GUS AT A GLANCE
Kurigram
district is a neglected and undeveloped area of the country in Bangladesh &
River mother country of Bangladesh. 16 Rivers, including the Brahmaputra and
Jamuna, the major rivers of the country flowing across the wider area of the
northeast of this district, resulting in floods river erosions and other
disaster and floods every year floods, rivers Due to breakdown, monga, cold
wave and Tornado, hundreds of families are landless, homeless, and without
resources. Because of the communication system and disaster peoples of this
region are deprived from all walks of life, factories are not in the place, and
other business commerce has not spread so much that there is no opportunity for
local employment in the locality. There is no scope for employment throughout
the year, as well as the natural disaster, especially the river erosion, and
whistle thunderstorms, there is a chance of poverty in the daily life of the
people living in poverty and in the education and health sectors, the
opportunities for poor people are reduced. Thus, the area is losing livelihood
due to the loss of the environment and is being endured due to over
exploitation of population and superstition. Location is very sorry they are
family members there are many types of physical and mental tortures, including
the lack of employment and fair wages, besides the lack of discrimination and
bigotry, religious harassment, prejudice has been denied from all rights of
women. The people of this region are deprived of all basic needs. all kinds of
disasters happen. Compared to the scarcity of people in this area Co-operation
of public private and various donors the amount of humanitarian assistance is
far less than the needs of people in the area.
Introduction
of the Organization:
We
would like to inform yours that Garib Unnayan Sangstha (GUS) is a
non-governmental non-profit nonpolitical voluntary social welfare organization.
by assisting in the relief and rehabilitation activities of the victims of the
catastrophic floods of 1998 in Kurigram district of Bangladesh. The activities
of the Garib Unnayan Sangstha (GUS) begin. It is to be noted that the agency is
under the office of the Hon'ble Prime Minister Registered with the NGO Affairs
Bureau as a Garib Unnayan Sangstha. Whose Reg: no. 2069. and registration from
the Bangladesh Social Services Department. Whose Reg: no. Kuri/393/2001. Garib
Unnayan Sangstha (GUS) for a long time Disaster Risk Reduction Management,
Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation is working in collaboration with the
administration to improve the quality of life. Garib Unnayan Sangstha (GUS) is
currently in North Bengal, Bangladesh In Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha and Jamalpur
districts In various Upazila, various programs including Climate Change,
Disaster Risk Reduction, Relief Assistance, Rehabilitation, Sustainable
Community Development through Livelihood Improvement, Health and Nutrition,
Water and Sanitation, Cash & Food Distribution, Meat Sacrifice, Ramadan
program, Education, Agriculture, warm clothes ,Human Rights, COVID-19 Response,
Legal Rights, Women's Rights, Awareness Training, Training to increase the
capacity of the organizations, and various national and international awareness
days, Has been implementing the organization is currently implementing the
benefits of various services and funding activities with the assistance of
different donors, including humanitarian assistance during various disasters. Aiming
to establish democracy, good governance and rights Advocacy Government
regulations and According to the CHS Core Humanitarian Policy has been
implementing with a good name. The organization is currently implementing got
opportunity to involve with coordination platforms and network from Country
level to Global level.
That
includes local level coordination platform such as Humanitarian Actors Platform
in Kurigram (HAP-Kurigram, COVID-19 District & Upazila Comity Member, ADAB,
FNB, NGO Forum, Rajibpur Rowmari NGO Network, Sujan, Konna Shishu Advocacy
Forum, Red Crescent Societies Bangladesh, KNA: at national level GUS engaged
with Need Assessment working group, Cash Working group, food Security Cluster
& so one, National Alliance of Humanitarian Actors Bangladesh (NAHAB),
Localization Working Group, at international GUS is connected with Charter 4
Change (C4C) Endorsers, NEAR, Full Membership of CHS Alliance , Alliance for
Empowering Partnership (A4EP), GIVEWATTS East Africa Limited, Smart Response,
Global Giving, MYCORPS MISSION 8 @ SOUTH ASIA II.ODI-HPN, IASC, IPYG, AIDONIC,
These platform and network created a wider space to the GUS as well as
increased their visibility towards the humanitarian actors in the country level
and Global level that upholds their voice, Strength and space in the
humanitarian sector.
GUS
is interested in working with partnership various
services including humanitarian program in Bangladesh. Also the frequency
increased to several time for the impacts of climate changed. Maximum peoples
are facing difficulties for performing of particularly during disaster Period.
So, we should do something for the poorest community to observe the coming
disasters. So that they will able to share joy with the others neighbors of the
community but to constraints of funding; it is not possible along for our
organization to support them. But the amount of humanitarian assistance is far
less than the needs of people in the area. It is mentioned here that In the
past years we got support from different donors. Our past experience and
success of the program. We are looking forward from your cordial respond.
Prayer for various services including humanitarian program in Bangladesh. We
are interested in working with the Rahingya refugees in Bangladesh to provide
various services including humanitarian assistance we hope yours will extend
yours hand and share Misery & joys with those helpless peoples. We are
looking forward from yours cordial respond.
We believe in working Our Organization according to
the CHS & Core Humanitarian Standard.
Thanks
with best regards
(Md.
Abdul Latif).
Executive
Director
Garib
Unnayan Sangstha (GUS).
Po:
Kodalkati, Ps: Rajibpur, District: Kurigram,
Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Contract
Number: +88 01716754772. 01954549602,
+8801744496771,
Whatsapp: +88001744496771, +8801716754772,
Imo: +8801744496771, +8801716754772,
Skype:
latif.gus or asaduzzaman.ripon12,
Facebook
ID: Garib Unnayan Sangstha,
Youtube
Channel: Garib unnayan sangstha(GUS).
https://twitter.com/gus_garib
E-mail:
latifgus@gmail.com
Website:
www.gus.org.bd
The
Garib Unnayan Sangstha (GUS) works with the helpless – To overcome poverty and
sorrow.
Garib Unnayan Sangstha (GUS) Full Member of Core
Humanitarian Standard (CHS Alliance).
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