Background

ESHO JATI GORHI (EJAG) is a woman headed, women led and women managed organization. It is by nature a non-government, non-profit, non-political and non-religious development organization. EJAG is committed to reduce illiteracy, social injustice, human rights violation, gender discrimination and poverty enhancing health & environmental management to ensure better society. It works in rural and urban areas targeting sustainable social change that will contribute in ensuring a better life for the vulnerable people with special emphasize to women, disables, children, landless, rootless, floating, cleaners’ and autism children in Faridpur district. Faridpur is situated by the bank of the mighty river Padma. Once open a time people used to afraid by hearing the roaring of the great Padma. Though the scenario is changed now but still during rainy reason the Padma severely erode its bank and make a lot of people helpless and landless. About thirteen unions of Faridpur District are situated on the bank of the river Padma. These are fully desert areas. Farmers cannot cultivate. They do not get good crops in these areas. To remove these sufferings of the people, a group of dedicated social workers of Faridpur established EJAG under the guidance of Ms. Nazma Akter, a dedicated woman social worker and activist, in 2001. EJAG works by adopting the target group development approach and most of the groups are associated with women members. It implements all its activities for the purpose of the protection of rights of the target women and children. It continues all its efforts to it’s commitment through mainstreaming gender in a participatory development process. It collaborates with different local, national and international NGO’s and Government departments in realizing their common goal through implementing sustainable livelihood restoration of the poor and disadvantaged men, women and children.

 It envisages a society with improved environment human dignity and security. Its mission is guided by people’s aspirations that significantly contributes in changing the existing socio-economic status of the target groups; facilitate those need-based services focusing to reducing gender discrimination and improving environmental status that will yield poverty reduced better life by enhancing people's capacities, initiatives and commitment followed by the principles of human rights, governance, gender and equity. Strengthening effective people’s participation at all stages of program designing, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and harnessing local and external resources that will contribute greatly in sustainable social change.