PUP

Pollee Unnyon Prokolpo (A Rural Development Project) was founded by some social-minded people’s initiative in 1986, as a non-government and non-profitable organization. The organization has been working for the betterment of the most vulnerable part of the community especially widows & destitute women by providing various handicraft skill development training and thereafter production and marketing to create income opportunity. Traditionally there is a male dominated society in Bangladesh, where women are deprived in every aspect. Considering the situation from the beginning Pollee Unnyon Prokolpo starts to work with the women to make them resourceful, empower and self-confident along with establish their right and justice in the family as well as in the society. PUP believes that it is possible to bring positive changes of them by raising consciousness on various right based socio-cultural issues, Capacity building training and providing income opportunities etc. The organization is encouraging rural and urban Youths to become volunteer activists, hence has been providing various awareness, advocacy, and leadership development training to equip them with adequate information and knowledge. Skill Development Training on Hand Sewing Embroidery, Block-Batik Printing, Hand and Brush Painting, Palm Fiber Basketry making. Community Mobilization for awareness raising on socio-cultural, health consciousness and Environmental issues. Environment friendly agriculture for Safe Vegetable Production and Marketing. Involving youths to the group’s social activities for building voluntary mentality among them to make them social activist. Campaign on Domestic Violence & Child Marriage Prevention. Campaign among adolescent girls on reproductive health consciousness. Networking, advocacy and lobbying with GO, NGO, Local Government, CBO and Civil Society.