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RSHEDF (Rural Socio Health and Economy Development Foundation)

RSHEDF is the acronym of “Rural Socio Health and Economy Development Foundation”. It is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian, voluntary development organization was established on 3 November 1999 aiming to promote socio-economic emancipation of the underprivileged men, women, children and youths in the minded social workers in Chuadanga, a south-western bordered district of Bangladesh. The founder is A.Q.M.Ferojule Hoque.

''RSHEDF (Rural Socio Health and Economy Development Foundation) believes that economic, social and biological diversity jointly forms the basis of sustainable rural development. ''

Objectives of RSHEDF
•	'''Agriculture for Food Security

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•	'''Economic Development '''

•	Education

•	Public Health

•	Social Development

•	'''Environment '''

•	Disaster Relief

Economic Development: RSHEDF’s Economic Development programme includes in addition to provides enterprise training and support to its member borrowers in agriculture, fisheries, and social forestry. It provides inputs essential for some enterprises through its ‘Programme Support Enterprises’ that include Seed Production, Organic Fertilizer Production Marketing and Soil Testing, RSHEDF’s Organic and Non-Organic Vegetable Export programme will started is a venture that is aimed at bridging the gap between local producers and international markets. RSHEDF also focuses on the problem of youth employment, providing assistance for young men and especially women to join the workforce, for example, with programs like the Adolescent Development Program. RSHEDF also has a number of commercial programmes that contribute to the sustainability of RSHEDF’s development programmes since returns from the commercial programmes are channeled back into RSHEDF’s development activities. These programmes include Swanirvora, a retail handicraft and life stale chain and Agroland Integrated Firm for agro business.

Education: Education is a right. It’s the key to a better childhood, and a better future for children, their communities and their countries. RSHEDF’s Non-Formal Primary Education programme provides primary education to poor, rural, disadvantaged children and drop-outs who cannot access formal schooling. These one-room schools are for children between eight and fourteen years of age. Each school typically consists of 20+ students and one teacher. Core subjects include Mathematics, Social Studies and English. The schools also offer extracurricular activities. The schools have a drop-out rate of less than 5%. RSHEDF has set up centers for adolescents called Kisor-Kishori Kendra that provide reading material and serve as a gathering place for adolescents where they are educated about issues sensitive to the Bangladeshi society like reproductive health, early marriage, women’s legal rights etc.

Social development:

The Social Development component focuses on building human and socio-political assets of the poor – especially women – through institution building, awareness raising, training and collective social mobilization The Human Rights and Legal Services component seeks to empower the poor by increasing their awareness of their rights (legal, human and social) and entitlements through participation in activities like the Popular Theatre and through Human Rights and Legal Education (HRLE) classes arranged by RSHEDF for its Village Organization members. RSHEDF also offers external services such as access to lawyers or the police either through legal aid clinics, by helping women report cases at the local police station or when seeking medical care in the case of acid victims.

Public health:

RSHEDF started providing public healthcare focus on curative care as like. General healthcare, Maternal and child health , Combating diseases .The programme went on to offer integrated health care services, its key achievements including the reduction of child mortality rates through campaign for oral rehydration in the 80s and taking immunization from 2% to 70% in Bangladesh. Brace Fitting Centre that provides low cost devices and services for the physically disabled.

Water and Sanitation:

RSHEDF provide effective water, sanitation and hygiene projects and initiatives rurally, particularly those characterized by strong community involvement. We are working views are to give better service for the society. Some people lack access to safe water and most of the people lack even basic sanitary facilities. Diseases caused by unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitation remain Bangladeshi most serious public health threat, causing 80% of the sicknesses and annually killing between 2 and 5 million people, mainly young children. Lack of water and sanitation undermines the sustainability of other critical needs, including education, economic development, nutrition, environmental health and gender equality. Sanitation is the best preventive medicine.The containment and treatment of human excreta – combined with hand-washing – protects humans from harmful bacteria, viruses and worms. Sanitation dramatically reduces cases of diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid and worm infections. This particularly protects children from additional malnutrition and stunted growth.'''Without such illnesses, the body becomes more resillient to acute respiratory diseases, like pneumonia. Sanitation protects the health of HIV/AIDS patients with a weakened immune system. By preventing unneccessary death and disease, sanitation alleviates the psychological burden of fear that plagues many families and communities. Safe sanitation and clean water can save the lives of 5,000 children under the age of five per day. Improving access to sanitation is essential because

•	Sanitation contributes to gender equality, access to education and dignity.

•	Sanitation reduces poverty and fosters economic growth.

•	Sanitation sustains human settlement and protects our planet's environment.

•	Sanitation is vital for human health

•	Sanitation generates economic benefits

•	Sanitation contributes to dignity and social development

•	Sanitation helps the environment

•	Improving Sanitation is Achievable

Disaster relief :

RSHEDF distributed emergency relief materials, including food and clothing, to survivors provided medical care to victims and secured safe supplies of drinking water. RSHEDF is focusing on long-term rehabilitation, which will include agriculture support, infrastructure reconstruction and livelihood regeneration.