Mainstreaming CSR to Address Poverty
| Project Status: | Grant Agreement |
| Funding Partner: | Manusher Jonno Foundation |
| Location: | Countrywide |
| Project Duration: | 52 months |
| Project Cost: | BDT 40,595,377.00 |
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PROJECT PERSONNEL
| Project Advisor: | Rokia Afzal Rahman, President, Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs |
| Project Anchor: | Moazzem Hossain, Editor, The Financial Express |
| Team Leader: | Inam Ahmed, Deputy Editor, The Daily Star |
| Project Coordinator: | Hasibur Rahman, Executive Director, MRDI |
| Program Manager: | Md. Shahid Hossain, Advisor- Planning & Development, MRDI |
| Accounts Manager: | Sk. Shahniaz Ahmed, Accounts Officer, MRDI |
PROJECT GOAL
Reduce poverty and improve standards of living of disadvantaged people through proper utilization of CSR funds
OBJECTIVES
To establish CSR as a sustainable source of development fund and its effective utilization in addressing poverty alleviation issues.
To improve coordination between development actors including CBOs/social networks and private institutions/enterprises at national and community levels.
MAJOR ACTIVITIESÂ
Media Monitoring
Interview with Corporate Officials
Journalists’ Fellowship programmes for preparing News/Feature Stories on Good
Practices of Corporate Sector
Intervention issue and area selection meeting
Training for Journalists on In-depth Investigation
Investigation on CSR scope in selected area
Fund Raising Evening linking CSR fund to development fund
Advocacy Meetings in Community with the corporate houses
Implementation of Development Interventions
18 Television Talk Show
Newsletter Publication on various successful CSR interventions, best practices, opportunities and constraints, recommendations for future interventions
Lobby Meetings
Production of Video Documentaries of 2 highly successful intervention
