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Alam
On Sun, 31 May 2009 13:08:34 +1100, nishat rana <
nishat_@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> What NGOs are doing in the name of Disability?
>
> Suddenly I was visit Chakaria, Cox's Bazar with one of my native
relatives.
> Chakaria is very much famous in NGOs activities. Many local, national and
> international NGOs are working here for various purposes. In front of my
> relative house there is multistoried modern building and it is an office
of
> a NGO name SARPV. SARPV means Social Assistance for Rehabilitation of
> Physically Vulnerable. The organization is founded by Mr. Badal who is
also
> physically vulnerable person. The NGO's inception to work for the welfare
> of disabled or physically vulnerable people and accordingly donors from
> local and abroad providing fund to them. But now it become a commercial
or
> profit making. Now no disabled person are benefiting from it. They are
> providing micro credit programme, SOUHARDO project, agriculture firm etc.
> Most of the activities are not for disabled they have only one school for
> disabled children, but majority children are general children. This is
only
> one may be show room for the donors others are profit making. I was
talked
> with a Government officer in Chakaria, he said SARPV is good NGO and they
> are doing well, if they join their any meeting or any programme, they
have
> to paid Tk.2-5 thousand as honorarium. SHOUHARDO a programme supported by
> the CARE is providing lots of relief goods and staff members are making
> money from it, the beneficiaries are not disabled, they are working for
all
> the people. Local Union Parishad also known SARPV is good NGO in
Chakaria,
> some Union Parishad got building, furniture's and other support from it.
If
> UPs asked anything from it, they are getting easily. But what percentage
> disabled person getting easily from SARPV, the result is 0%, because they
> are now rich NGO, have multistoried building, big size of agriculture
farm,
> school for disabled children, but every where you have to search disabled
> person through charger lighter, it is difficult to find out any disabled
> getting benefit from it. But why the donors are supporting this NGO? I
try
> to understand the reason, the person who is founder is disabled person,
and
> another is name. Some of them are now thinking how many people get
benefits
> from these types of NGOs or they are cheating or exploiting the donors in
> the name of disability programme. SARPV created a new concept of Rickets
> which is very much popular in Cox's Bazar, but they develop agriculture
> farm in Chittagong hill tracts under the support from donors and they
> constructed multistoried building, but what is purposes. Disability only
> issue to getting sympathy from donors. I was talked with an ex staff of
> SARPV Mr. Badal is very claver and opportunist person, he always getting
> chance from everywhere, last BNP resume he was much closed with ruling
> government and activate member of BNP alliance created NGOs body FNB. He
> was married his staff as second wife. He knows how to manage fund and how
> to create attention to the donors and donors. As a result, if any donors
> meet with him, he convinced any how and manage fund.
>
> I was saw a game a group of Rotary Club comes here to distribute calcium
> tablets to rickets attacked children, they bring a group of children but
> nobody is attacked by rickets and they taken picture without getting
> calcium.
>
> Is the same picture of the welfare of disability programme run by the
NGOs
> in Bangladesh, I have nothing to say! I blamed to donors and supporters
who
> supported these types of NGOs and disabled persons in the name of
> physically vulnerable person. Are they doing rightly? Please goes to
> in-depth, peoples may be demoralized to seen the making profit making
game
> of NGOs. If I goes to the discussion of Government officials who said
they
> are getting 2-5 thousand taka as honorarium from SARPV, why not this
money
> is goes to disable person? How much money the NGOs staffs are making from
> showing same chicks to many others hen.
>
>
> Nishat Rana
> Chittagong University
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