-well will be setup in where every group will come and will work from 9 am to 12 am. The agriculturist will train each group about nursery management. After training they will gather experience. Every day a group will come and take practical experience on column, cutting, seed sowing or planting, grafting, taking care of seeds and seedlings. In this nursery, all kind of trees will be kept such as all kind of fruits-trees, forest-grown and herbal trees, seedlings and seeds. For production of healthy seedlings, ALO will buy fertilizers and will also prepare compost manure for the nurseries. The natural fertilizers such as cow dung, faeces, stool, and excrement will be collected for vigorous seedlings. When seedlings will be brought up, then it will be sold to the market or other nursery or to the common people of the local area, a part of the profit will be paid to the beneficiaries as labor cost. Because they will provide labor and wages will be paid against labor. Furthermore, Afterwards, ALO will distribute trees among the beneficiaries. They will make a nursery of their own. In this way, all groups will come in nursery step by step and work direct practice and training.

Name of staff/experts who implement the project with applicant  NGO

Each and every project needs some personnel to carry out the project activities smoothly and effectively.  So, for this project necessary project staffs will be selected and appointed. Skilled and experienced staff will be appointed for implementation the activities among the local people. And expert personnel will be collected from the out side if necessary. After appointment, they will be assigned in the nursery to perform their duties and responsibilities.

The selected staffs whom will be appointed are given below;

1- Coordinator cum trainer -1

2- Accountant -1

3-Organizer cum Guard – 1

Coordinator cum trainer

Duties and Responsibilities:

S/he will be reportable to the Executive Director.

He will  supervise, follow up and monitor the Field Organizer, activities and other organizational activities at the nursery level as s/he assigned.

Ensure project activities implementations at the assigned areas through utilizing the field staff,  Maintain group members. Maintains the related area documents, training schedule records etc.

Prepare monthly and quarterly work plans and ensure smooth implementation.

Prepare monthly progress reports for the Executive Director.

Guide and supervise the Field Organizer at the field level.

Make regular and frequent field visits to check up the project activities.

Assist the Executive Director to develop of different program policies & decision makings at the field level.

Identify and solve field problems at the lowest level from which they have arisen.

Accountant.

Duties and Responsibilities:

She/he will be reportable to the Executive Director and will be responsible for all financial functions.

He will sign all the financial matters in favor of the organization.

Maintains accounts related documents, vouchers etc. up to date following accounting principle & audit standard.

Prepare monthly financial statement, budget Request and assist the ED.  

Maintain cash-book, Ledger book, petty cash book, and journals etc. daily basis as per accounting principles/audit standard.

Monitor the budget heads and inform the ED about the positions of the budget.

Prepare all vouchers, papers, documents etc. and takes ED’s approval regularly.

Ensure daily posting of the daily transactions.

Prepare the project budgets, quarterly budgets, half yearly budgets, annual budgets and monthly budgets and give requisitions with the approval of the ED.

Communicate with the Bank regarding the financial purposes of the organization.

Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual financial reports to the ED.

Handle and ensure financial administration and management.

Face any kind of audit.

Assists the ED for the development of different financial policies and decision-makings.

Identify and solve financial problems at the lowest level from which they have arisen.

Maintain the organization’s budget policy and procedures.

Organizer cum Guard

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Organizer cum guard will be responsible to take care of the nursery.

Will look after nursery related all materials

Detail Project Budget

Total Project Cost =    $ 8060

Donor contribution = $ 5000

Organization’s contribution = $ 3060