BANGLADESH JAPAN JOINT ORT PROJECT Evaluation Report on

BANGLADESH JAPAN JOINT ORT PROJECT Evaluation Report on four work camps implemented in 24 remote villages in Bangladesh

PROJECT OBJECTIVES • IMPROVE ORT KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE • IMPROVE HEALTH AND SANITATION PRACTICES • IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE • IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE OF WASTE DISPOSAL • IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE & PRACTICES OF BREAST FEEDING • IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF DIRRHEAL PATIENT • IMPROVE MOTHER’S FOOD INTAKE & CHILDREN’S FEEDING PRACTICES • IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE & PRACTICES AS REGARD IMMUNIZATION, IODINE AND VITAMIN-A SUPPLEMENTATION • IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE OF THE WORKING ROVERS • EARNING PROFICIENCY BADGES • DEVELOPING & STRENGTHING INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES • ORGANIZING WORK CAMP • PARTICIPATION OF JAPANESE ROVERS & LEADERS • PARTICIPATION OF BANGLADESHI COUNTERPART • INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL SCOUTS • CHILD TO CHILD APPROACH • CHILD TO COMMUNITY APPROACH • INVOLVEMENT OF COMMUNITY LEADERS • INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL HEALTH WORKERS • FORMATION OF VILLAGE DEVELOP. COMMITTEE • ORGANIZE FOLLOW UP ACTIVIES

ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT • HOME TO HOME VISIT • MESSAGE DISSEMINATION • HANDS ON TRAINING • DEMONSTRATION/ TREE PLANTATION • KITCHEN GARDENING/ SEED DISTRIBUTION • CONSTRUCTION OF SANITARY LATRINE • WASTE DISPOSAL • SINKING OF TUBE WELLS/ CONST. OF PLATFORMS • CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

FIRST WORK CAMP AT JESSORE • TIME : FEBRUARY 1998 • DISTRICT : JESSORE • NAME OF VILLAGE: • BORENGA, KONDARPAPUR AND MAGURKHALI OF DKESHOBPUR SUB DISTRICT • NEHALPUR, BALIDHA AND LOKHAIDANGA OF DMONIRAMPUR SUBDISTRICT • JAPANESE ROVERS/LEADERS : 12 • BANGLADESHI ROVERS/LEADERS/SCOUTS : 144

SECOND WORK CAMP AT SIRAJGANJ • TIME : FEBRUARY 1999 • DISTRICT : SIRAJGONJ • NAME OF VILLAGE: • KURIPARA, MOHISHAMORA, AND EKDELA OF DSIRAJGANJ SUB DISTRICT • BERIPATAL, PALASHBARI AND KHAMARPARA OF DKAZIPUR SUBDISTRICT • JAPANESE ROVERS/LEADERS : 21 • BANGLADESHI ROVERS/LEADERS/SCOUTS : 172

THIRD WORK CAMP AT MYMENSING • TIME : FEBRUARY 2000 • DISTRICT : MYMENSING • NAME OF VILLAGE: • KATLASEN, SUHILA AND GOSTAKOWALTY OF DMYMENSING SADAR SUB DISTRICT • DEOKHOLA, KALIBAZLE AND SAROTIA OF FULBARI DSUBDISTRICT • JAPANESE ROVERS/LEADERS : 16 • BANGLADESHI ROVERS/LEADERS/SCOUTS : 196

FOURTH WORK CAMP AT BORGUNA • TIME : FEBRUARY 2001 • DISTRICT : BORGUNA • NAME OF VILLAGE: • SABUJBAG, WEST AMTALI AND CHURIKATA OF. d. AMTALI SUB DISTRICT • BURIRCHAR, PURAKATA AND NAMORHAT OF DBORGUNA SADAR SUBDISTRICT • JAPANESE ROVERS/LEADERS : 22 • BANGLADESHI ROVERS/LEADERS/SCOUTS : 197

METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATION • EVALUATED THE PROJECT IN TWO PHASES • FIRST PHASE : 1 ST WORK CAMP • SECOND PHASE : 2 ND, 3 RD AND 4 TH WORK CAMPS • NATURE OF STUDY : ANALYTICAL • SAMPLING TECHNIQUE: SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING • DATA COLLECTION TOOL: STRUCTURED QUESNNAIRE • DATA COLLECTION: BASE LINE INFORMATION (PRE) AND GPOST DATA AFTER PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION • ANALYSIS: COMPUTED USING SPSS • SCORING SYSTEM: CORRECT ANSWER=1, INCORRECT=0, NO/DON’T KNOW=0

METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATION (CONTINUED) • LEVEL OF SCORING (KNOWLEDGE/PRACTICE) • LOWER LEVEL OR POOR <= MEAN • HIGHER LEVEL OR GOOD > MEAN

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ACHIEVEMENT AND CONCLUSION • Improved the ORT knowledge and practice of community people • Improved health and sanitation knowledge and practice • Improved knowledge and practice related to nutrition, breast feeding, diarrheal management, immunization, Vitamin- A and iodine intake, waste disposal and other related issues. • The project is cost effective and replicable. • Rovers and scouts have got the opportunity to know and solve the problems where they live. • Rovers and scouts developed their skills and earned badges. • Young Japanese rovers have got the opportunity to stay and work in a different culture on ORT and other health issues. • Young Japanese rovers have gained the experience of working on health issues in remote areas in Bangladesh.

ACHIEVEMENT AND CONCLUSION (Continued) • Living and working together in unfamiliar circumstance, Japanese rovers have developed a high level of interpersonal skills. • The project has strengthened the bond of universal brotherhood between young people of Japan and Bangladesh.

THANK YOU ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA