AT A GLANCE OF ENRICH PROJECT

ENRICH (Enhancing Resources and Increasing Capacities of Poor Households towards Elimination of their Poverty) is a program conducted at the grassroots level focusing for overall household development of the poor. The program targets to poor families, working with them to enhance and maximize the utilization of their resources and skills.

ENRICH aims to alleviate poverty not only through income generation but through a holistic approach targeting other crucial aspects of human life including health, education, youth development, community development, etc, the goal being sustainable development driven by the people themselves. By working with selected households in association with the local government and committed stakeholders, ENRICH catalysis the households’ efforts to lift them out of poverty. The overall goal of the program is to ensure human dignity and freedom by gradually reducing poverty in a sustainable manner, towards total elimination at the household and community level in the unions, and ultimately, throughout the country.

By nurturing the skills potential of poor households, ENRICH encourages and assists them in changing to their economic status. Access to appropriate technology, as well as access to health and education services, will ensure increase in productivity, allowing the optimize returns from market operations. It is crucial for the success of this program that the households themselves are eager and willing to pave the road to their development a task which requires time, hard work and patience.

This program was launched by PSKS in July 2014 with financial and technical support from PKSF. Initially, it was implemented in Monakhali Union of Mujibnagar Upazila and Tetulbaria Union of Gangni Upazila under Meherpur district. Later, the program was expanded to Baguan Union of Mujibnagar Upazila and Kazipur Union of Gangni Upazila in the same district.