Introduction

Shasthaya Paricharja & Kallayan Sangstha (SPKS) is a Non-Government Organization (NGO). Some organized social workers established it on consensus in 1998 aiming at reducing impact of limited initiatives for human resource development, drug addiction at individual, family & social level and limited health facilities. SPKS has explored a vision, a mission and some objectives including management policies which are legally approved by Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Aiming at developing skilled human resource in health sector, SPKS since its inception has been implementing capacity development program for educated unemployed youths focusing on the courses of nursing, midwifery, care giving, medical assistant and medical technology through its health educational institutions for providing health services at grass-root level. Up to this period from 2000 to 2023 approximately 14000 trained youths of SPKS conducted institutes are working in different Government/Non-Government hospitals, diagnostic centers, clinics, NGO health centers and garment sectors at home and abroad with good reputation and many of them have created self-employment by establishing pharmacy, health centers, dental and Physiotherapy clinicts and involved them selves in providing health services among poor people of grass-root level. In addition SPKS raises awareness on Drug Addiction and STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention, Mother & Child Health and Family Planning (MCH and FP), fertility health and EPI through its Interactive Popular Theatre group and Adhare Alo (A monthly news paper) and observing related different Days with performing rallies, seminars, drama & folk song presentation, free medical camps and providing medical check-up/test through clinic to slum dwellers in slum areas of Dhaka city.

Organizational Information

1.1 Organized 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 power 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 and documents after reviewing.

Executive Committee (EC): Members of GC elects 7 members among them and formed EC for 2 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 include 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

2.Results achieved up to this period :

2.1 Outcome:

2.1.1 Educated youths from SPKS established health educational institutions are employed in different Government/Non-Government hospitals, clinics, private health centers and selfemployed and proper active for providing health services and awareness raising at grass root level including slum areas of Dhaka city.

2.1.1 Outputs:

2.2.1 Developed capacity of the nurses and midwife, the care givers, the paramedics, the pathologists, the pharmacists, the physiotherapist, the dentists, the medical technologists, the medical assistants, the health workers and the medical technologists.

2.2.2 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.

2.2.3 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.

2.2.4 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 14000 youths 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 established Pallabi 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 group has staged a total of 500 shows with folk songs 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 occupation are underway in learning process.
• A total of 5000 families have been covered under MCH-FP care center
• Satellite Health Care Center has conducted 510 medical camps covered approximately a total of 5300 male, 7000 female and 3000 children

3. Major Activities implemented:

3.1 Training of three years Diploma-in-Nursing Science and Midwifery;

3.2 Training of 3/6 years Certificate-In-Care giving (Child and old), general care giving and care giving (old);

3.3 Training of three years diploma course on pathology, nursing, pharmacy and Physiotherapy and one year certificate course on paramedical, pathology, nursing, dental and physiotherapy;

3.4 Training on four year diploma on Medical Assistant.

3.5. 4 years training on laboratory & Pharmacy technology.

3.6 Training of 6 (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.

3.7 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.

3.8 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.

3.9 Drama, Folk songs, Rally, Day observation, seminars and Information Education Communication (IEC) materials.

4. Input provided:

4.1 Training rooms

4.2 Course related equipments and course based qualified teachers

4.3 Residential facilities

4.4 Administration

4.5 Other necessary goods and materials

7.4 Donated by Government, Non-Government Organizations, executive committee members and other like minded social workers.

5. Strategy:

5.1 Institutional development:

6. Methodology:

SPKS established College and Institutes are as follows:

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