JJS Profile

Development Approach of JJS
As JJS visions for a confident, total responsive and equitable society; it sets its development approach in rights mode. JJS expect such a poverty free environment, where all the citizens of Bangladesh can exercise their essential human, social, economical, political, civic and environmental rights to enjoy a dignified life. The Rights Base Approach (RBA) builds on the development perception of JJS over a decade. JJS believes that, rights are moral and legal entitlements. They are driven by our societal values, norms and ethics and also guaranteed by the constitution- the supreme law of the country and other associated policies, international conventions and accords. These are the entitlement of people and bound upon state, different social institutions and international community. JJS perceive poverty as a state, resulted from lack of people’s access to public resources, services, institutions to which they are entitled and caused through systematic denial and violation of rights by regional, national and international actors.

Thematically its development model is holistic and generally covers the local agenda like primary education, health, agriculture, environment, water-sanitation, HIV/ AIDS, livelihood and disaster. Gender, child rights, support to disables –these are also the cross cutting issues in this holistic model.

Strategic Objectives

• To strengthen the constituency of poor, disadvantaged, marginal and socially excluded people for promoting their human rights along with gender equity and work towards better governance with more accountable public institutions.

• To promote children sensitivity in the family, society & institutions and to broaden the access to basic and relevant quality education for children and adult illiterate.

• To raise awareness for prevention of HIV/AIDS among the vulnerable people.

• To reduce women and child trafficking & violence.

• To mobilize local community and poor occupants for getting sufficient access and control over natural resources to ensure food sovereignty and livelihood security along with to conserve the environment from severe pollutions and external threats.

• To strengthen community based disaster preparedness & response initiatives especially in the case of climatic disaster and raise voice for environmental governance against foreseen & unforeseen hazards.

Values we live by
• Human rights.
• Gender equity.
• Social justice.
• Diversity in ethnicity.
• Dignity of human life.
• Individual believes & social values.
• Freedom.
• Democracy.
• Patriotism.
• Respect to individuality.
• Children sensitivity.
• People’s participation.
• Respect to indigenous knowledge.
• Ecological balance.
 

Our positions in development discourse

• Taking stand for the poor and marginal people.

• Resist discrimination of people’s right.

• Pay special attention to marginal and socially excluded people.

• Express solidarity to other movements and campaigns that address problems of disadvantaged people.

• Resist process and activities that ruin environment and bio-diversity.

• Practice cost-effective development measures.

• Promote environment friendly livelihood.

• Avoid duplication or overlapping with other development agencies in terms of similar services/activities.

• Perceive development as political agenda, but practice no partisan politics. However it strategically engage political institutions or parties, which take stands beside the poor people.

• Promote values and culture that respect the differences in the group of gender, caste, religion and race.

• Protest such technologies which threaten the dignity and individuality of a human being or trapped him/ her as a subject of experiment.

• Aims to learn from indigenous knowledge and technology.

• Promote peoples participation to perceive the experience of community people.

• Equity based development rather than growth oriented development.

Our partners & Participants
• Poor peoples organizations.
• Eco-farmers club.
• Local youth clubs/ Khulna University student activists.
• Group of Development Journalists.
• Press & electronic media.
• Local academics.
• Lawyers.
• Right based organizations (NGO).
• Local elected bodies.
• Politicians.
• Opinion leaders.
• Religious leaders.
• Guardian.
• Children.
• Community people.
 

The audience
• Health, Education and Agriculture departments of GOB
• Upazila and District chief administrators.
• Local elected bodies.
• Member of Parliaments.
• Ministers of respective ministries and departments.
• Policy and law makers.
• SMC.
• Teachers.
• Dada (lover of sex worker), Masi (land lady) of sex worker in brothels.
• Law enforcement authority.

Aid Partners
• ActionAid Bangladesh
• UNICEF & Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Bangladesh
• Concern Bangladesh

• Manusher Jonno (MJ)

• Stiching School, Netherlands
• Save the Children UK
• HIV/AIDS Alliance in Bangladesh (HASAB)
• BRAC
• South Asian Partnership (SAP)
• Manobik Sahajja Shangstha (MSS)
• CAMPE

• Governance Coalition
 

Alliance & Networks

• Alliance of Food Sovereignty Campaigns (AFSC), Bangladesh.

• International Food Security Network – Bangladesh.

• Asia Pacific Network on Food Sovereignty (APNFS).

• Coastal Development Network.

• Coordination Committee on Human Rights Bangladesh (CCHRB).

• Credit Development Forum (CDF).

• Governance Coalition.

• HIV/AIDS Related GO/NGO Network, Khulna.

• Nari O' Shishu Nirjatan Protirodh Forum.

• NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply & Sanitation.

• NGO Forum on ADB.

• Society for Sustainable Agriculture Bangladesh. 

• Voluntary Health Services Society (VHSS).

AFSC

NSNP

Children Forum

Shishu Kendro

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