Medical Centres in Bangladesh
SOS Social Centre in Bogra
The SOS Social Centre Bogra provides humanitarian services to the under privileged mothers and the children to the very needy group of the community around SOS Children’s Village Bogra. The SOS Social Centre Bogra plays a vital role in every needy families as well as SOS families. It works only for mother and the children. It is truth that social centre is the bridge between SOS Children’s Village and the neighbouring community. Opened in 1996, the centre is fully operational.
The following programmes are running through our social centre:
- Family Strengthening Programme (FSP): SOS Social Centre Bogra is committed for the well-being of the vulnerable children, women of the local community, For the socio-economic development of these families social centre offered a programme in the year 2006 which is called FSP. Now the FSP has become the main programme of the SOS Social Centre. Through this programme 230 children (109 are boys and 121 are girls) from 185 destitute families are getting food security from the Social Centre. We are providing 8 kg rice, 1 kg iodized salt, 1kg lentil and 1 liter edible oil per child per month. Every two months after we invite local elite, schoolteachers, SOS Staff, Mothers / aunts, girls club member etc, as they can know our vision and activities and to observe our activities and equable distribution of foodstuff.
Total 46 female caregivers of FSP have regular income, which is average 1230 BDT per month. Two children have been admitted in our Day Care Centre, which siblings are our FSP beneficiaries also.
Education: The children of the families including FSP are given educational help from the centre. Educational, school fees, exam fees, tuition fees, school dress, school bag, and shoes etc. are given from our centre so that the child may not be the burden to the family.
Adult education: We have started a programme on Adult Education. It is seen in the beginning of the activities that most of the mothers of FSP could sign, some of them used to use their thumb expression as signature. To change this, we started a one-hour educational programme with the illiterate mother on every Saturday. At present all mothers receive their children’s allotted foods by giving their signatures.
- Medical Facilities: Every needy family and family of FSP is the member of our “Basic Clinic”. Mother and children upto18 in the family get medical treatments. In the year 2008, 120 boys, 134 girls and 177 mothers from outer community, 13 male staff, 5 female staff 48 boys 63 girls, 10 mothers and 6 aunts from the SOS Children’s Village have received treatment and medical Facilities from the Basic Clinic. We have immunized total 21 boys, 17 girls and 26 mothers and 52 children are immunized in NID. 33 on 3rd March and 29th November 17 women have taken ANC facilities and 14 children have taken first aid service from our Basic Clinic.
- Day Care Centre: There are 50 children in our SOS Day Care Centre. They comes every morning and goes home at 4:30 P.M. Children are supplied nutritious food and Education from our Day Care Centre. These children are between four to five years of age. We collect those children by conducting a social survey. Their parents are very poor working people, most of them are day laborer, Rickshaw and van puller, Biri laborer, factory laborer, etc.
- Skill Training Wing: 58 young girls and women have taken dress making training from our Skill Training Wing. This course is open for all poor women and young girls those who have 3R’ knowledge. In this year five female caregivers and seven young girls of from the FSP have successfully completed their training from our Skill Training Wing.
Now 7 female care givers and one young girl of FSP is engaged in self-help income generating activity. Their average monthly income is 1200 BDT.
Achievements:
We distributed 23 sets of textbooks among the children of FSP. We also distributed school uniform among 215 children, 167 school bag, 208 pair of shoes. We have started tutorial class for the FSP children. We arranged NID programme for all children of the community. We arranged a demonstration session on health & hygiene, keeping nutrition value of food intact for the FSP beneficiaries on 16 July.
On 15th March, we started a six month long sewing training course in the skill training wing of the SOS Social Centre with 4 members of FSP families. We have distributed four sets of sanitary latrine among the FSP family.
SOS Social Centre in Chittagong
Day Care Centre nourishes and brings up 60 children aged between four and five. Out of them 32 are boys and 28 are girls. In the year 2008 we have admitted 30 children at the Day Care Centre. 34 children will be released from the Day Care Centre on 31st December 2008. The Mother's Day Programme of Day Care Centre is organised once a week.
During the year 2008 total 417 patients received treatment from Basic Clinic. Among them 79 are community children, 133 are children from the SOS Children's Village Chittagong and 205 are adults. From January to November 2008 total 1373 mothers and children’s were immunized. Out of them 878 are children (Boys 439, Girls 439) & 495 are women. In this year we have observed National Vitamin “A” plus campaign & 17th National Immunization Day on 10th May and 29th November 2008 respectively. Through these programmes we have given 670 polio vaccines, 296 D-worming Tablets and fed 997 Vitamin A capsules to the children who were below five years old with the co-operation of Chittagong City Corporation.
At present the FSP at Chittagong supports around 280 children. These are made up of 150 are boys and 130 girls and in total 265 attend school. These children are studying in 19 institutions. In 2008, two of our FSP children have passed the SSC Examination successfully. Among them one is admitted at Women’s Polytechnic Institute and another one admitted at Dr. Fazlul Hazera Degree College. Moreover, we arrange three guardians meeting in a year.
Generally mothers and female caregivers remain present in these meetings. In these meetings we discuss about their children’s education and advised them to become skilled by attending different training programmes so that they can lead a better life in future. We distribute food materials among the FSP children within the second week of every month. We have already completed the Family Development Plan of Family Strengthening Programme in 2008. We have celebrated the International SOS Day with due respect. A weeklong programme was taken to observe the day.
On the 7th April 2008 we arranged an Eye Camp at SOS Social Centre Chittagong with the co-operation of Sajan, Social Service Society. We have also arranged E.N.T Camp 2008 on 19th May 2008 with the co-operation Society for Assistance to Hearing Impaired Children (SAHIC) Chittagong.
From this year we have started monthly work plan for FSP and strictly comply with the programme. In order to improve the socio-economic condition of FSP mothers we have arranged different training programmes such as Sewing Training by Paper Cutting, Wicker Stool Making, Nutrition Training and Mushroom Cultivation etc. from January to December 2008, 106 mothers received training from these courses (47 in Nutrition, 21 in Wicker Stool Making, 4 in Mushroom Cultivation and 34 in Sewing training by paper cutting).
Our skill training programme provides two trades - Tailoring and Embroidery. This year 48 people are involved on the Tailoring Trade course and 23 in Embroidery Trade course.
Besides these, SOS Social Centre Chittagong has been running adult education programme where beneficiary mothers and other illiterate women are taking part.
SOS Social Centre in Khulna
SOS Social Centre Khulna involves with the neighborhood families that have socio-economic crisis and are at risk of abandonment of children and have taken steps of preventive measures through Family Strengthening Programmes (FSP). To do this, collective efforts has taken in co-operation of different local authorities, service providers, voluntary organisations and community groups.
The co-workers are counselling and motivating in such a way that the family environment can be changed and developed. In addition there are some community need based programmes of social centre which are as follows:
There is a basic clinic services through which the surrounding needy mothers and their children and as well as the children, mothers and co-workers of Children’s Village are getting treatment facilities. During the year 2008 total 612 patients have received treatment in social centre. Like previous years Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) has been continued in cooperation with Health Department of Municipality and City Corporation. National Vitamin-A + campaign and the 17th National Immunization Day (NID) of 1st round was observed for the prevention of child blindness and Polio eradication in Bangladesh.
Family planning programme have been continuing with the cooperation of Government Family Planning Department out of which total 1014 women received the services and 159 pregnant women received Ante Natal Care services from the centre. We have Skill development training programme consisting of Tailoring, Stitching and Machine Embroidery. During the year 2008 total 66 trainees have received skill training from the centre. Through Child Day Care facility total 67 children have been provided with proper care, basic education, social education, recreation facilities, nutritious food and cleanliness.
Through SOS Social Centre Family Strengthening Programmes has been organised for those children who are at risk situation coming into abandonment at any time due to lack of healthy family environment and economic crisis. This year total number of FSP children 380 who are from 255 families.
We have prepared Family Development Plan for the FSP. Social Centre has taken some programmes according to Family Development Plan. Side by side six monthly Monitoring has been done (January-June) and reports have been prepared. The monitoring reports show that achievement on FSP is onward than the previous period.
We have organised jointly Social Centre-World Vision sports & cultural programme in the premises of Social Centre. Total 75 FSP children are participated the events. An awareness programme on HIV/AIDs was organised for the FSP mothers in the Social centre in co-operation of Social Marketing Company. An awareness programme on Nutrition is organised for 20 SOS and FSP High school going girls in the centre. A meeting with FSP mothers/care givers was organised in the Community level. An awareness programme was organised in the centre for FSP mothers regarding Nutrition, Health & hygiene, Child rights and Savings for 3 days grouping in 30 in each group. An awareness programme was organised on Nutrition and Adolescent health care in the community school for 15 FSP High school going girls.
At present FSP is the most highlighting and a challenging programme of SOS children’s village International in Bangladesh. For this challenge it is needed our strong commitment and energy to make a “Child friendly” community. We hope the children who are in the most vulnerable situation living in a risk of abandonment at any time will survive in the society with due respect and dignity having support through this programme.
The SOS Social Centre, Rajshahi supports over 3,300 orphaned and vulnerable children and their families among the poorest communities. The SOS Social Centre works with the local authoritiy to provide three programmes: Community Education from nursery school to secondary school, Basic Health including immunisation and Skills Training. In addition the SOS Social Centre supports the emergency relief programmes for flood victims. Nearly 20% of the population, 30 million people, are affected by flooding.
SOS Vocational Training Centre in Dhaka
SOS Vocational Training Centre Dhaka was established in 1988 at the premises of SOS Youth Village Dhaka to provide vocational training to the SOS boys and particular target group of school dropout poor youths of the society. At present 122 students are receiving training in different trades.
Training Facilities:
SOS Vocational Training Centre Dhaka provides 2-Year vocational training in Electrical, Electronics, Automobile and Machinist trades and 1-Year vocational training in Carpentry trade.
Achievements:
The respected National Director inaugurated the Session 2008 of SOS Vocational Training Centre Dhaka on the 1st January 2008.
An “Employers Get-together” programme was held on March 15, 2008 at SOS Vocational Training Centre Dhaka.
Mr. M. Anis Ud Dowla, Chairman, ACI limited was the Chief Guest and Engr. Sadid Jamil, Managing Director, The Metal (Pvt.) Limited attended the function as Special Guest. National Director and Deputy National Director of SOS Children’s Village International in Bangladesh were present there. All the employers participated expressed their utmost satisfaction with the passed out students who are presently working in their organisations. Some of Employers have given their offer to recruit some passed out students immediately in their Industries. The employers have given commitment to continue their support to this institute.
In March 2008, 71 students have completed their training in different courses from SOS Vocational Training Centre Dhaka. Dr. Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, Director General, Department of Social Services, Ministry of Social welfare, Govt. of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest of the Certificate Award Ceremony and distributed the certificates and prizes among the students on 28 April 2008. 67 students had minimum 90% attendance percentage and 07 students had 100% attendance percentage at the total training time. Tool Boxes with necessary tools and cash TK. 500|= (Five hundred) were provided to those 67 students on the same occasion. Out of total 71 students 67 have got employment opportunity in the job market. Rest 4 boys are not working for their personal and family problems.
A “Reunion of Graduates” was organised on the occasion of 20 years celebration of SOS Vocational Training Centre Dhaka on August 31, 2008. The President of SOS Children attended the function as Chief Guest. National Director, Deputy National Director of SOS Children Bangladesh, Project Directors of different SOS Children’s Villages, employers, guardians were present in that function.
A 2-days training programme has been organised for all the Instructors of SOS Vocational Training Centers as well as farm supervisor of SOS farm Project Bagerhat on “Class Room Management and Learning Material Development” on 31st October & 1st November 2008. SOS Vocational Training Cente Dhaka organised the training programme at SOS Mother’s Training Centre Dhaka.
Different Industries have been selected for 68 students who will start their Industrial Attachment Training programme from 1 January 2009 for further 3 months.
The International SOS Day has been observed with due respect. Mohammad Ali Khan, Director General, NGO Affairs Bureau, Govt. of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest of the programme of SOS Vocational Training Centre Dhaka on June 24, 2008. Different employers were invited on that occasion.
The selection procedure of students for the session 2009 has already been completed. 75 students have been selected for admission in SOS Vocational Training Centre Dhaka. The attendance percentage of the students is 95.67% in the year 2008.
SOS Vocational Training Centre in Chittagong
SOS Vocational Training Centre Chittagong provides one year training in Carpentry and Light Engine Mechanics Trades. Thirty youngsters have been selected for both trades in the session 2008. Total 60 students are receiving training this year. Among them two are SOS teenagers and 58 from external. In March 2008, 29 students of 10th batch have completed their one-year training course (15 from Carpentry Trade and 14 from Light Engine Mechanics Trade). 28 students were provided Certificates, Tool Boxes with necessary tools and cash TK. 500.- who had 90% or above attendance percentage. One student was provided only certificate.
Meanwhile they have found job in different workshops and garages. The attendance percentage of the students in the year 2008 is 95.86%. Four students have dropped out in 2008. 26 students will start Industrial Attachment Training from 1 January 2009 for further three months. Foundation day (10th anniversary) of SOS Vocational Training Centre Chittagong was celebrated on 18 May 2008. Skill Training programme for the SOS Youth Village boys is continuing on every Friday. Guardian meeting was held once in every three months. Motivation meeting with the students was held once in every month.
SOS Mothers’ Training Centre in Dhaka
SOS Mothers’ Training Centre has been efficiently organising different training programme on regular basis to enhance professional skills of SOS mothers and co-workers of SOS Children’s Villages in Bangladesh. To deal children of different ages and maintain healthy family life, every mother & co-worker needs proper knowledge, attitude and skills. In Bangladesh around five SOS Children’s Villages, there are 68 family houses & 68 mothers and 26 aunts are working for the betterment of our Children. In 2008, SOS Mothers’ Training Centre Dhaka organised two SOS Mothers’ Refreshers Course, one Young Adults meeting and two Counselling Method Training.
SOS Mothers’ Refreshers Course:
In 2008, we conducted two SOS Mother’s Refreshers Courses on February & July respectively. Total thirty six senior & junior mothers from five SOS Children’s Villages and Govt. Shishu Poriber took part in those courses. Among 36 mothers, eight from SOS CV Dhaka, six from SOS CV Rajshahi, eight from SOS CV Khulna, six from the SOS Children's Village Chittagong, six from the SOS Children's Village Bogra & two khalamma from Govt. Shishu Poriber. The duration of the courses was ten days.
Honorable National Director of SOS Bangladesh inaugurated the 1st Mother’s Refreshers Course & Md. Abu Bokar Siddique Honorable Director (Administration & Finance) Social Welfare Department inaugurated the 2nd Mother’s Refreshers course.
In these refreshers courses all of the mothers were found very attentive and endeavors. They tried their level best to share in the discussion and enriched their knowledge. As a part of their training all participants visited renowned historical place, which gave them a great pleasure. During the training period, the programme officer & youth educator of different projects, assisted and guided the mothers.
After completing the course successfully, the National Director of SOS Children Bangladesh distributed the certificate to the mothers of 1st batch & Honorable DG of Social Service Dept., Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, Dr. Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury distributed the certificate to the mothers of 2nd batch.
A Training Programme on “Counselling Method”:
SOS Mother’s Training Centre Dhaka organised two Training Programmes on “Counselling Method”. These were held on May & October respectively. The duration of the training was three days. All Project Directors along with 32 Educational Co-Workers of five SOS Children’s Villages and Youth Facilities took part in those training. Honorable Dy. National Director, SOS Children Bangladesh inaugurated the 1st training programme & the 2nd training programme inaugurated by our Honorable National Director, SOS Children Bangladesh. The Project Directors of SOS Children's Village Khulna & Chittagong co-ordinated the whole programme respectively.
The experts along with National director explained the co-workers of importance, need and methodology of Counselling for the complete development of children in the SOS families. Among four resource persons invited to the Programme were; Dr. Mahmudur Rahman, Chairman, Dept.of Clinical Psychology, Dr. Shaheen Ahmed, Professor, Dr. Mehtab Khanom, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Dhaka University & Dr. Muhammad Samad, Professor, Social Welfare & Research Institute, Dhaka University, Dhaka presented their papers.
After completing the training programme successfully, the National Director of SOS Bangladesh distributed the certificate to the participants.
Young Adult meeting:
‘Young Adult Meeting’ is an important issue for our youngsters to integrate their in the society. SOS Mothers’ Training Centre Dhaka organised 7th young Adult meeting which was held on 27th and 28th July, 2008. To organise the programme we had earnest feedback & suggestions from all Project Directors and of course of National Director, SOS Children Bangladesh which has been of great help in deciding the topics of discussions in the training course. We thank to all for their valuable suggestions.
A group of 22 who are in the process of integration / integrated /semi-integrated, going to be integrated & non-integrated student participated in that seminar. Honorable National Director of SOS Children Bangladesh inaugurated the meeting and conducted the whole programme. Dy. National Director of SOS Bangladesh, all Project Directors, Director, SOS VTC Dhaka, Youth Facility In-charges of SOS Youth House, ILA In-charges of SOS Children’s Villages & Programme officers of ILA-Bangladesh attended in that meeting.
The youngsters felt very proud to attend in the meeting and expressed their present situation, satisfaction & thanked to the SOS authority to arrange such type of meeting. This meeting created the opportunity for open sharing of experience and ideas for better development of our youngsters.
During 2008, 36 mothers and 43 co-workers received training through SOS Mothers’ Training Centre Dhaka.
Follow-up-Monitoring:
The SOS-Mother is the key person of an SOS Children’s Village. They need to be trained frequently to cope with the challenging job and develop professionalism on them. This is one of the driving forces that encouraged us to organise this programme. From the view of this point I have visited SOS Children’s Village to see about the effect of the training and way of its implementation for the development of our mothers’. For the better interest of our children, I have discussed about mothers’ limitation with the concern Project Director and also I submitted visit report to the National Director of SOS Children Bangladesh.
Year Plan 2009
- Orientation Course for Co-workers
- Formal Mothers’ Training Course
- SOS Mothers’ Refreshers Course
- Young Adult Meeting
- Schedule Visit in SOS Children’s Villages
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