RAJSHAHI, Dec 02 (BSS): Close collaborations between the government and non-government organisations (GO-NGO) can be the effective means of successful implementation of grassroots level development activities.
Simultaneously, the role of NGOs is very important towards the successful implementation of the government's uplift programmes in terms of taking the nation forward.
Development activists and social workers came up with the observation while addressing a discussion of Bangladesh NGO Foundation Day here on Saturday. Rajshahi district unit of Bangladesh NGO Foundation (BNF) organised the discussion at a city restaurant here.
More than 50 people from BNF members including Ladies Organization for Social Welfare (LOFS), Brac, Shapla Gram Unnayan Sangstha, Nikunja Basti Unnayan Sangstha and Peoples Development Organization (PDO) joined the programme.
On the occasion, education stipends were distributed among some of their project beneficiaries.
With LOFS Executive Director Shahnaz Parveen in the chair, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Chief Community Development Officer of Rajshahi City Corporation Azizur Rahman, Brac District Coordinator Mohsin Ali and PDO Executive Director Enamul Haque.
The discussants unanimously mentioned that the present government under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been implementing various time- fitting programmes for improving living and livelihood conditions of the grassroots population particularly for the low-income and marginalized ones.
They viewed there are many curses including violence against women, child marriage, child labour, dowry, gender disparity and drug-addiction in the society and opined that a concerted effort of all GO-NGOs become indispensable to free the society from the curses.
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