Mohammad Khairul Alam Freelance consultant Executive Director Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation 24/3 M. C. Roy Lane Dhaka – 1211 Bangladesh Rainbowngo@gmail.com www.newsletter.com.bd Tel: 880-2-8628908 Mobile: 01711344997 Executive Director of Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation, and professional social worker & researcher, over Fourteen (14) years of demonstrated experience and strong research interests in HIV/AIDS (risky groups), STDs/STIs, RTIs, BCC, family planning, gender issues, reproductive health, women empowerment, ecological sanitation (ECOSAN), and other non-formal education and communication issues. Education: MSS (Master in Social Science), Social welfare, 1995 from the Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh In General Skills: · Experience in Gender issue, Non Formal Education, Technology Based Education, HIV/ AIDS Project Implementation. · Preparing Terms of Reference (ToR) included as part of RFP · Experience in training planning, project writing, project deign, strategy development, workshop, advocacy camping, monitoring and evaluation. · Experience in Partnership Based Project Implementation. · Experience in work with Rural disadvantaged adolescents and youth. · Proficient in Non- Formal Education, Technological Based Education, Gender, HIV/ AIDS Project Proposal writing, Project Design, Strategic Planning etc. · Experience in BCC Materials development. · Experience in E-learning course curriculum development and implementation. Freelance Consultant in different national & international organizations: · Developing strategies & polices to implement development programs at field level · Developing development proposal evaluation criteria and consultant/implementing organization selection process · Preparing Project Proposal and expression of interest · Evaluating & reviewing RFP · Preparing guidelines for promoting fairness, prudence and probity in contracting as to implementing programs/projects · Preparing guidelines to be used in an appropriate, timely and cost-effective manner throughout managing the procurement of consultant services · Identifying and specifying the requirements containing the statement of development service procurement principles and procedures · Preparing guidelines to maintain a reasonable balance in the allocation of consulting contract work amongst the interested development implementers · Developing course of action for the procurement of professional services for executing development programs at community level to be conducted in a consistent, fair and equitable manner and without conflict of interest between the partner and other stakeholders · Preparing Terms of Reference (ToR) included as part of RFP for all types of development projects and programs to be implemented through time-based contracts or lump-sum contracts · Preparing guidelines that help simplify and facilitate the procurement process through comprehensive selection procedure and potential contacts · Preparing statement of the evaluation criteria that will be used in assessing technical and financial proposals considering following matters q Requests for Proposal q Evaluating & reviewing RFP q Terms of Reference q Types of Contracts q Basis for Selecting Consultants q Notification of Consulting Opportunities q Reporting & Monitoring Criteria and Process q Identifying Prospective Consultants q Contract Negotiation and Document Preparation Personal Information: Date of Birth: October 29, 1970 Father’s Name: Al-Hajj Dr. Mohammad Abdul Matin, Mother’s Name: Mrs. Kadija Matin, Social Worker Nationality: Bangladeshi by birth Personal Quality (Academic) Name of the Degree Board / University Institute Year of Passing Division/ Class MSS (Master in Social Science) Subject- Social welfare Dhaka University Dhaka University 1995 Second Class BA (Pass) Dhaka University Shaid shohwrardy College 1992 Second Class H.S.C (Science) Dhaka Board University Laboratory College 1988 Second Division S.S.C (Science) Dhaka Board University Laboratory School 1986 Second Division MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Founder Chairman, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation Founder Chairman, APAX Club of Renaissance Member, Bangladesh Project Management Institute (BPMI) Member, LRB Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh Member, SEPDA, Kustia, Bangladesh Member, SHARP, Goalondo, Bangladesh Member, HDL, Jamalpur, Bangladesh Member, BCC Network, Dhaka, Bangladesh Attended various national and international seminars/trainings/workshops on: • HIV/AIDS and Women Vulnerability • HIV/AIDS and Youth • Behavior Change Communication (BCC) • Priorities of Ecological Sanitation (ECOSAN) of Bangladesh • Relation of Poverty and Health of Rural Development • Child Trafficking and Sexual Abuse • Gender Discrimination of Bangladesh • Adolescents Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS • Adolescents and HIV/AIDS and other STDs COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE: Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Noteworthy Published Features · ‘Growing Impact of HIV/AIDS on Teenage Girls’ published in Raven Review, USA on November 16, 2007 · ‘HIV/AIDS – A Challenge for Human Development’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on March 30, 2007 · ‘Adolescent Knowledge of Sexuality and HIV/AIDS’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on March 02, 2006 · ‘Poverty Makes People More Vulnerable to HIV Infection’ published in The Financial Express on January 06, 2007 · ‘AIDS: The Burning Problem for Sustainability of Prostitute’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on January 22, 2008 · ‘Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation and HIV/AIDS’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on January 22, 2008 · ‘Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation’ published in The New Nation on January 05, 2008 · 05-01-08 · ‘Combating HIV/AIDS’ published in The Independent on August 17, 2007 · ‘Life of Street Girls and AIDS’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on February 16, 2007 · ‘Adolescents Need Protection From AIDS’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on October 27, 2007 · ‘Adolescents Need Protection From AIDS’ published in The Financial Express on October 27, 2007 · ‘Street Sex Workers are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS’ published in The Independent on February 04, 2007 · ‘AIDS and Poverty in Bangladesh’ published in The Financial Express on November 22, 2006 · ‘Consensual Sex is Increasing in Bangladesh Making it More Vulnerable to HIV/AIDS’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on November 29, 2006 · ‘Spread of AIDS: Role of Truck Drivers’ published in The Financial Express on October 04, 2006 · ‘HIV/AIDS, a challenge for human development’ published in The Independent on January 04, 2007 · ‘AIDS be Feminine- Be Conscious!’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on February 23, 2007 · ‘Combating HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on August 07, 2007 · ‘AIDS Ingesting – A Major Health Issue for Adolescents’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on March 30, 2007 · ‘Adolescent Girls, Be Careful of AIDS!’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on November 10, 2006 · ‘HIV/AIDS Condition so Worrying in Bangladesh’ published in the Human Rights on March 31, 2006 · ‘AIDS Condition Worrying in Bangladesh’ published in The Financial Express on February 10, 2006 · ‘Linkage with Girls Trafficking and HIV/AIDS’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on August 18, 2006 · ‘Women Empowerment to Prevent HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh’ published in The Financial Express on August 12, 2006 · ‘Trafficking Would Become Another Cause of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on June 02, 2006 · ‘Residence Sex Workers (RSWs) in Dhaka City is Vulnerable of HIV/AIDS’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on January 06, 2006 · ‘Women Empowerment will Prevent HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on August 18, 2006 · ‘AIDS Condition Worrying in Bangladesh’ published in The Financial Express on February 10, 2006 · ‘Linkage with Girls Trafficking and HIV/AIDS’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on August 18, 2006 · ‘Trafficking Would Become Another Cause of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on June 02, 2006 · ‘Trafficking and HIV/AIDS’ published in The Independent on May 27, 2006 · ‘Female Sex Worker in Bangladesh is Vulnerable of HIV/AIDS’ published in the Human Rights on February 28, 2006 · ‘Sex Workers in Bangladesh Vulnerable of HIV/AIDS’ published in The Bangladesh Observer on March 10, 2006 · ‘The HIV/AIDS Epidemic has been Fuelled by Gender Inequality’ published in The Human Rights on April 30, 2006 · ‘Gender Inequality Fuels HIV/AIDS Epidemic’ published in The Financial Express on February 13, 2006 Bangla Hundreds of feature published in Bangla in several national newspapers. Some important below…. · ‘Advocacy for Women Empowerment & Gender Education’ published in The Ajker Kagoj on July 17, 2005 · ‘AIDS of Modern Science & Civilization’ published in The Vorar Kagoj on January 01, 2005 · ‘AIDS and Advocacy’ published in The Ajker Kagoj on January 01, 2006 · ‘Science Awareness cans Prevent AIDS’ published in The Vorar Kagoj on March 03, 2006 · ‘Advocacy & AIDS’ published in The Bangla Bazer on Jun 15, 2005 · ‘Importance of Gender Education for AIDS’ published in The Shekha Bichitra on June 01, 2005 · ‘Vulnerable Groups of HIV/AIDS Epidemic’ published in The Bangla Bazer on June 25, 2005 (Mohammad Khairul Alam) Signature & Date:
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SOCIAL MOBILIZATION PROGRAMS WITH VULNERABLE GROUPS:
Social mobilization is a major part of all activities taken up by Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation, which aims at creating a major thrust to solve problems of individuals, families or concerning social magnitude by promoting participation of all possible sectors and civil society, mobilization of local resources, use of indigenous knowledge and enhancement of people’s creativity and productivity through mass campaign. The concept has an extreme positive significance where a real change could be initiated by orchestrating joint efforts against the alarming health & education situation. To face the serious alarming scenario in health, education and some other areas, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation realized that the standard of living could be raised through an overall improvement of socio-economic and demographic conditions by undertaking an integrated social mobilization program with components of information (providing), health and basic education as the major components.
To promote and improve the socio-economic status and demographic conditions, promotional activities have been facilitated in the intervention areas through different forums. Young men in impoverished communities have many needs. Sometimes the only means of income available involves strenuous manual labor, low job security and little or no control over working conditions. Though such type of work may not have a risk of HIV infection in itself, but can lead to intense frustration. The lack of personal satisfaction may turn into adopting escapist behaviors like excessive drinking, taking drugs or sexual association with prostitutes/sex workers and so on. Therefore, the youth groups of the society fall easy victims to HIV infection. With this understanding, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation promotes sex education targeting the vulnerable youths and women through different communication materials and thought provoking activities.
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation believes that the focus on HIV/AIDS and other general & reproductive health issues must be expanded to the youth groups. But it has been observed that resources and attention are limited to protect young women from falling victims to HIV infection. This point is correlated with women's rights and reproductive health. Before adopting any approach for preventing HIV/AIDS, it should be acknowledged that young women are far more vulnerable than young men in this regard. Therefore, initiatives have been taken for raising awareness and highlighting the means those perpetuate the power relations in different societies and cultures to exploit the disadvantaged women at all levels. The endeavors are still being put in to eradicate the violence against women.
It should be admitted that still the women in our country have less opportunity, lower status and less access to any skill development training and resources and hence perpetuate their lower socio-economic status. The women are the main sufferers of trafficking, victims of sexual violence and pervasive illiteracy. Their representation in different forums is insignificant which also leads to a weak voice from them when it comes to decision-making.
All these facts and findings urged Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation to empower women and to prevent and control HIV/AIDS. We provide services to women vulnerable to HIV infection, especially those aged 15-40 years. This includes women working as low-paid industrial or house workers and women living in slum areas. Services include Behavior Change Communication strategies on HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, condom promotion, referral to reproductive health services, advocacy to local officials and agencies and; linkages with other development and HIV prevention activities. Now these women are becoming aware of these sensitive issues and trying to protect themselves from being forced against any sort of sexual violence or any chance afflicted with HIV/AIDS. They also have started taking up their own responsibilities and their own choices for their lives.
ANTI-TRAFFICKING MOVEMENT:
Bangladeshi girls and women are trafficked to India in maximum number by the several district of Bangladesh such as Kustia, Jessore, Rajshahnd even from other districts. As this country is one of the victim countries for internationally trafficked persons primarily women, girls and children. Trafficking in young women and children are matter of great concern all over the world. Several thousand women and girls are trafficked annually from Bangladesh for the purpose of sexual exploitation, primarily to India, Pakistan, and the Middle East. Most trafficking girls and women are sexually abused; often they also experience other forms of physical and psychological brutality. They are in high risk of being infected with STD's including HIV/AIDS and they are by the surrounding society seen upon as unchaste and lowest ranked group in the society. One of our surveys at Goalondo brothel under Rajbari district in Bangladesh found out that almost 53% of sex workers enter the profession before the age of 20 years, and 30% do so between 20 to 25 years of age, and some of them get into this profession through deceptions of the traffickers. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation started Anti Trafficking movement on 2006. In this long run, we have been able to bring in several organizations in Anti-trafficking movements, through our comprehensive training.
Bangladesh is one of them victim countries for international trafficking, primarily the women, girls and children. Several thousand women and girls are trafficked annually from Bangladesh for the purpose of sexual exploitation, primarily to India, Pakistan, and the Middle East. Most trafficking girls and women are sexually abused; often they also experience other forms of physical and psychological violence. They are in high risk of becoming infected with STD's including HIV/AIDS and they are by the surrounding society seen upon as non-pure and considered among the lowest ranked in the society.
Alongside extreme limit of poverty, gender inequality plays a vital role too behind all these; also frustration and risky behavior cause a major damage behind the scene. The link between poverty and gender inequality helps the decline of the socio-economic progress. This link creates several anti-social and fatal issues too; such as, trafficking for prostitution, selling of sex for livelihood, breaking down of family norms to create frustration and driven drug point etc.
It is not just the problem of girls; even little boys and women are victimized to trafficking to countries like India. They are trafficked even within Bangladesh, often from the villages to the major metropolis areas with the promise of work opportunity and a better life. These little boys and girls are then forcefully involved in physical labor at rich households, child labor, pick pocketing, illegal drug selling, criminal activities, thieving, commercial sexual selling and many other unfair jobs etc. India is one of the major markets for trafficking as people from most of the countries are trafficked here. Bangladesh is a big market where from these victims are trafficked.
Bangladeshi girls and women are trafficked to India in maximum number from these districts of Bangladesh- Kushtia, Jessore, Rajshahi and also from other districts. India shares 4,222 kilometers of border with 28 districts of Bangladesh, most of which are open with rivers running across. So, Bangladeshi trafficking groups have been able to build up powerful bases in the border districts of India in West Bengal and Assam, to the north and west, and these have now become favorite transit points of trafficked women.
One of our surveys at Goalondo brothel under Rajbari district in Bangladesh, it has been found out that almost 53% of sex workers enter the profession before the age of 20 years, and 30% do so between 20 to 25 years of age, and some of them get into this profession through deceptions of the traffickers. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation started Anti Trafficking movement on 2006. In this long run, we have been able to include ten organizations in these activities. By mid 2007, our team of experts trained Anti-trafficking actions among some NGOs working in the border areas.
ADOLESCENT GIRLS PROGRAM:
In Bangladesh particularly in rural and urban slum area adolescent girls are the most deprived group of all. They are deprived of education, human rights, family and legal security. They are neglected and sometimes ostracized, despite being productive members of society with great future potential. During adolescence girls become a social burden of their parents even while they accomplish many manual responsibilities in poor families. To add some additional earnings for the family, adolescent girls work as maidservants where they are poorly paid and bitterly treated.
After their marriage, the adolescents bad and un-livable life fraught with torture, desertion and divorce. Due to dowry system and having no literacy and knowledge of legal rights, the yield to the cruelties of their husband’s family in the most cases. Thus their wedlock becomes a dead lock by napping their lives in the bud. Being fully aware of the problems. Rainbow has taken up the initiative for the well being of poor adolescent girls through launching a adolescents advancement program of adolescent girls training’s where life based education is a vital component.
The purpose of this training is to make the adolescent girls aware of social exploitation, reproductive health, gender awareness, STDs/STI, HIV/AIDS, legal rights, concepts of family development, hygienic sanitation, arsenic pollution, clean water, leadership development, health, nutrition, mother care before and after pregnancy, family planning, concept of marriage, early marriage and its demerits, importance of marriage registration, divorce and ways and means to check divorce, the persecution of women and law against it, child abuse, concept of family court. Role of adolescent girls in the family their participation in development activities. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has been running adolescent girls development program since 2007.
WATER AND SANITATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
As our main mission is to create a society free from all devastation, diseases etc we give emphasis on water and sanitation, as it is the main basis of getting ride off all diseases. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has been incorporating WatSan activities exclusively with the assistance form integrated software and hardware support services from the Qatar Charity under its collaboration activities. We have been setup deep tubule in costrel region Mymensing, Barishal, Pirojpur. In this activity we start from 2008 with financial support by Qatar Charity. Under this program we aware the people about arsenic and it’s effect, importance of drinking safe water and the bad effect of drinking impure water. Wastewater management, Ecological sanitation (ECOSAN) is also part of this program.
We have achieved a sound experience in rehabilitation activities, particularly in WatSan activities. After any devastating cyclone in coastal belts, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation runs its rehabilitation activities, which included relief distribution, ensuring safe water & environmental sanitation, repairing and resetting the damaged tube wells, dewatering ponds as well as producing water-seal ring-slab latrines from its own fund.
Furthermore, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation performed arsenic test on a good number of hand tube-wells with its own efforts and funds. The tube-wells with arsenic contamination were marked red while the arsenic free tube-wells were marked green. We also spread awareness among the people using communication materials on usage of safe water, personal hygiene practice, disposal of solid waste and dangers of arsenic and arsenic mitigation options.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM:
The reproductive health field is attempting to more adequately address the conditions of the people sexual lives by training health workers and stretching negotiating skills in both women and men. At the community level, efforts of bring about more equitable gender relatives are even more common. Even so, women leaving in areas of evil conflict are at particularly high risk of violence, unintended pregnancy and STIs. The lack of reproductive health awareness and low acceptances of condom use, CSWs represent a highly vulnerable group in Bangladesh. The sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Bangladesh contributes the spread of HIV/AIDS and may lead to a large-scale epidemic as the heterosexual mode of transmission accounts for an increasing percentage of HIV/AIDS transmission.
EID GIFT:
Every year we celebrate Eid with poor people. We give Eid gift to the poor people. Getting the fun from Qatar Charity we contributed Zakat, food, clothes, warm clothes to the destitute people. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan foundation is a social organization and its main aim to work for the society to make it free from obstacles.
EID-UL-AZHA:
During Eid-ul-azha we held several program to distribute beef, mutton among the poor people. We get help from Qatar Charity fund to share the Eid with destitute people. Poor people come from different places to have the gift of Eid-ul-azha. We try to be cordial with the helpless people as our main aim is to spread the ray of happiness among the all kinds of people inhabiting in our society.
IFTAAR PROGRAM:
Bangladesh as Muslim country, here people are religious minded. People like to keep fist during Ramadan. To spread the light of religion among the people Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan foundation held Iftaar party for inspiring the people to keep fast and the necessary and impotence of Ramadan. It also tries to abolish the misconception of Islam among the superstitious people by holding Iftaar party and analyzing the importance of Ramadan.
FOOD DISTRIBUTION:
Flood, cyclone, famine are the natural disaster in Bangladesh. Every year the people of our country faces food crisis for natural disaster. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan foundation stands Bangladesh beside the affected people by providing food, shelter, rehabilitation etc.
INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAM:
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation believes in people’s participation in the development process. Training becomes one of the key components of the development activities of Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation. It has been proven that the potentiality, knowledge, attitude and practice of people lag behind because of the absence of enlightened and trained people. Training adds perfection to any intervention. It is an essential input to bring a positive change for sustainable development. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation is developing a cluster of capable and skilled people at the grassroots level.
Realizing the training needs, Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has been actively upgrading its training process as an important tool for building institutions. We conduct specific on-the-job and skill-oriented training courses to develop a skilled workforce both at the staff and the beneficiaries’ level. By the end of 2007, we conducted about 20 HIV/AIDS awareness trainings in deferent levels of the community: commercial sex workers, youth, rickshaw-pullers, labor-women, and street-children. We also organized and conducted other social awareness/social development trainings for our target groups.
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has been organizing different training courses within its own capacity by giving due importance to the needs of staff as well as its group members. Training courses are planned, designed implemented and evaluated as per the needs and priorities. During the training courses, knowledge and skills are conveyed to the trainees as they go through teaching and learning exercises in the classroom and practical experience in the filed as well. Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation appreciates the process of sharing and mutual learning through participatory approach in conducting courses. Relevant training methods are carefully selected on the basis of the level of the participants’ education, knowledge and skills.
TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR POOREST:
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has a strong inclination towards serving the hard-to-reach rural poor. With this intention, the organization has already started implementing an experimental project titled "Financial Services for the Poorest" at a village in Manikgonj district. The broad objective of the project is to make further contribution to overall poverty alleviation. The poor who do not have land or house of their own and who have to live from hand to mouth and are far away from getting any credit support are covered under the initiative.
Our organization undertakes various income-generating activities to assist the extreme poor. Moreover, we provide them with motivation skill development training so that they can become self-employed. These activities include cottage industry based on indigenous materials (e.g. bamboo or bamboo cane, hogla, cane, mat etc.), livestock and poultry rearing, tailoring, nursery business, small shops to sell retail products and other feasible activities.
DISABLES’ AWARENESS AND REHABILITATION:
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation has been running a development and awareness program for the disables with the technical partner Nobo Anquer Shomaj Kallyan Shansta, also with the help of APEX Bangladesh. Through this program, we are helping people to change their negative attitude to the disable people, especially the children. With a view that they are not burden to our society, we are sponsoring some disable children to go to school to continue their education to earn their worth to the society. The organization distributed wheelchair, schoolbags, instrument boxes, pencils and notebooks, color pencils and brushes; rubbers etc. among the 10 disable students.
ADVOCACY ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL AID SUPPORT:
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation also organized several advocacy campaigns and community sharing meetings to address the theme “No More Dowry”. We developed some BCC materials to make the mass people conscious concerning the ill effects of the prevailing dowry culture. We also distributed BCC materials among the members of associate organizations. Besides that organizations of similar interest and activities are availing our BCC materials for their relevant programs.
