SAPNA 2nd phase begins
Friday, 25 February 2011
The poverty alleviation programme of Social Assistance Programme for Non-Asseters (SAPNA) 2nd phase started at Kaliganj Upazila in Gazipur district Thursday, reports UNB.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs Ministry Meher Afroz Chumki inaugurated the programme as the chief guest.
The gender-based SAPNA that is centered in maternity allowance programme of the government has been implementing by the Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP) with financial support of Spanish Agency of International Co-operation for Development (AECID).
The 2nd phase was started with 442 families who get maternity allowance from the Bangladesh government in 2009-2010 at 26 union parishad areas of Kaliganj Upazila of Gazipur district, Chatkhil Upazila of Noakhali district, Ramgati and Kamalnagar upazilas of Laxmipur.