Annual Report 2008 Integrated Development Foundation (IDF) House # 2, Road # 2, Block # C, Mirpur-2, Dhaka-1216 Tel: 880-2-9005452, 9014933 Fax-880-2-9005452, 9014933 Ext.116 E-mail: info@idfbd.org, idf_bd92@yahoo.com Website: www.idfbd.org Contents MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR NOTE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MICROCREDIT SUMMIT CAMPAIGN'S GOAL 1. INTRODUCTION 2. VISION 3. MISSION 4. OBJECTIVE 5. GOVERNANCE 6. THE OPERATIONAL AREA 6.1 Chittagong Hill Tracts 6.2 Chittagong 6.3 Cox's Bazar 6.4 Rajshahi 6.5 Dhaka 6.6 Comilla 6.7 Chandpur 6.8 Noakhali 7. 8. 9. 10. THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THE PROGRAMS 8.1 Microfinance 8.2 Health, Sanitation and Water 8.3 Emergency Fund (Micro Insurance) 8.4 Eye Care 8.5 VAC-CHT Project 8.6 Child Development Program 8.7 Agriculture 8.8 Improved Cook Stove 8.9 Renewable Energy 8.10 Homestead Food Production Project 8.11 Skill Development 8.12 Housing 8.13 Human Rights, Democracy & Governance 8.14 Birth and Marriage Registration 8.15 Scholarship Program 8.16 Automation 8.17 Disaster Management 8.18 Environment 8.19 Gender Promotion MANPOWER HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 10.1 Recruitment 10.2.1 Pre and In-service Training 10.2.2 Outside Training 11. 12. 13. PLAN AND BUDGET REVIEW MEEING AUDIT 13.1 Internal Audit 13.2 External Audit ANNEXURE Annexure -1 Annexure -2 Annexure -3 Annexure -4 Annexure -5 Annexure -6 Founder Members General Body IDF Governing Body IDF Branch Offices Membership and loan operation by branches Plan and Budget for IDF Microfinance Program July 2008 - June '09 Message from the Chair Integrated Development Foundation (IDF) started working with the hilly but poor people of the Chittagong Hill Tract districts initially with microfinance in order to bring about an improvement in the overall socio-economic conditions of these disadvantaged people. It was a hard and difficult task but IDF could overcome all challenges over the years and moved forward. Soon IDF started pursuing the policy of integrated approach of rural development and started introducing programs and activities that bring welfare to the rural life. During the year 2008, IDF implemented as many as 18 programs covering the areas of health, agriculture, renewable energy, housing, human rights/democracy & governance, disaster management, gender development and so on. The global financial crisis, high price of the daily essentials and local socio-economic & political situation in certain project areas affected the members’ in their abilities to repay the loans during the year 2008. As a result, there was slight fall in making savings and in repaying loans. Effective policies and strategic programs taken by IDF helped to maintain a growth during the year. The other programs were strengthened and progresses were recorded. Details of all the programs along with specific activities and achievement for the year have been elaborately discussed in the present report. I do believe the readers will get an insight of the overview of the activities of IDF. The performance of the dedicated staff supports of all donors, assistance by the members of executive & general bodies and cooperation of the well-wishers of IDF have significantly contributed towards this achievement. I congratulate those who had done the hard work of preparing this annual report. However, any suggestions from the readers will enable us to enrich the quality of the report in future. A. K. Fazlul Bari Chairperson, IDF IDF Mission Combating poverty in the Impassable Hilly Region and other un-served areas of Bangladesh in order to create a poverty free Bangladesh. Note from the Executive Director IDF completed 14 years in 2007. The experience of 2007 is mixed. It is our pride that US based Forbes magazine rated IDF in 2007 as one of the top 50 MFIs of the world and 6th in Bangladesh. In 2007, CIDA enriched the list of IDF Development partners to work with birth and marriage registration in CHT-a new dimension for IDF. NGO Foundation joined us to improve the water and sanitation condition of the poor people of CHT. However, 2007 was not pleasant year for Bangladesh in General and microfinance sector in particular. The natural calamities, rat floods, price-hike and eviction brought more people under poverty in 2007. IDF faced added problem as it works in remote, difficult, hilly and poor areas. IDF experienced severe problem in two upazilas of CHT region in 2007 due to poor law and order situation there. Despite this adverse situation, IDF maintained a steady sustainable growth in 2007. The total increase in membership. Loan portfolio and members savings in 2007 were respectively 5,412 (8.62% increase on 2006), Tk.85.44 million (26.09% increase on 2006) and Tk.27.67 million (16.84% increase on 2006). The repayment rate dropped slightly from 99.98% to 99.92% in 2007 because of problems mentioned above. The steady sustainable growth as well as recognition by internationally reputed Forbes magazine was possible because of commitment and hard work of all IDF staff members and sincere cooperation of our development partners and local social leaders of our working areas. We are very grateful to Grameen Trust, Sida, Helen Keller International, PKSF, GF USA, CowBank (Australia), Basic Bank, Sonali Bank, BRAC Bank, Government of Bangladesh, IDCOL, CHT Regional Council, NGO Affairs Bureau, CHT District Councils, Deputy Commissioners, Upazila Nirbahi Officers and low Enforcing Bodies for their supports and cooperation. We are also grateful to our Board Members for their active support in implementing various programs. We cordially thanks our founder and life members for their active and positive role in policy making. We hope continuous support from our friends, partners and well wishers to our endeavors of fighting against poverty. Zahirul Alam Executive Director, IDF Microcredit Summit Champaign's Goal 175 million of the worlds poorest families, especially the women of those families, are receiving credit for self-employment and other financial and business services by the end of 2015; and 100 million of the Worlds poorest families move from below US$ 1.00 a day adjusted for purchasing power purity (PPP) to above US$ 1.00 a day adjusted from PPP, by the end of 2015. 1. INTRODUCTION Integrated Development Foundation (IDF) is a non-profit, non-political and a nongovernment organization established in December 1992 by Mr. Zahirul Alam, a former ILO staff member and founder member-secretary of the Rural Economics Program of the Department of Economics at the University of Chittagong from where Grameen Bank Microfinance Model was developed by Nobel Laureate Prof. Professor Muhammad Yunus in the 1970s. IDF started its journey through micro-finance program in a small para (sub-village) of Shoalok Union in Bandarban Hill District in 1993 with a small loan of US$ 7,500.00 from Grameen Trust. The people found IDF’s micro loans very useful within one year which accelerated its growth fast in the area. As a result it was difficult to meet the credit demand with small seed capital received from Grameen Trust. IDF approached various donors for support as advised by Prof. Muhammad Yunus. Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida) responded immediately and supported IDF for experiment and expansion of Grameen Bank Model in the whole of Chittagong Hill Tracts in the framework of a long-term (8 years) sustainable plan. IDF implemented the project successfully, and attained financial sustainability in 2000. This subsequently attracted other donors and partners including Bangladesh Government, PKSF, ILO, Helen Keller International (HKI), UNICEF, CARE, GTZ, AusAID, IDCOL, Grameen Foundation USA, Deutsche Bank, CowBank (Australia), Basic Bank, Sonali Bank and Bangladesh Krishi Bank and others. 2. VISION To make Bangladesh free from poverty. 3. MISSION Combating poverty in the impassable hilly regions and other un-served areas of Bangladesh for creating a poverty free Bangladesh. 4. OBJECTIVE The main objective of IDF is to assist the poor, the landless, the destitute women and children, small farmers and disabled persons in order to enable them to gain access to resources and undertake various income-generating and other activities for poverty alleviation and to enhance their quality of life in terms of health, nutrition, sanitation, education, safe water, housing and the environment through building effective institutions of their own, which they can understand and operate and can find socioeconomic strength in it through mutual support. 5. GOVERNANCE The supreme authority of IDF is General Body. It is composed of 18 members from different professions. A Governing Body consisting of 7 members is elected from amongst the General Body of the Foundation. The General Body is the highest policy and decision making body of IDF. The Governing Body is responsible for the formulation of plan and budget for the programs and projects to be implemented by the organization. The Governing Body evaluates and monitors the implementation of policies, programmes and projects through various monitoring tools and visits to the project areas. A Chairman elected by the General Body heads both General and Governing Body. The Executive Director works as Member-Secretary of both the Bodies. The Executive Director is the Chief Executive of the Foundation and responsible for the smooth implementation of all activities of the Foundation. He implements the activities through the appointed professionals and support staff of the Foundation. 6. THE OPERATIONAL AREA The present operational area of IDF is Chittagong Hill Tracts, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka and Rajshahi. A brief description of the operational area is presented below. 6.1 The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a beautiful and strange piece of land with rocks, hills, lakes and sea. These are very difficult and remote areas, inhabited by about thirteen very poor tribes with different languages and cultures. The area is wedged between the Bay of Bengal and the hills of Mizoram of India. The CHT is a 13,295 sq. km. region of hills consisting of Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachari districts located in the south-east of Bangladesh. As per the preliminary result of the Population Census 2001, the total population of CHT is 1.325 million; of which 52 percent are tribal people. Historically, Chittagong Hill Tracts enjoyed the status of a self-governing territory and administered by Hill King which continued until the British East India Company annexed Bengal in 1787. The Chakma Raja (King) then signed an agreement after a long armed conflict, under which Chakma territory became a British tributary on the payment of 20 tons of cotton. This was later extended to other parts of CHT. In 1860, the British formally annexed CHT and upgraded its status to a full-fledged district. The people of Chittagong Hill Tracts are very poor and they live mainly on Jhum cultivation and bamboo and wood collection from forests, which are major causes of deforestation and soil erosion in the area. Most people of this area live in absolute poverty. Despite of all the efforts of the government, the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts still lack access to various services such as credit, agricultural inputs and extension services, medical facilities, sanitation and safe drinking water. This is mainly because of i) scattered population, ii) poor communication system, iii) remoteness of the area and iv) political problem. The language barrier further aggravates the situation. The sentiment of the people of CHT was hurt when the construction of 666 meters long and 43 meters high hydroelectric dam at Kaptai started in 1957. The immediate impact of dam was the submergence of a vast area of natural forests and 54,000 acres of arable land (40% of total cultivable lands in CHT) of the area. It also made about 1,800 families homeless. The displaced people were not properly rehabilitated. As a result, their settlement and construction of new houses in the inaccessible regions led to rampant deforestation. It is also said that some families crossed the border and migrated. Adverse economic impacts created by Kaptai Dam on displaced people gradually resulted in armed insurgency in CHT. The counter-insurgency measures by the then Pakistan Government through military action worsened the situation. The increased military presence in CHT and search for insurgents created unsettled situation among CHT inhabitants. It was a very tense situation when IDF started its micro-finance program in CHT in 1993. 6.2 Chittagong Chittagong district is quite different from other districts in its unique natural beauty characterized by hills, rivers, sea, forests, and valleys. The greater Chittagong district was established in 1666 including the present Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and the three hill districts. The district of Chittagong Hill Tracts was established in 1,860 with the hill regions of the district. Later, Chittagong district was further divided into Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar districts. The district consists of one City Corporation, 7 municipalities, 20 upazilas, 197 union parishads and 1,319 villages. 6.3 Cox’s Bazar The area of Cox’s Bazar district is 2,491.86 sq. km. It is bounded by Chittagong district on the north, Bay of Bengal on the south, Bandarban district, Arakan (Myanmar) and the Naf River on the east, and the Bay of Bengal on the west. Cox’s Bazar thana was established in 1854. Cox’s Bazar subdivision was formed comprising of Cox’s Bazar Sadar, Chakoria, Maheshkhali, and Teknaf thanas. Afterwards, three new thanas (Ukhia, Kutubdia, and Ramu) were created under this subdivision. In 1984, the thanas were transformed into upazilas and Cox’s Bazar subdivision was elevated to a district under the decentralization scheme. It consists of 7 upazilas, 2 municipalities, 60 union parishads, 199 mouzas and 966 villages. 6.4 Rajshahi The area of Rajshahi district is 2,407 sq. km. It is bounded by Naogaon district on the north; West Bengal of India, Kushtia district and the Ganges on the south; Natore district on the east and the Nawabgonj district on the west. Rajshahi district was established in 1772. It has one City Corporation with 4 thanas, 7 municipalities, 93 wards, 297 mahallas, 9 upazilas, 70 union parishads, 1,678 mouzas and 1,858 villages. Rajshahi town stands on the bank of the river Padma. It is both district and divisional town. 6.5 Dhaka Dhaka District is geographically located almost at the centre of the country. Dhaka is surrounded by Narayanganj in the east, Gazipur in the north, Munshiganj and Faridpur in the south and Manikganj District in the west. It lies between 23053' and 24006' north latitudes and 90001' and 90037' east longitudes. The total area of this district is 1463.60 Sq. Km. (565.10 Sq. miles) of which 45.92 Sq. Km is reverine. Dhaka District is the oldest district of the country. There are different views about the origin of the zila name. There are various opinions about the naming of the Dhaka Zila or Dhaka District. 6.6 Comilla Comilla is a city in south-eastern Bangladesh, located along the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.Comilla is located at 23°27′0″N, 91°12′0″E, and has a total area of 280 square kilometers. The major rivers that pass through Comilla include Gumti and Little Feni. 6.7 Chandpur Chandpur is a district in east-central part of Bangladesh. It is located at the mouth of the Meghna River. It is a part of the Chittagong Division.. Chandpur district has a total area of 1704.06 square kilometers. It is bounded by Munshiganj District and Comilla District on the north, Noakhali District, Lakshmipur District and Barisal District on the south. Chandpur is the confluence of two of the mightiest rivers of Bangladesh.. the Padma River (the main branch of the Ganges River) and the Meghna River, which meet near Chandpur Town. 6.8 Noakhali Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh. Noakhali District is located in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It has a land area of 3600.99 km², and is bounded by the Comilla district in the north, the Meghna estuary and the Bay of Bengal in the south, Feni and Chittagong districts in the east, Lakshmipur and the Bhola districts in the west. Noakhali district, whose earlier name was Bhulua, was established in 1821. It consists of 9 upazilas, 5 municipalities, 45 wards, 90 mahallas, 83 union parishads, 909 mouzas and 978 villages. 7. THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE The programs and projects are implemented at a number of levels including head office, area office, branch, centre and group. The head office and coordination offices provide guidance, and supervise and monitor the activities of branch offices. The branch offices work directly with the poor people in their area, organizing them with a view to building a receiving mechanism and implementing various socio-economic programs for them. The institutional structure of IDF is shown in Figure-1. THE STRUCTURE OF IDF 8. THE PROGRAMS 2008 is the 15th year of IDF operations in poverty alleviation and social development. This annual report presents the overall progress of IDF activities in 2008. It also presents year-wise summery report up to December 2008. The major programs implemented in 2008 are: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Micro finance Health, Sanitation and Water Emergency Fund (Micro Insurance) Eye Care VAC (Vitamin A Cap.) 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 8.1 Child Labour & Non Formal Education Agriculture Improved Cook Stove Renewable Energy Homestead Food Production Skill Development Housing Human Rights, Democracy & Governance Birth and marriage registration Scholarship Programme Automation Disaster Management Environment Gender Promotion Microfinance IDF launched its micro-finance program in a small para (sub-village) of Shoalok mouza of Bandarban Hill district for the poor, landless and underprivileged people in 1993. IDF completed 15 years of operation of its microfinance program in 2008. Many of IDF clients who started as ultra poor gradually graduated to micro-entrepreneurs which are a great achievement of its microfinance programme. IDF’s clients can now be classified into four categories. These are: Beggar Poor Ultra Poor Micro-enterprise The different categories of members by their number, portfolio and savings as of December 2008 are shown in the Table 1. Table 1: Members by loan portfolio and savings as of December 2008 (in Tk.) Categories of Clients Beggars No. of Member 2008 Cum. Loan Outstanding Savings (million) (million) 2008 Cum. 2008 Cum. 534 730 0.426 0.583 0.069 0.083 Poor & Ultra Poor 2734 69,895 -2.347 384.743 15.849 200.879 Micro-enterprise 1440 2,276 3.690 29.350 4.680 11.540 4,708 72,901 1.769 414.676 20.598 212.502 Total 8.1.1 Beggar Program IDF started its beggar program with the financial and technical assistance of Grameen Trust in May 2006. The objective and status of the program are described below. Objectives: to build confidence and capacity of beggar; to enable them to gain access to resources and provide credit; to make the beggar into productive manpower; to improve their overall socio-economic status. Conditions Interest free flexible repayment schedule flexible loan period attendance in the meeting is not mandatory Status as on 31 December 2008 Particulars Branch Member Disbursed (m) Outstanding (m) Repayment Rate Savings (m) Up to 2007 24 196 0.239 0.157 100% 0.0143 In 2008 10 534 0.810 0.426 100% 0.069 Up to 2008 34 730 1.049 0.583 100% 0.083 8.1.2 Poor and Ultra Poor Program IDF started this program in a small para (sub-village) of Bandarban Hill District with the assistance Grameen Trust in 1993. The objectives and present status of the program are presented below. Objectives: To build confidence and capacity of the poor and ultra poor; To organize and built a receiving mechanism of the poor and ultra poor through which they can receive their necessary services, inputs and financial assistance for the improvement of their socio-economic status; To alleviate poverty from the very grass-root level of the country. Conditions Service Charge: Ultra poor-10%, Poor-12.5% Term: half yearly and yearly Repayment Schedule: weekly, fortnightly, monthly and six monthly depending on the nature of activity. Status as on 31 December 2008 Particulars Branch Member Disbursed (m) Outstanding(m) Repayment Rate Savings (m) Up to 2007 51 67161 2,864.350 387.090 99.92% 185.030 In 2008 2 2,734 701.650 -2.347 99.00% 15.849 Up to 2008 53 69,895 3,566.000 384.743 99.14 % 200.879 Loan ceiling for Ultra poor : Up to Tk.8,000 Poor : Tk 8,001 - 30,000 Ultra Poor with PKSF Assistance The program covered 1,291 ultra poor families of 18 branches with seed capital from PKSF since November 2005. The particulars of the operation of PKSF funded ultra poor as of 31 December 2008 are presented below: No. of member Loan disbursed Loan outstanding Rate of repayment Amount of savings : 1322 : 19.97m : 3.18m : 99.93 % : 1.42m 8.1.3 Micro-Enterprise IDF started this product for its graduate members who developed capacity to invest and manage bigger scale of income-generating activity (micro-enterprise) in 2002-03. The criteria of electing a member for this product are as follows; Criteria of micro-entrepreneur Graduate members who developed capacity to undertake enterprise; Received Enterprise Development and Business Management (EDBM) Training 85% attendance in the weekly/ fortnightly meeting 100% utilization of previous loan Good track record of business 10% of the proposed loan are accumulated in her savings account Willing and capacity to participate at least 10% of the investment in the enterprise Regular deposit in savings account Willingness to attend monthly cluster (20 members) meeting. Loan terms Working Capital : 1 year Fixed Capital : 2 years Service Charge : 12.50% (flat) Loan repayment conditions 1 month grace period Weekly installment Fortnightly installment Monthly installment Risk Insurance Premium: 0.90% of the disbursed amount Risk coverage: 50% of the disbursed loan in case of the damage of the activity due to disaster. Status of micro-enterprise as on 31 December 2008 Particulars Branch Member Disbursed (m) Outstanding (m) Payment Rate Savings (m) Up to 2007 28 836 142.29 25.650 100% 6.860 In 2008 9 1,440 12.33 3.700 99.90% 4.680 Up to 2008 37 2,276 154.62 29.350 99.94% 11.540 8.1.4 Growth Trend The growth trend of members, members’ savings, loan portfolio and equity is shown in Table 2, Table 3 and Table 4. 2008 experienced the lowest growth rate since the inception of IDF credit programme. This was mainly global financial crisis and price rise by 2-3 folds. Table-2: Growth Trend- Member, Area and Savings Sl. # Component 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 1. Member (by year) 2. Member (cum.) 6,196 45,294 7,722 53,016 9,765 62,781 5,412 68,193 4,708 72,901 3. Group (cum.) 4. Centre (cum.) 5. Branch (cum.) 6. Union (cum.) 7. Upazila (cum.) 10,048 1,935 37 125 34 11,874 2,273 43 130 34 13,842 2,668 49 135 34 15,957 3,016 51 142 36 17,413 3,293 53 146 38 8. District (cum.) 5 6 7 7 7 27.30 26.16 40.08 27.67 20.60 10. Savings (cum. in m) 97.99 124.15 164.23 191.90 212.50 11. Average Savings (cum.) 2,163 2,342 2,792 2,814 2,914 9. Savings (by yr. in m) Chart 1: Growth of members and borrowers by year Chart 2: Growth of savings by year 212.50 72,901 68,193 62,781 63,176 65,603 164.23 58,445 53,016 45,294 191.90 49,854 124.15 42,144 97.99 2004 2005 2006 Member (cum.) 2007 Borrower (cum.) 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Table-3: Growth Trend- Loan operations Sl. # Component 1. No of Loans (by year) 2. No of Loans (cum.) 3. Up to 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 49,897 56,329 64,423 70,973 75,093 226,044 282,737 347,160 418,133 493,226 Borrower (cum.) 42,144 49,854 58,445 63,176 65,603 4. Loan disbursed (by year)* 337.52 433.02 561.79 763.89 755.55 5. Loan disbursed (cum.)* 1,187.42 1,620.44 2,202.23 2,966.12 3,721.67 6. Loan due (by year)* 303.61 385.26 485.85 680.45 680.45 7. Loan due (cum.)* 1,004.13 1,388.99 1,874.84 2,555.29 3,340.88 8. Loan realized (by year)* 303.56 384.77 486.27 678.44 753.79 9. Loan realized (cum)* 1,003.73 1,388.50 1,874.77 2,553.21 3,307.00 10. Loan outstanding (by year)* 33.96 48.24 95.52 85.44 1.77 11. Loan outstanding (cum.)* 183.70 231.94 327.46 412.90 414.67 12. Loan overdue (by year) 50,300 80,600 43,800 1,636,500 8,481,700 13. Portfolio at risk >30 days 404,400 485,000 441,200 2,077,700 3,199,900 14. Average loan size 6,764 7,687 6,343 7,748 8,771 15. Average outstanding (cum.) 4,359 4,653 5,837 6,535 6,313 16. Rate of repayment (by year) 99.96% 99.96% 99.98% 99.92% 99.00% 17. Rate of repayment (cum.) 99.96% 99.96% 99.98% 99.92% 99.00% Note: 1. cum. = Cumulative, * = Figure in million Taka. Chart 3: Growth of loan disbursement by year Chart 4: Growth of loan outstanding by year 412.90 3,721.67 2,966.12 414.67 327.46 2,202.23 231.94 183.70 1,620.44 1,187.42 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Table – 4: Growth Trend- Financial (Currency figures are in million Taka) Particulars 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 A. CAPITAL FUND 55.29 73.00 93.04 113.78 115.95 12% 5% 12% 6% 12.5% 6% 12.5% 6% 12.5% 6% 42.00 1.12 43.12 53.83 2.10 55.93 64.73 1.52 66.25 91.49 1.73 93.22 94.68 3.91 98.59 27.96 35.11 44.11 54.48 66.55 08 Depreciation on fixed assets 09 Loan loss provision expense 0.99 1.91 0.97 2.12 0.13 2.20 1.15 3.70 1.22 29.03 10 Total Non Financial Expenses 30.85 38.20 46.44 59.33 88.80 2.76 3.65 5.58 6.82 6.95 33.62 41.85 52.02 66.15 95.75 140% 146% 142% 157% 111.02% 128% 131% 127% 140% 102.96% 01 Capital Fund / Equity B. INTEREST RATES 02 Rate of Service Charge 03 Inflation rate C. INCOME 04 Service Charge income from clients 05 Other income 06 Total income D. NON-FINANCIAL EXPENSES 07 General Operating Expenses (Salaries, rents, utilities, cost of fund etc.) E. ADJUSTED FINANCIAL EXPENSES Adjusted Financial Expenses (Line-1 multiplied by line-3) Total Expenses 12 (Line-10 plus line-11) Operational Self Sufficiency (OSS) 13 (Line-6 divided by line-10) Financial Self Sufficiency (FSS) 14 (Line-6 divided by line-12) 11 Chart 5: Growth of Capital Fund by Year Chart 6: Growth of Income & Non financial Expenses 115.95 113.78 93.22 98.59 93.04 88.80 66.25 73.00 55.93 55.29 59.33 43.12 46.44 38.20 30.85 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2005 2006 Income 2007 2008 Non Financial Expenses Chart 7: Self Sufficiency status by year 157% 140% 128% 146% 131% 142% 140% 127% 111% 103% 2004 2005 2006 Operational 2007 2008 Financial 8.1.5 Purpose of loan The loan disbursed during 2004-08 is shown by purpose and year in Table 5 below. About 40% of the loans were disbursed for agriculture and livestock followed by about 27.67% for small business, 9.73% for transport. Table-5. Loan by Purposes (Figures in percent) Sl. # Purpose 2005 2006 2007 2008 01. Farming 12.05 14.41 15.21 9.64 12.75 02. Cow rearing 11.75 10.05 7.92 9.80 9.56 03. Goat rearing 2.22 1.00 1.08 1.95 2.12 04. Beef fattening 5.81 8.26 7.55 7.03 6.68 05. Pig rearing 2.12 1.22 1.46 1.48 1.52 06. Poultry 4.82 4.31 3.67 5.12 3.98 07. Home Gardening 0.87 0.91 1.09 1.35 1.40 08. Fruit gardening 1.80 2.05 1.15 1.49 1.38 09. Nursery 1.32 1.11 1.02 1.47 1.65 10. Handicrafts 3.17 3.98 3.14 3.36 3.61 11. Garments/tailoring 4.50 3.19 2.47 3.51 3.44 12. Fisheries 3.07 3.65 3.75 9.43 6.74 13. Housing 0.68 0.61 1.66 1.23 2.10 14. Water Sanitation 0.71 0.82 .80 1.77 1.23 15. Local transport 12.31 9.40 7.66 9.28 9.79 16. Small Business 28.48 29.21 37.36 27.60 27.67 17. Micro Enterprise 4.32 5.82 3.00 4.50 4.36 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Total (%) 8.2 2004 Health, Sanitation and Water IDF started this program with the assistance of Sida in Chittagong Hill Tracts in 1995. The reasons for initiating this program were two. They are: i) ignorance of people on causes of various common diseases and ii) lack of access of poor people to health services and safe water. IDF launched a survey on the sanitation and water in selected villages of Bandarban Sadar in 1996 with the assistance of UNICEF which shows that about 95% households had no sanitary latrine and almost all rural households did not have access to safe water at that time. IDF selects health agent/secretary from amongst the members in each centre. One health agent/secretary can look after more than one para (sub-village). Health agents are the motivators and contact persons at para levels. Health agents are provided training on causes of common diseases, primary health care, reproductive and child health, safe water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS and eye care. The organizational structure of IDF health program is shown below. Figure- 2: Structure of Health Program Executive Director Coordinator Medical Officer Health Worker (branch level) Health Agent (village level) Health Services Center Objectives To make the poor people aware of health problems and the causes of common diseases. To ensure access of the poor people to health services, safe water and sanitation. To make the people conscious about the safe motherhood and child health. Present Status No. of Health centre Satellite Clinic Drop in Centre Health Spot : : : : 3 4 5 16 : : : 8,378 395 1,547 Clinical services General Patient STD patient Eye Patient Training Provided HIV/AIDS/STI (Basic and Refreshers) Sex Worker Transport Worker Staff Training on Rights : : : 550 500 42 Awareness Activities in 2008 Awareness raising on common diseases, safe motherhood, water sanitation : * * * * * * * Health Education Session Staffs/ Health agents training Participant on staffs/ Health agents Training Beneficiaries Training Participant on Beneficiaries Training Courtyard Meeting Participant on Courtyard Meeting : : : : : : : 8,610 4 50 4 120 12 232 Awareness raising on STD/HIV/AIDS : * * * * * * * * 8.3 Orientation Health Education Session Participant on staffs/Health agents training Participant on Basic Peer training Participant on Refresher Peer training Staffs/ Health agents training Basic Peer training Refresher Peer training : : : : : : : : 16,555 44,862 50 625 425 3 25 17 Emergency Fund (Micro Insurance) IDF launched this component in October 1997 in response to the request of group members to help their families in case of serious sickness or death of any income earners of their families. The objectives and detail operational procedures are presented below. Objectives To provide financial assistance to the members in case of serious sickness or death of any income earners of their families. To help members in case of any natural calamity or disaster. Formation of Fund The fund is created by: 4% of service charge by the organization. Premium of group members. The premium is charged on the basis of loan size ranging from Tk50 to 250. Conditions and amount of grants Particulars Death 1st & 2nd loanee 3rd loanee & above Health 1st & 2nd loanee 3rd loanee & above For member Family member Tk.500+Outstanding loan maximum of Tk.5,000 Tk.500+ Outstanding loan maximum of Tk.5,000 amount, amount, Up to Tk.1,000 Up to Tk1,500 Up to Tk.1,500 Up to Tk.2,000 Up to Tk1,000 Up to Tk1,500 Grants Distributed (in Taka) Particulars Grants for Treatment No. of Person Amount Grants for Death No. of Person Amount Total No. of Person Amount 2008 Cumulative 2,107 1,499,100 11,938 8,758,000 543 1,279,800 3,957 7,968,400 2,650 2,778,900 15,895 16,726,400 8.4. Eye Care Eye problem is very common in Bangladesh. The people of Chittagong Hill Tracts are more vulnerable in eye health. IDF initiated this component through eye camps in collaboration with Lions Club of Chittagong Southern in Bandarban in 2002. The costs of surgery for referral cases were shared jointly by IDF and Lions Club. The component was undertaken as project by IDF in 2004 with the assistance of Helen Keller International (HKI). IDF has been implementing eye care as its regular programme since 2006. Objectives Raise awareness on eye care and blindness among the common poor people of the remote areas of CHT, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazaar district; Provide primary diagnosis, treatment and referral support; Provide medical services at nominal cost to the poor; Prevent eye diseases from maiden period and provide services at the grass-root level. The services provided in 2008 are shown below. Progress ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Operative Patient : 57 Treated Refractive Error treatment to Health Education session Participant on Beneficiaries training Staffs /Health agents training Participant on Staffs /Health agents training Beneficiaries training : : : : : : : 941 549 8,212 580 4 60 24 8.5. VAC-CHT Project Since September 2007, IDF has partnered with HKI to implemented community mobilization project to improve Vitamin A capsule distribution coverage in the in the hard to reach area of Chittagong Hill tracts (CHT). This project will continue to June 2010. IDF also supported HKI to conduct a baseline and post NID survey in the project areas. Objectives of the Program: • to reach all eligible children aged 9-59 months in the project area. • to fill the gaps of VAC distribution in routine EPI. • to build a strong relationship with District Civil Surgeon Office, Upazilla Health & Family Planning Office and EPI staff. The hard to reach areas in CHT covered by the project are presented below: District- Khagrachari 1. 2. 3. 4. Upazila Dighinala Panchari Matiranga Kahgrachari Sada Union 4 4 4 3 Village/para Child/Population 189 16,211 220 13,489 144 12,047 229 10,821 District- Rangamati Upazila 1. Kawkhali 2. Kaptai Union 4 4 Village/para Child/Population 158 9,873 122 10,267 District- Bandarban 1. Bandarban Sadar 2. Roangchari 4 4 181 162 6,717 4,328 Achievement/coverage in 16th NID 2nd round District- Khagrachari 1. 2. 3. 4. Upazila Dighinala Panchari Matiranga Kahgrachari Sada Target 16,284 7,916 22,546 6,785 Achievement 16,390 7916 22,430 6,543 % Target 8,457 10,064 Achievement 8,451 99,20 % 99.92 99 100 100 99 96 District- Rangamati Upazila 1. Kawkhali 2. Kaptai 8.6 Child Labour and Non-formal Education IDF has been implementing this component since 1994. The main objectives of this program are: Objectives ● To raise awareness on child rights and education; ● To provide basic education (read, write and count) to drop-out children and child labour; ● To decrease illiteracy rate; ● To provide micro-credit support to the parents of child labour; ● To spread the light of education for the most under privileged children of the society. Progress ● ● ● ● 8.7 Educational materials and health services to all children. Skill Development Training to 300 hazardous child labours. Enrolled and provided non formal education to 300 child labour. Providing non formal education to 630 students through 21 centres. Agriculture Started in 1997 Objectives ► to educate, encourage and support hilly and other poor people on improved variety and method; ► to educate, encourage and support homestead food production program, nursery, seed production and plantation. Progress ● Established 1 Central Nurseries, 2 office nursery, 100 Village Model Farm, 3,800 Homestead Gardens. ● Provided technical and financial support to 200 marginal farmers. ● 170 kg. Maize seeds distributed to 90 farmers. ● Provided training to 1400 members on improved technology of Beef Fattening. ● 900 kg of various vegetable seeds have been distributed among the farmers and Nurseries. ● 1,00,000 saplings have been produced in the central nursery. ● Implementing Homestead Food Production Program (HFPP) in 4 project areas. i.e Lama, Kaptai, Manikchari and Matiranga in Chittagong Hill Tracts areas. ● Seeds, medicines, farming equipments, poultry birds and other technical support have been provided to the farmers. 8.8 Improved Cook Stoves Programme IDF undertook this program in 10th May 2008 with the assistance of German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). The main objective of this program is: * to decrease the use of fuel property and save environment. * to remove fuel crisis and health hazards in rural areas. * to improve the cooking efficiency and mitigate health hazards. The systems installed in 2008 is shown below. Sl. # 1. 2. 3. 4. Name of District Cox’s Bazar Bandarban Chittagong Khagrachari Total No. 10 27 89 51 177 8.9 Renewable Energy IDF started this program in collaboration with Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a government owned company in 2003. The main purpose of this program was to provide electricity through small scale solar home system to the rural and remote people who do not have access to national grid. People have access to medium and long-term credit facility to procure these systems. The program has plan to set up mini solar plants in future in growth centres. Progress Particulars System Inst. Loan disbursed Loan repaid Loan outs. 2008 905 19,136,423 9,985,941 9,150,482 Cumulative 2,667 57,403,378 28,645,350 28,758,028 8.10 Homestead Food Production Project (HFPP)…… IDF is implementing HFPP program with the collaboration of Helen Keller International (HKI) from November 2005 to improve the household food security by increasing availability, access and consumption of micronutrient rich foods. The main objectives of the project are: to 7,000 target households have improved or developed gardens; to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables among the mothers and children aged 12-59 months; to increase the frequency of consumption of eggs and meat per week; to ensure that at least 30% of the target households are women who will have access to income from the HFPP; and to strengthen the capacity of IDF to sustain the above activities. Achievements in 2008 Training * Basic training on nursery & model poultry farm establishment * Refreshers training on nursery & model poultry farm establishment * Training on micro-entrepreneurship * Basic Training on Nutrition Education * Basic Training on Homestead Garden * Refreshers training on Homestead Garden * Basic Training on Poultry Rearing * Refreshers training on Poultry Rearing * Basic Training on Gender Awareness : : 100 100 : : : : : : : 100 100 200 4000 4,000 4,000 4,000 Establishment and Installation * * * * * Group Leader's Demonstration Garden Village Model Farm Chick Rearing Units Homestead Garden Water pump for village model farms : : : : : 200 200 73 3,800 100 : : : 200 200 3,800 : : : : : : : : : : 100 200 3,800 100 73 1,200 773 100 100 117 Inputs and Equipment Distribution * * * * * * * * * * * * * Seeds for VMF for seeds. seedlings and saplings production Seeds/seedlings saplings for GL’s Demonstration Gardens Seeds/seedlings saplings for HHs for establishing Homestead Gardens Chick/birds for village Model Farms Chick/birds for Group Leaders Chick/birds for Household members Debeaking machinc vaccine. vringe Flask. ete Chiek Rearing Units-8 nos/ thana Deworming tablets Nepier, fooder cuttings. etc Different materials and signboard for VMF Pump for village model farms VMF Cooking demonstration at VMF level 8.11 Skill Development IDF provides various types of training to its members for enhancing their functional skills through which they can earn additional income. These are mainly group management, nursery, home-gardening, vegetable and fruits gardening, cutting & tailoring, cattle fattening, milk cow rearing, Enterprise Development and Business Management, product designing and mushroom production. Objects: * To organize skills training for it’s group members. * To train the members on group management, nurseries, home-gardening, cattle fattening etc. * To increase the income of the most rural and poor women.. * To raise awareness on woman rights. Progress: * EDBM Training * No. EDBM workshops : : 298 10 8.12 Housing IDF undertook this program in 2004 with the assistance of Grihayan Tahabil (GT), Government of Bangladesh. The main objective of this program is to provide support to the poor people who are not capable of having safe water and sanitation facilities. The progress of this program is described below. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Particulars No. of houses Amount disbursed Amount repaid Amount outstanding Amount received from GT Amount repaid to GT Amount outstanding to GT Interest paid to GT 2008 161400 8,87,060 11,107 Cumulative 300 60,00,000 4,657,600 1,342,400 60,00,000 55,73,171 4,26,829 2,42,293 8.13 Human Rights, Democracy & Governance This project was undertaken in July 2005 with the assistance Sida. The main objectives of the project were to complete the following activities by June 2008. provide training on governance and democracy to 140 headmen, 80 chairman, 180 UP members and 270 Karbaries. provide training to 1,950 landless poor on the importance and process of land ownership, democracy, child rights and provide legal support in this regard. set up 5 Drop in Centers in project areas to provide counseling and services on STD/HIV/AIDS to sex workers, street children, rickshaw pullers, truckers (about 600 people) of high risk per month. rehabilitate at least of 75 tribal displaced families of CHTs. organize 600 vulnerable children including street children into peer groups of around 20-30 and provide counseling on Psychological problems, non-formal education, training on various IGAs, social problems, STD/HIV/AIDS, hygiene, savings and credit management through 10 Child Rights Development Centers. Achievements The achievements of project activities in 2008 are presented bellow by its components. Component-1: Training on governance and democracy Preparation of training manual Headman UP Chairman Karbaries UP members - Prepared 24 26 105 191 Component-2: Training on land rights and ownership, democracy and legal support Preparation of training manual Landless poor Heads of displaced families IGA Training - Prepared 541 50 50 Component-3: Rehabilitation of tribal displaced families heads of displaced families Provide Soft Credit - 50 50 Rehabilitation program has been implementing in the Baghaichari Upazilla of Rangamati Hill District. 99 displaced families have been rehabilitated since the date of inception of the project. Component-4: STI/HIV/AIDS Establishment of Drop In Centers Training on STI/HIV/AIDS - 4 42 persons World AIDS Day Observation on 31st December 2008 - Observed Component-5: Child Rights and Development * * * * * * * * Education materials Note book Sharpener Pencil Vitamin A Primary health check Art competition Conducting examination - 630 sets 1,260 1,260 1,260 630 2 times 1 time 3 times 8.14 Birth and marriage registration This project was undertaken in July 2008 with the assistance of CIDA. The project covered 4 upazilas of CHTs. The immediate plans are to cover gradually remaining 21 upazilas of CHTs with similar activities implemented under this project. The main objectives of the project were to complete the following activities by June 2009. To increase awareness on birth registration, marriage registration and prevention of early marriage, gender equality, women empowerment, human rights etc. Orientation workshop for project staff and target group. Capacity Development of the Ups and traditional leaders in birth registration. Training of Up and traditional leaders on marriage registration and gender equality rights. Advocacy meetings with the Upazilla administration, municipal corporation and ward commissioners. Observe 03 special Days i) International Girls child rights day. ii) Child Day and ii) Human rights Day. Community mobilization. Achievements in 2008 : ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Orientation workshop for project staff Workshops for target group Training of Ups and traditional leaders on birth registration - 15 88 280 Training of traditional leaders on marriage registration and prevention of early marriage Advocacy meetings with the UP members chairman and ward commissioners Observed Child Day & Human rights Day Courtyard meetings with women Sensitization meetings Sensitization meeting with community leaders - 215 - 8 - 4 16 40 16 8.15 Scholarship Program IDF introduced this program with the income of prize money of Taka 600,000.00 that received from Grameen Foundation USA in 2004. Grameen Foundation USA added another US$100,000.00 to this fund in 2006. The scholarship fund is created from the income of this fund. The details of scholarship are provided below. Objective * To provide support to the children of poor families, particularly IDF members to get access to education. * To contribute to human resources development of the country. Eligibility * * * Children of grade 3 to graduate level of IDF poor clients. At least 60% marks in the last annual exam in case of class iii–x. Grade-(A) in case of tribal and Grade-(A) in case of non-tribal for SSC, HSC and graduate levels. Fund Formation * * * * GFUSA Award Money GFUSA grants IDF contribution Others Selection Procedure * Scholarship Committee selects new students for and renewal of scholarships; * Primary identification and application are received by branch manager with the help of field organizers. * Results of last annual exam, performance in the class and manners are mainly considered during the selection; Number and amount of scholarships by class per year Class III – V VI – VIII IX – X XI – XII Undergraduate (4 years) No. 120 90 50 40 20 Amount/month 100.00 150.00 175.00 300.00 600.00 One time Scholarship provided in 2005-07 Year 2005 2006 2007 Class HSC HSC SSC No. 15 20 20 Amount 15,000 20,000 20,000 Total Scholarship (Regular) Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 No. 26 50 60 192 Amount 54,000 104,000 168,300 386,700 8.16 Automation IDF started automation in March 2007 with the assistance of Grameen Foundation USA. Technical Committee Consisted of GFUSA and IDF selected Southtech Limited as the Implementation partner of this programme. As of December 2008, IDF completed automation in 25 branches and plans to complete remaining branches by March 2009. 8.17 Disaster Management IDF identified risks of both natural and man-made disasters in its working area and responded by developing a disaster management plan. IDF has arrangements for shelters within its working area in the case of floods, tornadoes, cyclones, fires, earthquake and other natural disasters. Institutionally the loanee (member) gets grants and loans on the occurrence of a disaster. A new loan can also be provided for the required rehabilitation. Conceptually IDF does not believe in relief but it does not ignore a rescue and safety operation. IDF has trained ten groups with membership of five on disaster management. The members of these groups include the official of the IDF and the family members (husband, son etc.) of the loanee. These groups are fielded for search and rescue in the case of any disaster. IDF provides transport, food and honorarium to the members of such a group. The spirit of such a group is humanitarian and voluntary in character. 8.18 Environment The southern part of this country is covered with deep forests. Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are popular for hills and forests. There are lots of reserve forests in these areas but they are not well protected there is practically no sign of creating new forests, although the government is continuously taking initiatives to improve the situation. From the very beginning IDF introduced Forestation and Agriculture Extension Program with a view to creating new plantations in Chittagong Hill Tracts and Chittagong and thus making a balance of the environment. In 1997, with technical assistance from Helen Keller International (HKI) IDF introduced a Home Gardening & Nutritional Education Surveillance Program, which helped to create awareness about environmental protection among the dwellers of Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachari Hill districts. IDF established two central nurseries in Bandarban district for demonstration and making saplings available to the common people. IDF provided technical and credit support to the members for establishing village nurseries and home gardens. This created a great response; more and more household garden holders are now buying saplings of fruit and wood trees at a cheaper rate. In 2008, with produced 149,000 saplings through 1 Central Nursery and 1 Office Nurseries, and sold as well as distributed them under social forestation program to the members. 8.19 Gender Promotion IDF has been working on gender issues since its inception. IDF organizes poor women and provide training and necessary inputs for both economic and social empowerment as indicated below: 1. Women’s access to economic resources; 2. Promotion of men and women’s joint participation in decision-making at all levels; 3. Improvement of women’s access to education and health care; 4. Promotion of social rights of women; 5. Eliminating discrimination against women. With respect to these, IDF has had great success in creating leadership and women’s access to economic resources. IDF organized a number of workshops on Reproductive health in Bandarban and Rangamati Hill districts to create awareness on common diseases, reproductive and child health and the Medical Officer and Health Workers visit villages on regular basis and provide health care facilities. IDF gives also priority to women during its recruitment in order to balance the gender. 9. Manpower The total manpower of IDF in various programs and projects as of December 2008 are shown by programs/projects and sex in Table-6. Table 6: Staff by program and sex Sl. # 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Name of Program Micro Finance Health, Sanitation and Water STD /HIV /AIDS Renewable Energy Child Labor & Non Formal Education Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Human Rights Project (Sida & IDF) Vitamin "A" Capsule Programme Total No. of Staff Male Female Total 416 134 550 4 0 4 12 2 14 52 0 52 4 19 23 24 5 29 12 9 21 7 4 11 531 173 704 The staff of each individual program/project is shown below by their position and sex. Table 6.1: Micro Program SL No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 Designation Executive Director Coordinator/Deputy Coordinator Assistant Coordinator Senior Program Organizer Consultant (Internal Audit) Program Organizer Assistant Program Organizer Senior Field Organizer Field Organizer Driver Receptionist Messenger Guard-cum-cook Total Male Female 1 0 1 0 17 1 8 0 4 0 60 14 14 2 32 5 271 58 5 0 0 2 2 1 1 51 416 134 Total 1 1 18 8 4 74 16 37 329 5 2 3 52 550 Table-6.2: Health, Sanitation and Water SL No. 01 02 Designation Health Coordinator Paramedics Sub Total Male 2 3 4 No. of Staff Female Total 2 3 4 Table-6.3: STD /HIV /AIDS SL No. 01 02 03 Designation Male Medical Officer DIC in charge Outreach worker 2 4 6 12 Sub Total No. of Staff Female Total 2 4 2 8 2 14 Table 6.4: Renewable Energy SL No. 01 02 03 Designation Assistant co-ordinator Sub Assistant Engineer Solar Technician Sub Total No. of Staff Male Female Total 2 2 4 4 46 46 52 52 Table-6.5: Child Labour & Non Formal Education SL No. 01 02 03 04 Designation Project Coordinator Project Supervisor NFE Teacher Child Rights Facilitators Sub Total Table-6.6: Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Male 1 1 2 4 No. of Staff Female Total 1 1 9 11 10 10 19 23 SL No. 01 02 03 04 Designation Agriculturist Agriculture Extension Worker Project Officer Nutrition Worker Sub Total Male 2 18 4 24 No. of Staff Female Total 2 1 19 4 4 4 5 29 Table-6.7: Poverty Alleviation through the Improvement of Rights of the Poor SL No. Name of Program & Designation of Staff 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Project Director Coordinator Specialist in Democracy and Rights Specialist in Land & Legal Matters Medical Officer Assistant Coordinator, Child Rights Project Officer Accounts Officer Computer Operator Support Staff Child Rights Facilitator Sub Total No. of Staff Male Female Total 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 10 12 9 21 Table-6.8: CHT Vitamin-A Capsule Project SL No. 01 02 Designation of Staff Assistant Coordinator Data Collection Officer Sub Total 10. Male 1 6 7 No. of Staff Female Total 1 4 10 4 11 Human Resources Development IDF has human resources policy for the development of both its staff and beneficiaries. The staffs are provided intensive training immediately after recruitment while the group members are required to undergo intensive training before getting recognition as group member. The training for staff includes pre and in-service training and basic/foundation and orientation training, skills training and workshops on various issues for the members. A description of such activities conducted during 2007 is given below. 10.1 Recruitment IDF recruits professional and other staffs on competitive basis through advertisements in the Daily News Paper. IDF recruited the following staff for different programs/projects in 2008. Micro finance i) Assistant Coordinator ii) Trainee Program Organizer iii) Field Organizer - 03 55 143 Health i) Health Supervisor ii) Health Worker - 01 01 Renewable Energy (Solar) i) Solar Technician - 20 Others CHT-VAC Project i) Assistant Coordinator ii) Data Collection Officer - 01 08 10.2.1 Pre and In-service Training Pre and in-service training are organized for IDF staff members. The nature of training provided during 2008 is described below. i) Pre-service Training After recruitment, the Village Organizers (VOs) and Program Organizers (POs) are required to undergo intensive training on group and office management and disciplines, credit rules and conditions, accounting, reporting and monitoring system for six months. The trainees complete their training in 3 phases. They are required to sit for a test after the completion of each assignment. The trainees are terminated if they cannot pass the tests in two consecutive chances. 143 Field Organizer and 55 Program Organizer were recruited and provided pre-service training in 2008. ii) In-service Training In-service training is organized both for Field Organizers and Program Organizers. The purpose of in-service training is to develop the capability of staff members so that they can implement the project activities efficiently. In-service training deals mainly with day-to-day issues, problems, account keeping, monitoring & reporting, loan supervision and other issues requested by the participants. Three in-service training courses were organized for 55POs in 2008. 10.2.2 Outside Training IDF staff members received training on various aspects in 2008. Table-7 shows the details of outside training received by the IDF staff members and Beneficiaries. Table-7: Outside training by name and organisation Sl # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11. Name of Training Duration Functional Office Management and 18-22/05/08 General Administration Accounts and Financial Management 17-20 February '08 Tadaraki, Poribhikhon 17-19 February '08 04-07 February '08 Refresher Training 09-12February '08 Supervision And Monitoring 17-19 February '08 Training of the Trainers 3-7 February '08 Accounts Keeping and Financial 17-20 February '08 Management for Branch/unit office Accounts Office Management 18-22 May '08 Agriculture Programme 13-14 October '08 # of Organised participants by 1 MDC, BD 3 02 1st & 2nd batch 2 1 PKSF PKSF 2 PKSF 1 1 PKSF PKSF HKI PKSF PKSF PLAN AND BUDGET IDF prepared its third five-year plan for 2004-2008 in December 2003 through a strategic planning workshop. Under the framework of this five-year plan, IDF prepared annual plan and budget through a participatory process. IDF shifted its operational and financial year from January-December to July-June in July 2003. Accordingly, this year IDF has prepared plan and budget for July 2008-June 2009. The plan for membership growth, loan disbursement, loan repayment, savings mobilization was done at branch level. Each field worker submitted his/her annual plan to branch manager. The branch manager then organized a one-day workshop to discuss and review the individual plans and annual budget of the branch. Once a plan and budget for the branch was finalized, the branch manager submitted it to the planning and budget division of IDF. IDF organized a two-day workshop in June 2008 at its Chittagong Office, where the plan and budget of individual branches, the Central Coordination Office and the Head Office were discussed and reviewed thoroughly and finalized for submission it to the IDF Governing Body and General Body for approval. The annual plan and budget of July 2008-June 2009 was prepared and approved through the above process. The summary of annual plan and budget of July 2008-June 2009 is attached with the report (Annex-6). 12. REVIEW MEETING IDF organises monthly review meeting and workshops on regular basis for reviewing the progress and problems of various project activities. At branch level, the branch manager conducts the review meeting while the village organisers are participants of the meeting. At area level and regional levels, the branch managers, senior officials and the Executive Director of IDF participate in the review meeting. IDF holds this meeting once every month. Monthly review meeting of branch managers is held every month at the area level. Review of the previous month’s progress, implementation of the plan, problems at branch level and their solutions, quality of work and utilization of loan are discussed elaborately and decisions are also taken in these meetings. Monthly review meetings of Area Managers are held at the IDF office in Chittagong. Beside the Area Managers and concerned officials of the programs, Executive Director of IDF participated in these meetings. In the meeting, monthly progress reports, various problems of the programs and their solutions, quality of the groups, centres, branches and loan supervision and audit are discussed and necessary decisions taken. Moreover, other development programs such as Health Services, Education and Awareness, Micro-insurance, Solar Home System, Village Nursery, Agriculture, Forestation, Fisheries and other project activities are also discussed in the meeting. 13. AUDIT 13.1 Internal Audit IDF established independent Internal Audit Team in 2000 with a view to maintaining and improving the quality of work of its Microfinance program. The Team was formed by two experienced staff-members of IDF. The Team is responsible directly to the Executive Director for its work. The team visits branches, area, central coordination and head offices to examine the books of accounts, various registers, loans and savings collection sheets, various ledgers and to verify the ledgers and collection sheets with the records and pass books of members. The team also examines the utilisation of loans by the members. The team corrects the mistakes and errors at branch level if possible. For mistakes and errors, which are not able to be corrected at the branch, one-month is allowed to correct them and report to the Executive Director. For wilful minor mistakes, administrative measures are taken while for misappropriation major action is taken. As of December 2008, all 53 branches (includes new branches), area and Central Co-ordination Office have been audited by turn. The internal audit was found to be a very fruitful tool for maintaining and improving the quality of work. 13.2 External Audit A Chartered Accountancy Firm appointed by IDF Annual General Meeting on competitive basis carries out external audit for IDF. Khan Wahab Shafique Rahman & Co. audited IDF accounts for July 2007-June 2008 and duly submitted a report. Annex - 1 FOUNDER MEMBERS' 1. Professor Mohammad Yunus Grameen Bank Campus Mirpur-2,Dhaka 2. Mr.Mohammad Siddiquer Rahman House #42/1,Road # 7 Block -11,Banani,Dhaka -1213 3. Prof. H.I. Latifee Grameen Turst Mirpur -2, Dhaka Tel : 8016319 (O) 4. Mr. A. K. Fazlul Bari House # 263, Lane # 3 HOHS, Baridhara, Dhaka Tel : 8817271 (R), 01713-426402 5. Dr. Mahmudul Alam Flat # A2, Property Triad 38, Lake Circus, Kalabagan Dhaka Tel : 9113543 (R), 01713-017402 6. Mufaweza Khan House # 8, Road #7A, Sector # 3 , Uttar Modal Town, Dhaka Te : 8918892 7. Mr. Zahirul Alam House # 02, Road # 02 Block # C, Mirpur-2, Dhaka Tel : 9005452, 01711-538142 8. Mr. Mahfuzur Rahman House#3, Road#11 Rajuk Lake View Prakalpa, Badda, Dhaka Mobile: 01713-426404 9. Principal Rezaul Kabir Islamia Degree College Sadarghat, Chittagong Tel : 01817-753275 10. Mr. Shahidul Amin Chowdhury House # 25, Road # 2, Block # B Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong Tel : 01711-969822 11. Mr. Nurul Alam Chowdhury House # 4, Lane- # 2, Road # 1 Block # L, Halishahar H/E Chittagong, Tel : 01711-430681 12. A.T.AM. Nasir Uddin 54, New Eskaton Road Dhaka Tel : 8127984 (R) 13. Arct. Maung Than Han Manoshi (1st floor) 1094/1196, O. R Nizam Road, Chittagong Tel : 031-635771 (R) 14. Mr. K.M Asaduzzaman Grameen Bank Campus Mirpur-2, Dhaka 15. Mr. Zafar Ullah House # 1, Road # 3 (2nd Floor East) Rupnagar Housing Society Mirpur, Dhaka Tel : 01817-596152 16. Mrs. Khaleda Rahaman House # 42/1,Road # 7 Block-H, Banani, Dhaka-1213 17. Dr. Md. Ismail Chowdhury C/O. Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman Lab Opposite of Gulzar Tower 58, Chatteswari Road Chawkbazar, Chittagong Tel : 031-651516(R), 01818-703546 18. Mr. Jawher Lal Das Flat # A/1, Rosetta House # 8, Road # 12 (New) Dhanmondi, Dhaka Tel : 01713-046979 19. Mr. Sher Afzal khan MIDAS, Dhanmondi R/A Dhaka 20. Mrs. Hamida Islam Hasnaband Colony, Mogbazar Dhaka Annex - 2 General Body 1 Mr. A. K. Fazlul Bari House # 263, Lane # 3 HOHS, Baridhara Dhaka Tel : 8817271 (R), 01713-426402 2 Dr. Mahmudul Alam Flat # A2, Property Triad 38, Lake Circus, Kalabagan Dhaka Tel : 9113543 (R), 01713-017402 3 Mr. Zahirul Alam House # 02, Road # 02 Block # C, Mirpur-2 Dhaka Tel : 9005452, 01711-538142 4 Dr. Md. Ismail Chowdhury C/O. Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman Lab Opposite of Gulzar Tower 58, Chatteswari Road Chawkbazar, Chittagong Tel : 031-651516(R), 01818-703546 5 Mr. Zafar Ullah House # 1, Road # 3 (2nd Floor East) Rupnagar Housing Society Mirpur, Dhaka Tel : 01817-596152 6 Mr. Mahfuzur Rahman House#3, Road#11 Rajuk Lake View Prakalpa, Badda, Dhaka Mobile: 01713-426404 7 Mr. Jawher Lal Das Flat # A/1, Rosetta House # 8, Road # 12 (New) Dhanmondi, Dhaka Tel : 01713-046979 8 Mr. Shahidul Amin Chowdhury House # 25, Road # 2, Block # B Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong Tel : 01711-969822 9 Principal Rezaul Kabir Islamia Degree College Sadarghat, Chittagong Tel : 031-615269 (O), 01817-753275 10 Arct. Maung Than Han Manoshi (1st floor), 1094/1196 O. R Nizam Road, Chittagong Tel : 031-635771 (R) 11. Mr. Nurul Alam Chowdhury House # 4, Lane- # 2, Road # 1 Block # L, Halishahar H/E Chittagong, Tel : 01711-430681 12 Mr. Maung Thoi Ching Ujani Para Kiang Road Ujani Para, Bandarban Tel : 0361-62088 13. Mr. Ranglai Murang Post Office- Shoalok P.S. & Dist.-Bandarban Tel : 0361-62194 14. Prof. Md. Saleh Uddin Sovasto Nilima 3/9, Block # A, Lalmatia, Dhaka Tel : 01919-934311 15. Mrs. Hosne Ara Begum House # 1, Road # 3 Rupnagar Housing Estate, Mirpur, Dhaka Tel: 880-2-9011153 (R) 16. Mr. Lalon Kanti Chakma Kyachalong Degree College Baghaichari Rangamati 17. Prof. Md. Nizam Uddin House # 25, Road # 2, Block # B Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong Phone # 031-671142(R) Annex- 3 IDF Governing Body, 2008 1. Mr. A.K Fazlul Bari - Chairman 2. Dr. Md. Ismail Chowdhury - Vice-chairman 3. Mr. Zahirul Alam - General Secretary/ Executive Director 4. Mr. Maung Thoi Ching - Joint Secretary 5. Mr. Mahfuzur Rahman - Treasurer 6. Mr. Rezaul Kabir - Member - Member 7. Prof. Dr. Md. Saleh Uddin Annex- 4.1 BRANCH OFFICES Year of establishment Name of Branches Address 1. Shoalok Branch October 1993 2. Balaghata Branch November 1994 3. Rajbila Branch May 1996 4. Betbonia Branch May 1996 5. Rajasthali Branch May 1996 6. Raikhali Branch December 1996 7. Baraichari Branch December 1996 8. Bahaddarhat Branch (Urban) January 1997 9. Lama Branch May 1997 10. Rangamati Branch September 1997 11. Khagrachari Branch October 1997 12. Manikchari Branch March 1998 13. Halishahar Branch March 1998 14. Pahartali Branch April 1998 15. Guimara Branch April 1998 16. Ranirhat Branch P.O. Shoalok, P.S. Bandarban Sadar Bandarban Hill District C/o. Balaghata Buddhist Anath Ashram Balaghata, Bandarban Hill District Tel : 0361- 416 P.O. Bangal Haliya P.S. Rajasthali, Rangamati P.O. Betbonia, P.S. Kawkhali Rangamati Hill District P.O. & P.S. Rajasthali Rangamati Hill District P.O. Raikhali Bazar P.S. Rajthali,Rangamati Hill District P.O. Baraichari P.S. Kaptai,Rangamati Hill District House # 81, Road # 4, Block # B Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong (Beside Lama Govt. High School) P.O. & P.S. Lama, Bandarban Plot # 126, Alam Dockyard (Kataltali) Near Lakers Public School Rangamati Hill District Tel : 0351-63353 P.S. Khagrachari Sadar Khagrachari Hill District House # Gha/4, (Beside Mosque) Khagrachari Hill District House # 04, Road # 06, Block-G P.O. Halishahar Housing Estate Chittagong 2826, Nahar Monjil West Nasirabad, (Kacha Rasta Eid-Gah) Pahartali, Chittagong. P. O. & P.S. Guimara Khagrachari Hill District P.O. Thandachari, Via: Raozan, P.S. Rangunia, Chittagong December 1998 17. Langadu Branch P.O. & P.S: Langado, Rangamati July 1999 18. Matiranga Branch Rasulpur Mour (Beside of Unnayan Board) P.O. & P.S. Matiranga Dist: Khagrachari Hill District April 2000 Annex- 4.2 BRANCH OFFICES Name of Branches 19. Ruma Branch 20. Rajarhat Branch 21. Mohora Branch 22. Baishari Branch 23. Banarupa Branch 24. Katghar Branch 25. Baghaichari Branch 26. Raozan Branch 27. Kadamtoli Branch 28. Brahammanhat Branch 29. Eidgaon Branch 30. Oxygen Branch 31. Cox's Bazar Branch 32. Karnelhat Branch 33. Boalkhali Branch 34. Ukhia Branch 35. Pomra Branch Address Year of establishment P.O. Ruma, P.S. Ruma Bandarban Hill District P.O. Uttar Padua (Jamaddar Tila) P.S. Rangunia,Chittagong June 2000 November 2000 Badhan Community Centre (2nd floor) Mohora,Chittagong P.O. Baishari, P.S. Naikhongchari November 2000 February 2001 September 2001 September 2001 November 2001 May 2002 December 2002 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 February 2004 March 2004 August 2004 August 2004 Bandarban Hill District Alam Dockyard (Kataltali) Near Lakers public School Rangamati Hill District Tel: 0351-63353 Kashem Vila, Katghor Bazar (Uttar Patenga), P.O. Steel Mills, Chittagong P.O. Marishya P.S Baghaichari, Rangamati Shikdar Ghata P.O. & P.S. Raozan,Chittagong 260, Dhaka Trank Road Lane West Madarbari P.S. Dabalmuring, Chittagong P.O. Gujra Noapara P.S. Raozan, Chittagong Haji Solimullah Shopping Complex Eidgaon Bus Station, Cox's Bazar C/o Hazi Hamdu Miah Beparipara, WAPDA Gate, Kulgaon Jalalabad, Chittagong Rumalirchara (Behind Al Mustafa KG School) Cox's Bazar Mostafa Hakim College Road P.O. Karnelhat, P.S. Pahartoli, Chittagong Buri Pukurpar Purba Gomdandi P.S. Boalkhali, Chittagong Court Bazar,Fazal market (2nd floor) P.O. Ratna Palang, P.S. Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar Mamtaz Market (Ground Floor) P.O. N.T Madrasa (Code No. 4360) P.S. Rangunia, Chittagong Annex- 4.3 BRANCH OFFICES Name of Branches 36. Banshkhali Branch 37. Sarkarhat Branch 38. Jurachari Branch 39. Shilok Branch 40. Satkania Branch 41. Azadi Bazar Branch 42. Rajshahi Branch 43. M. Char hat Branch 44. Bariarhat Branch 45. Podua Branch 46. Dhupachari Branch 47. Uttar khan Branch 48. Dighinala Branch 49. Sarai Branch 50. Anwara Branch 51. Arani Branch 52. Patharghata 53. Poba Address Year of establishment Village.Chandpur,P.O Belgao, P.S. Banshkhali, Chittagong P.O Mirzapur,P.S. Hathazari, Chittagong P. O. Jurachari P.S. Rangamati Sadar, Rangamati September 2004 December 2004 March 2005 Village + P.O Shilok July 2005 September 2005 October 2005 December 2005 December 2005 March 2006 March 2006 March 2006 May 2006 June 2006 August 2006 September 2007 December 2007 March 2008 May 2008 P.S. Rangunia, Chittagong C/O - G M Safura Manson (In front of Satkania High School) PO + PS Satkania, Chittagong Dhoapukurpar P.O. Azadi Bazar, P.S. Fatikchari, Chittagong Sector # 1 Upashahar House # B 499 (Ground floor) P.O. Sopora, P.S. Boalia, Rajshahi C/o Omor Ali Saodagor P.O. M. charhat, P.S. Lohagora Chittagong C/o Islam Market (Ground Floor) P.O. Hinguli, Bariarhat. P.S. Mirshoirai Chittagong C/o Abdul Hakim Chowdhury's Petrol Pamp, P.O. Emchorhat, P.S. Lohagora Chittagong P.O.Dhupachari, P.S. chandonysha Chittagong Moinartek Bazar P.O. Uzanpur, P.S. Uttara, Dhaka-1230 P.O. Dhighinala, P.S. Dhighinala Rangamati P.O. Soroi, P.S. Soroi Bandarban P.O. Minnot Ali Hat , P.S. Anwara Chittagong P.O. Arani, P.S. Bagha Rajshahi P.O. Firingibazar P.S. Firingibazar Chittagong P.O. Darusha, P.S. Poba Rajshahi Annex- 5 MEMBERSHIP AND LOAN OPERATION BY BRANCHES (as of December 2008) (Amount in 000) Branches Bandarban District 1 Shoalok 2 Balaghata 3 Rajbila 4 Lama 5 Ruma 6 Baishari 7 Soroi Sub Total Rangamati. District 8 Betbonia 9 Rajasthali 10 Raikhali 11 Baraichari 12 Rangamati 13 Langadu 14 Banarupa 15 Baghaichari 16 Jurachari Sub Total Khagrachari District Khagrachari A/O 17 Khagrachari 18 Manikchari 19 Guimara 20 Matiranga 21 Dighinala Sub Total Chittagong District 22 Bahaddarhat 23 Halishahar 24 Pahartali 25 Ranirhat 26 Rajarhat 27 Mohora 28 Katghor 29 Raozan 30 Kadamtoli 31 Brahammanhat 32 Oxyzen 33 Karnelhat 34 Boalkhali 35 Pomra 36 Banshkhali 37 Sarkarhat 38 Shilok 39 Satkania 40 Azadi Bazar 41 Emchorhat 42 Bariarhat 43 Podua 44 Dhupachari 45. Anwara 46 Patherghata Sub Total Member No. Disbursement Outstanding Savings Amount Tk. Overdue 1129 1839 1572 1573 666 2001 733 9513 54818.1 101639.5 115997.1 100534.9 35885.0 85935.1 12436.0 507245.7 4778.1 9572.9 7380.5 8150.8 6157.2 6160.2 3677.7 45877.4 2569.1 5404.3 3950.6 4071.0 3399.0 2702.8 1399.9 23496.7 144.7 294.8 1297.6 373.9 176.7 11.2 5.9 2304.8 1388 1315 1991 1517 2259 2202 1622 1408 684 14386 109021.3 64012.2 176344.7 91884.0 192144.0 116571.5 85231.5 60207.0 6506.0 901922.2 7679.8 4216.5 11079.7 7602.5 20703.0 12631.5 12203.6 8274.5 3328.8 87719.9 4452.4 2539.8 6629.6 4210.2 10391.0 4667.0 6265.5 3076.7 731.1 42963.3 1487.2 486.5 1730.3 91.0 501.5 1785.7 456.2 4757.0 2412.9 13708.3 77 2113 1488 1143 1137 1420 7378 1985.0 166341.0 87228.5 67894.0 54708.4 24710.0 402866.9 280.7 14276.0 5706.2 6140.7 5718.1 8023.0 40144.7 6.8 8639.5 4280.5 3274.3 2608.0 2915.9 21725 0 504.1 0 583.4 136.3 4019.6 5243.4 2449 2454 1483 1625 2213 1910 1578 1945 1929 2101 1392 1359 1129 1152 1274 1316 756 860 952 1069 793 938 1169 515 485 34846 217864.5 197679.5 166355.8 121564.8 154186.4 124066.5 79417.2 109455.0 103369.0 79389.8 63246.0 47651.0 35789.3 33795.2 35594.0 35279.0 21437.5 13103.0 20807.0 19987.5 16381.0 13709.5 35388.0 3111.0 2354.6 1750982.1 19860.9 18227.9 10978.6 9823.8 8377.6 15934.5 8509.5 13634.5 14265.8 11648.5 10100.6 6344.2 5383.9 5095.2 6199.6 6650.3 3947.3 3664.2 4713.5 6336.4 4285.9 4305.6 6679.8 1537.6 1683.4 208189.1 13222.6 10832.5 7658.8 5316.9 4623.0 9211.8 5981.5 7637.9 9287.2 5351.7 4999.8 3986.0 2929.5 2376.5 2303.8 3304.5 1404.3 1412.8 2120.3 1866.2 1594.7 1426.7 2681.2 445.2 415.9 112391.3 101.5 306.9 3926.8 183.7 350.3 439.0 427.0 694.2 592.7 391.3 1097.6 469.6 288.9 315.8 268.7 227.6 252.3 217.4 281.9 0 38.6 326.8 31.0 0 0 11229.6 Cox's Bazar District 47 Eidgaon 48 Cox's Bazar 49 Ukhia Sub Total Rajshahi District 50. Rajshahi 51 Arani 52. Poba Sub Total Dhaka District 53. Uttar khan Sub Total Total 1712 1382 1482 4576 53720.0 39209.0 29258.0 122187 8556.6 6174.6 5506.0 20237.2 3102.7 2843.3 2231.6 8177.6 167.9 454.2 563.9 1186 899 452 395 1746 17239.0 2798.0 3260.0 23297 4442.0 1781.9 1844.9 8068.8 1678.3 377.9 421.3 2477.5 81.8 0 14.7 96.5 456 13178.0 4438.0 1270.8 112.6 456 13178 4438 1270.8 112.6 72901 3721678.9 414675.1 212502.2 33881.2 Annex- 6 Plan and Budget for IDF Microfinance Program (July 2008-June 2009) Plan Particulars Branch Field Worker Centre Group Member Loan Outstanding (Tk) Saving Balance Up to June 2008 53 226 3,160 16,722 71,484 41,34,15,500 21,26,86,500 Plan (July 2008-June 09) 10 45 1,004 5,115 35,983 16,38,91,412 8,16,59,630 Total (June 2009) 63 271 4,164 21,837 107,467 57,73,06,912 29,43,46,130 Budget Particulars 1. Expenditure Head Office Central Co ordination Office Area Office (10) Branch Office (53) 40,73,280 86,20,400 27,34,630 4,14,26,658 Sub Total 2. 3,00,000 2,66,600 4,410 7,43,335 Sub Total 13,14,345 Interest Expense Branch Offices 1,69,02,886 Sub Total 4. 5,68,54,968 Depreciation Head Office Central Co ordination Office Area Office (10) Branch Office (53) 3. Tk. 16,902,886 Other Expenditure (HRD, Bank Charge, Audit Fee, Workshop/ Meeting etc.) Head Office Central Co ordination Office Area Office (10) Branch Office (53) 2,15,000 6,32,700 51,500 14,17,041 Sub Total Total 23,16,241 7,73,88,440 5. Capital Expenditure Head Office Central Co ordination Office Area Office (10) Branch Office (53) Land Purchase Total 6 1,35,000 3,75,600 12,000 26,35,148 50,00,000 81,57,748 Income Service Charge Interest on Advance Bank Interest House Rent Pass Book Sale Others Income Account Close 11,40,79,798 87,887 3,65,970 8,91,098 2,05,690 2,41,430 3,30,160 Total 11,62,02,033 ***