Bangladesh is one of the world’s mo and leave millions
with appalling sanitary conditions. About 80 percent of them
are mostly dependent on agriculture for their livelihood and
employment. With an average per capital income of US $ 220
Bangladesh ranks among the poorest countries in the world.
The largest segments of rural woman are engaged in
agricultural production and related activities. Its economy
is an agro-based on which suffers from devastating natural
calamities in the country. Geographically and Geomorphologic
ally Bangladesh's faces number of challenges since
independence and almost every year face devastating natural
disaster (i.e. Flood-1970, Cyclone-1991, SIDR-2007,
AILA-2008) . The lowland areas are also susceptible to
flooding from seasonal monsoons and cyclones, further
damaging the land. Arsenic contaminates water, putting 30
million people at risk. Furthermore number of issues which
effected people round the year like-Natural and Manmade
Disaster, Poverty trap, potential risk factors-HIV AIDS.
Sejuti Health and Education Development Foundation (SHEDF)
is a non-governmental organization
that works with poor and marginalized communities in most
vulnerable area in Bangladesh. It was established in Bangladesh
in 2007 with the aim of promoting essential basic services
to the most inaccessible and hard to reach areas. The
initial focus area was the flood sediment Islands (chars)
and riverbank areas of Southern Bangladesh,
where there was no provision of basic healthcare or
education. The organization started to work through
providing very basic primary healthcare and then expanded
the scope of its work to education. The organization's goal
is to help char (Island) dwellers to develop basic skills
that helps the communities to get out of the poverty trap
and give them sustainable opportunities and possibilities.