Strengthening Marginal Peoples Livelihood

Background

Improving asset and income position of poor people is one of the manifestos of JJS for securing livelihood of poor and marginal people. Poor people have the right to get credit from government institutions. But the public institutions failed to provide credit access to the poor. Hence JJS aimed from the very beginning to provide them credit access to build and secure their asset and income position. JJS is engaged for years to make the small, deprived and marginal people organized and self-sufficient through its micro credit project from 1993. At the grass root level peoples organizations (shomities) are build at first to make them aware about their rights to the government, provide basic knowledge and skill on livelihood and income generation, provide micro credit and building loan facilities for earning and make them capable for savings to face foreseen and unforeseen shocks.

Objectives

• To build unity and cooperation and savings attitude among the target people.
• To make the women self sufficient through IGA for their empowerment.
• To reduce the poverty among the focus population.
• To protect basic human rights of the target group.
• Remove illiteracy
• To aware people about family planning and nutrition
• To aware people about several social issues.
• To aware people about social injustice.

Project Area

Activities

• Monthly report preparation
• Monthly meeting(Unit in-charge)
• Half yearly meeting
• Annual meeting
• Financial report
• Report sent to the micro credit authority

Groups and Beneficiaries Status

Number of Groups			Number of Beneficiary
Male-08	Female-214	Total-222	Male-220	Female-4175	Total- 4395

Savings & Credit Status