- Name of Organization : Social Association For Rural Advancement (SARA)
- Address : 23/1, Sardah Ghose Road, Nondibari, P.O. Box no.-10
Mymensingh. Phone- 088-091-67877
E-mail- saramymensingh@gmail.com - Establishment : 1st January 1983.
- Vision : Development of Target People on the basis of Gender.
- Mission : Aware and Organize Target People Towards Development Partnership.
- Objectives : Help and facilitate the target people to be self reliant, socially and economically by building up their own organization.
- Legal Status : Registered under department of social service Registration No. MA-0343, Date : 09/05/1984 NGO Affairs Bureau No. DSS/FDO/R-201, Date : 23/01/1986
- Network with : Diakonia, NPF, CARE Bangladesh & ASK Partners of NGOs in Bangladesh.
- Person to Contact : Tushar Daring
Executive Director, SARA
Office- 091-67877, Res.- 091-63612
Mobile- 01712248710
- Target People : SARA works for the development of poor people, Tribal and middle class people of Bangladesh. Lobbying and ideas sharing is extended to all other people in the society. SARA believes in sharing from all sections of people in national issues.
- On going Project :
| SL | Name of Projects | Donor | Time Frame |
| 01 | Justice and Right for Community People (JRCP) | Diakonia, Sweden | 2013-2015 |
| 02 | Gender & Social Justice Project | Ain O Salish Khadra (Partnership Project) | 2012-2015 |
| 03 | SARA-SHOUHARDO- II | CARE Bangladesh | 2011-2015 |
- Staff Strength of the organization :
| Name of Project | Female | Male | Total |
| Justice and Right for Community People (JRCP) | 28 | 21 | 49 |
| Gender & Social Justice Project | 0 | 02 | 02 |
| SARA-SHOUHARDO- II
|
133 | 89 | 222 |
| Total | 161 | 112 | 273 |
- Office Time : 8:00 am. to 4:00 pm
Friday and Saturday weekly holiday
- Working Area :
| District | Upazilla | Union no. | Village no. |
| Mymensingh | Mym. Sadar | 05 | 61 |
| Haluaghat | 07 | 50 | |
| Dubaura | 04 | 43 | |
| Netrakona | Kalmakanda | 02 | 10 |
| Purbadhala | 03 | 12 | |
| Durgapur | 04 | 22 | |
| 25 | 198 |
- Project wise Programs :
Justice and Right for Community People (JRCP)
Result Wise Program |
Result Wise Program |
| Result-01) Discrimination Against Woman Reduce |
Result-04) Access to Health & SRHR Service Improved |
| @ Gender & Family Law training | @ Health & Nutrition Training |
| @ Orientation on Gender & Family law | @ Training on SRHR with Adolescent Group |
| @ School Debate on Gender & Empow. | @ School Debate on Health & SRHR issue |
| @ Popular Theater on Gender & Empower |
@ Popular Theater on Health & SRHR issue |
| @ Day Observance (Int. Women day) | @ Day Observance ( Int. HIV/AIDS Day) |
| @ Women Networking Meeting | @ Seminar on HIV/AIDS |
| @ Counseling Between NJK member | @ Training on SRHR for School Teacher |
| @ Annual Gathering NJk | @ Dialouge on SRHR for Community People |
| Result- 02) Respect for Human Rights Increased | Result- 05) Environment & Disaster Management skill Improved |
| @ Training on HR& UDHR |
@ Disaster Management Training |
| @ Dialogue on HR with Media People | @ Agriculture Package Training |
| @ Popular Theater on HR | @ Popular Theater on Disaster Management |
| @ Day Observance (World HR day) | @ Community Dialogue |
| @ School Debate on HR | @ Day Observance ( World Environment day) |
| @ Community Workshop on HR | |
| @ Community Dialogue on HR | |
| @ Community Library for Adolescent Group Member | |
| Result- 03) Hajong Ethnic People Empowerment Improved | |
| @ Gender & Family Law training | |
@ Paralegal training for Hajong Group |
|
| @ Popular Theater on H/R, Gender & Health Issue | |
@ Day Observance ( Int. Adibashi Day) |
|
| @ Hajong Federation Group formation | |
| @ Cultural Equipment Supply for Cultural Group | |
| @ Traditional Cultural Program |
Gender & Social Justice Project
| Name of Program | Name of Program | |
| 1) Group Meeting
2) Workshop with Marriage register on human rights. 3) Workshop with UP and Arbitration council on roles and responsibilities of UP. 4) Manabadhikar Songrokhon porishad (MSP)union level meeting. 5) Manabadhikar Nari Samaj (MNS) union level. 6) Training gender, family law, advocacy & Good Gevernance. 7) Training on GRA 8) Workshop with other organization provide legal aid. 9) Organize national level campaign and movement regarding women’s issue. 10) Training on HR instrument , organizational development and advocacy. |
11) Rally on National & International Day
12) Poster, booklet, Leaflet distribution of human rights. 13) Manabadhikar Ain Jibi Porishad(MAP) 14) Legal Camp (Union level) 15) Workshop with UP and UNO on identify the problems and improve the situation of village court. 16) Workshop with the member of the Govt. legal aid committee, penal lawyers and the applicants. 17) Organize public meeting to share HR situation. 18) Provide leadership Training for CBos 19) Meeting with adjacent new union by CBOs 20) Study circle on International instrument & legal issue. 21) Dialogue with the victim to follow up salish and steps taken by CBOs. 22) Paralegal Training. |
SARA-SHOUHARDO Project
| Agricultural Program | Climate Change Program |
| · Agriculture Training | · Union Disaster Committee Formation |
| · Agri- Material Distribution | · Disaster Management Training |
| · CHD Family Training | · Upazilla Disaster Committee Formation |
| · Aquaculture Training | · Disaster Management Training |
| · Fish & Fish food Distribution | · Union Disaster Volunteer Committee Formation |
| · IGA Family Training | · Training |
| · IGA Material Distribution | · School Base SBTB Formation & Training |
| · Agriculture Fair Participation | · Climate Vulnerability Capacity Analysis |
| Health Program | Structural Work |
| · Training | · Dip Tubewell Installment |
| · Food Distribution | · Home stat soil filling |
| · Growth Monitoring Promotion | · Road soil filling |
| · Health & Nutrition Season | · School field soil filling |
| · Arsenic test | |
| Education & Women Empowerment | |
| · UP Standing Committee Training | |
| · VDC Formation & Training | |
| · Akota Kendra Installment |