Working areas

ASNA works with hardcore poor families where is given priority in selecting projects, planning and implementation. ASNA prepared a complete list of hardcore poor with direct involvement of the hardcore poor in the survey process and ensure work with poorest of the poor. ASNA  gathered experience working with the persons with disability, helpless elderly people, women and children-headed families, acid victims and people with chronic sick. 

ASNA implements projects directly with local government institutions (UPs, Upazilas and Municipalities) and works for promoting good governance at local level. ASNA played important role for capacity building of local government institutions especially, on revenue generation and financial management, participatory strategic planning and enhancing effective service delivery mechanism according to local government operation manual 2009. 

ASNA played important roles in improving effective service delivery mechanism through people’s participation and reducing gender discrimination through empowering the elected women representatives those are contributing to promoting good governance. As a result, peoples’ access to UPs service delivery and their involvement has been increased. In our target areas, UPs are seen active, conducting ward meeting and open budget session regular basis with active participation of mass people as well as increased Tax collection by introducing Tax Fair and implementing development activities with Tax Fund involving community people based on their choice and demand. Now UP Standing Committees is more functional and playing important role in improving quality service delivery.

The organization is getting into strong position in terms of generating its own fund and mobilization of resources. ASNA contributed to all kinds of support both in cash and kinds based on the nature of the projects and in request of funding agencies for interim period those are reimbursable. ASNA is reducing donor dependency through mobilizing own funds and assets expanding alternative own source of income. Presently ASNA is contributing a good amount of revenue to total annual budget.  

One of the major mandates of ASNA is to ensure transparency and accountability at all levels of the organization. ASNA involves all relevant stakeholders in the process of Project Designing, Planning, Implementation and Budgeting. Specially, involvement of project participants is ensured in expenditure process and input delivery (program participants involved in purchasing cow, goat, sheep, poultry birds, rickshaw-van etc.) where organization expert ensure the quality.  

Women empowerment is considered as one of the major strategic issues of ASNA and integral part of the organization which is considered as a crosscutting issue for organizational culture.  In order to ensure gender-friendly environment at organization level, ASNA formed and strengthen ‘Nari Forum’ under the leadership of ‘Women Gender Focal person’, updated ‘Gender Policy’, developed ‘Anti Sexual Harassment Policy’ and incorporated gender issues in different policies and guidelines like HR Policy, Financial Policy, ‘Disaster Policy’, ‘Admin and Logistics Policy’ and guideline on creating ‘Women friendly working environment’ within the organization.

The issue gives extra attention to develop alternative leadership among the women involving them in productive activities and make them small and medium entrepreneurs. ASNA initiated to develop 12200 women entrepreneurs in different sectors who are leading their families and taking part in the decision making process of the community. A total of 57800 ‘Change Makers; have been developed in different communities like, teachers, students, housewives, business alliance, lawyers, reporters and other professionals and potentials who are playing strong role in reducing violence against women and contributing their empowerment and increasing own social dignity.  

Health and quality education services are totally absent in Char areas. Considering the practical situation, ASNA has taken these two projects giving high priority and has been ensuring health and quality education services by conducting Satellite Health Clinic and establishing both Formal and Non-Formal Primary Schools in the remotes Char areas. At present ASNA conducting  Preprimary Schools including one Junior High School and  Satellite Health Clinics  for providing quality health and education services for Char dwellers. Satellite Health Clinics  sits fortnightly and monthly in a regular basis. A total Satellite Health Clinics  s are being conducted from where Char dwellers are getting their basic health care services along with essential drugs.  

As the Organization works with the community in disaster prone areas and disaster management issues have been mainstreaming with other projects, so organization has been implementing its overall activities focusing disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction. The organization has been implementing climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction projects with extra attention since last decade. In designing project-wise plan and its implementation, area specific potential disasters have been considered and Organization-based workable ‘Disaster Management Plan (DMP)’ has been developed. An emergency savings/stock has been developed by collecting funds from different sources for smooth implementation the contingency plan. In the period of disasters, organization plays pioneer roles in emergency response with its skilled manpower in our working areas.  At the time of national disasters, ASNA provided emergency disaster support with its skilled human resources based on demand from other national and international organizations and worked with disaster affected people. In addition to this, The Executive Director of ASNA led a team of efficient colleagues and took part in responding Monsoon Flood affected people with other international team members. 

ASNA  has got a group of committed and dedicated staff who are involved in different projects and Head Office based management procedures. The Organization is contributing high quality services to people through participatory planning and smooth implementation the project activities. Also they are providing strong support to Organizational development and sustainability. A total staff whose retention rate is seven years in an average in relevant development fields and are contributing their supreme efforts keeping best performance and reputation of the Organization.

Ø  We have informed all the public and government and non-government organizations about the basic ideas and signs, symptoms, precautions, ways of prevention, rules and regulations, distribution of leaflets and making on the subject of corona.

Ø  Masks are produced and distributed free of cost. Free distribution among people of all professions / professional work, journalists, police administration and general public.

Ø  Rural LMF Physicians of Upazila Union were given detailed discussions / seminars on Covid-19 corona virus, seminars were conducted in compliance with all the rules of health, health protection, privacy, etc.

Ø  Distribution of essential food items / relief items among common people of all professions.

Ø  A mobile specialist medical team has been formed to deal with the corona virus and corona virus symptoms are also being provided to the patients and health services are also being provided to the general patients.

Ø  Even in the aftermath of the corona virus, the medical team continues to provide health care to patients at all levels. The corona virus has been working side by side with sick helpless people in the long run. The activities are being implemented jointly. 

Ø  General ideas about corona virus, what are the symptoms, what to do, how to cure, how to stay healthy, and how and what is the first aid, personal distance, social distance, health protection, these issues are very well informed / explained. Awareness through hand mic, leaflets, banners.

Ø  Rural LMF Physicians of Upazila Union were given detailed discussions / seminars on Covid-19 corona virus, seminars were conducted in compliance with all the rules of health, health protection, privacy, etc.