About Us
Introduction:
Organizational information:
1.1Organized social workers are categorized as following level:
a.General Committee (GC)b.Executive Committee (EC) c.Advisory Committee (AC).
General Committee (GC):GC is the supreme powerful authority of SPKS. It is consisted of 21 members. GC sits in a meeting once in each year and approves annual report, budget and important necessary documents after reviewing.
Executive Committee(EC):Membersof GC elects 7 members among them and formed EC for 3 years duration. EC is authorized to develop necessary policies and gets those implemented properly by assigned Executive Director (ED). EC is reportable to GC. ED is reportable to EC.
Advisory Committee (AC): For assisting GC and EC, SPKS includes an Advisory Committee (AC) consisted of 5 members. Members of AC are highly qualified professional social workers. AC sits in meetings and takes necessary decision related to SPKS after details discussion.
1.2 Vision: A society of economically productive and equitable, socially just, environmentally sound and genuinely democratic.
1.3 Mission: Empower the poor educated unemployed youths for serving ill women, children and men at grass-root level.
1.4 Major objectives:To reduce unemployment as well as social injustice and increase better health services at grass-root level through empowering unemployed educated youths on issues of paramedical, pathology, nursing, pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Dental, medical technology, medical assistant, health workers and midwifery.
1.5 Legal status:SPKS is registered by the following departments of ministry of social welfare, Govt. of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh:
- Social Welfare vide registration no.04896 dated May 10, 2000
- Health (PHC/Training no-4519/3002
- Youth development vide registration no-JUO/Dhaka-576/04
- Narcotic Control vide Registration no-DNC-38
- Results achieved up to this period:
- Outcome:
2.1.1 Educated youthsfrom SPKS established health educational institutions are employed in different Government/Non-Government hospitals, clinics, private health centers and selfemployed and proper activefor providing health services and awareness raisingat grass root level including slum areas of Dhaka city.
- Outputs:
2.2.1 Developed capacityof the nurses and midwife, the care givers, the paramedics, the pathologists, the pharmacists, the physiotherapist, the dentists, the medical technologists,themedical assistants andthe health workers.
- Developed capacity for working as positions of Sub-Assistant Community Medical Officer (SACMO) created by Government in Upazila and Union Government Health Complex as well as different non-government and private hospitals, satellite clinics and health centers established nationally.
- Contributed in fulfilling positions of technologist created by Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh as well as enhancing delivery of health services among community people at grass–root level by establishing private health centers.
- Created awareness on health care, maternal child health, Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, Drug addiction, child rights, early marriage, dowry, polygamy acid throw, Right to persons with disabilities, STD/HIV/AIDS as well as Drug and preventive measures.
Beneficiaries:
Overall during last 23 years a total of approximately 14000youths passed Secondary School Certificate education (SSC), Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) with science and other unemployed educated youths gained knowledge and skill on nursing and midwifery, care giving, medical technology, Medical Assistant, Nursing, Midwifery, and Paramedical from SPKS establishedPallabi Nursing College, Shadhin Nursing Institutions,Shadhin Technical Institute and SPKS medical Institute.
Out of them 25% gained skill on Medical Technology, 6% on Medical Assistant, 13% on nursing, 2% on nurse and Midwifery, 53% on Paramedical and 1% on Care Giving.
Since 2001 to up to this period :
- SPKS Interactive Popular Theatre and Folk Song has staged a total of 500 shows in different spots of Dhaka district.
- A total of 250 people of different occupations have completed English language and computer course. While a total of 30 people of different occupations are underway in learning process.
- A total of 5000 families have been covered underMCH-FP care center
- Satellite Health Care Centerhas conducted 510 medical camps covered approximately a total of 5300 male, 7000 female and 3000 children
- Training of three years Diploma-in-Nursing Science and Midwifery;
- Training of 3/6 years Certificate-In-Care giving (Child and old), general care giving and care giving (old);
- Training of three years diploma course on pathology, nursing, pharmacy and Physiotherapy and one year;certificate course on paramedical, pathology, nursing, dental and physiotherapy;
- Training on four year diploma on Medical Assistant.
- 4 years training on laboratory & Pharmacy technology.
- Training of6 (Six) month diploma and 3 (Three) month certificate course on English Language (Spoken and writing). Training of 4 (four) month certificate course on Graphic Design & Multi-media and 3 (three) month certificate course on Computer Office Application.
- Informed mothers especially pregnant and adolescents the issues of neo-natal, pre-natal, post natal care, family planning methods, contraceptive supply and reproductive health, treatment of sexual diseases and referral for anti-natal and post-natal periodical check-up through door to door visit and discussion in slum areas and distributed Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials.
- Medical camps conducted and provided preventive and curable health services which include test and check-up of pregnant mothers, issues of primary health care, immunization, counseling on reproductive health, family planning methods, neo-natal and post natal care including modes of transmission of sexual diseases.
- Staged drama, Folk songs, conducted Rally, seminars, observed Day, and distributed Information Education Communication (IEC) materials and published news paper on those issues. Major Activities implemented:
- Input provided:
- Training rooms
- Course related equipments and course based qualified teachers
- Residential facilities
- Administration
- Other necessary goods and materials
- Input provided:
(Financial related information is available in annual audited report)
- Strategy:
5.1 Institutional development:
SPKS is a group of health educational institutions established in1998.Since its inception it has established college and institute entitled (i) Pallabi Nursing College (ii)Shadhin Nursing Institute(iii) Shadhin Technical Institute (iv) SPKS Medical Institute (SMI) (v)SPKS Medical Assistant Training School (MATS)(vi) Institute of Medical Technology (IMT)(vii) Interactive Popular Theatre with Folk Song and Adhare Alo (a monthly news paper)(v)SPKS Institute of Skill Development & Management (SISDM) (viii)Mother & Child Health/Family Planning (MCH-FP) care centerand (ix)Satellite Health Care Center.- Methodology:
SPKS established College and Institutes are as follows:
6.1 Pallabi Nursing College:
It is established in 2013 at Mirpur in Dhaka, Bangladesh which is approved by Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council and National Skill Development Authority (NSDA), Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh. Through this college, educated youths passed Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC)and other unemployed educated persons are provided three yearsDiploma-In-Nursing and Midwifery course and 3/6 month Certificate-.In-Care Giving course respectively.
6.2 Shadhin Nursing Institute:
It is established in 2019at Mirpur in Dhaka, Bangladesh which is approved by Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh. Through this insttitute, educated youths passed Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) are provided three yearsDiploma-In-Midwifery course.6.3 Shadhin Technical Institute:
It is establishedin 2021at Mirpur in Dhaka, Bangladesh which is approved by Bangladesh technical education board, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh. Through this insttitute, educated youths passed Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) are provided course of three 3/6month Certificate-In-Care giving (child and old), care giving general and care giving (old).
6.4 SPKS Medical Institute (SMI):
It is established in 2005 at Mirpur in Dhaka, Bangladesh which is approved by Bangladesh technical education board, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh. Through this institute, unemployed educated youths are provided training of three years diploma course on pathology, nursing, pharmacy and Physiotherapy and one yearcertificate course on paramedical, pathology, nursing, dental and physiotherapy.
6.5SPKS Medical Assistant Training School (MATS):
It was established in 2008. Through this established SPKS MATS,youths passed Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C) with sciencewere provided four year diploma on Medical Assistant.
6.6 Institute of Medical Technology (IMT):
It is established in 2010. Through this institution,youths passed Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C) with
science are provided four year training on laboratory & Pharmacy technology.
6.7 SPKS Media Programme:- SPKS Interactive Popular Theatre group (A cultural team):
SPKS developed dedicatedInteractive Popular Theatre groupwhich organizes and performs activities of drama, folk songs, rally, day observation, seminar and Information Education Communication (IEC) materials distributionon health care, maternal child health, Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, Drug addiction, child rights, early marriage, dowry, polygamy acid throw and Right to persons with disabilities.
- Adhare Alo (A monthly news paper):
SPKS exists a monthly news paper entitled “Adhare Alo” duly registered vide Reg.No-DA-6283. Through this newspaper Drug Addiction and STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention, Mother & Child Health and Family Planning (MCH and FP), fertility health and EPI etc are published for the purpose of raising awareness.
6.8 SPKS Institute of Skill Development & Management (SISDM):SPKS has recently established SISDM) at Mirpur, Dhaka aiming at developing skill of people of different occupations on English Language (Spoken and writing)Graphic Design & Multi-media and Computer Office Application.
6.9 Mother & Child Health/Family Planning (MCH-FP) care center:
It is established attached to its main office. On regular basis through this center the medical graduates facilitated by senior students of Paramedical course are providing necessary mother & child health and family planning services among mother (especially pregnant), adolescents and children of slum areas.
6.10 Satellite Health Care Center:
Occasionbasis, SPKS team consisted of professional physicians and students completed paramedical course sets up camps in grass-root level which provide preventive and curable health services of test and check-up of pregnant mothers, issues of primary health care, immunization, counseling on reproductive health, family planning methods, neo-natal and post natal care including ways of transmission of sexual diseases.- Funding source :
- Admission form sold;
- Admission fee collected;
- Monthly tution fee collected.
- Donated by Government, Non-Government Organizations, executive committee members and other like minded social workers.

