Of
Pous Foundation
A strive for the development of socially excluded groups
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Back Ground: |
Pous Foundation is a non-Government, non-profitable and non-political voluntary development organization.
It was established in 1stJanuary, 2007 with the initiation of group of educated like minded social workers within, aim to promote the socioeconomic and cultural status of the rural poor and vulnerable people, emphasizing the women and children through considering on capacity building, institution building, capital formation, and imparting felt-need based problem solving programs by adapting modern scientific technologies.
Pous Foundation a development organization began in development efforts in 2007, a group of professionals got convinced that social development is only possible if the problems and crisis of the common people are met. They felt that only voluntary attitude and dedication at micro level might uplift the standard of life. At the very outset, Pous Foundation began their work at community level and focused their concentration on education and health care. It grew increasingly and accepted by the local people and project beneficiaries rapidly during the past few years due to its people’s oriented, targeted, durable and accelerated in poverty alleviating programs with the resources it has at his disposal. From the inception of the organization, Pous Foundation has been implementing various social development activities in its project areas of all over Bangladesh. We have policy to maintain gender balance.
Pous Foundation started its development activities in 2007 for the disadvantaged and poor people of rural areas. As a development organization Pous Foundation aims to establish a just and equitable society, elimination the oppression and injustice to the poor. Achieving the goal Pous Foundation has been striving to equip the poor, vulnerable people in unit through institution building, awareness raising, and establishing the right of access to social development process. Poor people can re-pay their loan in time is now a proven truth, even though the access to the financial institution is often denied due to many rules and hazards. But Pous Foundation believes that economic empowerment is the vital factor of all development concern, so that economic developments apprehend the prime concentration in Pous Foundation development strategy.
Pous Foundation is also committed to carry out a lot of programs for the development of quality of life and the betterment of living condition of the under privileged people. It aims at the welfare of the people and the care of the environment. It believes that take care of our natural and human resources in favorable for sustainable development that would leave a better Bangladesh for the next generation in future.
The main strategies to achieve these goals are organizing the rural and the urban poor, help them to undertake self-employment based productive activities supported by a credit program, skill development training and increase capital formation through a saving scheme. In the backdrop of above, Pous Foundation a non-profitable, non-political and non- Government organization was founded in 2007 at the initiatives of a group of concerned people. This group is comprised of benevolent people from different professions.
Pous Foundation believes in non-directive, bottom up, participatory and integrated development frameworks and acts as a catalyst with its beneficiaries.
1. Name of the NGO : Pous Foundation
2. Address:
| Head Office address | : | Vill: Guzia, P.O: Guzia, Upzila: Shibgonj, Dist: Bogura-5800. Mobile: +8801718-995470, +8801733296940 E-mail: pousfoundation@gmail.com www.pousbd.org |
3. Contact person: Md. Bulu Mia
Executive Director
4. Legal Status:
Sl No |
Registration Authority | Registration No | Date |
| 01. | Dept. of Social Welfare | Bogura-1406/2008 | 23.12.2008 Revise Date: 04/05/2017 |
| 02. | Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) | 21112-00211-00785 | 27.07.2017 |
| 03. | Joint Stock Companies and Firms | S-11349 | 19-01-2012 Revise Date: 31.05.2017 |
| 04. | Dept. of Youth & Sports | bogura-07 | 13.12.2017 |
| 05 | Dept. of Women Affairs | bogura 272 | 11/11/2018 |
| 06 | NGO Affairs Bureau | 3200 | 13/06/2019 |
5. Year of establishment : 1st January, 2007
6. Place of establishment : Guzia, Shibgonj, Bogura, Bangladesh.
7. Founder of the organization : Md. Bulu Mia
8. Head of the organization : Md. Bulu Mia, Executive Director
9. Chairman of the organization : Md. Aminul Islam
10. Vision: The poor and underprivileged people are poor and underprivileged, because they have consecutively been exploited by the rich.
They will work for the betterment of their life. The organization will just play the role of a catalyst.
11. Mission: Bangladesh is a village-based country inhabited by the poor class people of whom 60% are underprivileged. They sell their labor to the rich. They are not conscious of even aware of their rights on the society. They are deprived of productive resources. This difference between the poor and the rich is geometrically increasing. If these people are provided with various skill development training, It is expected that they themselves could bring about desired changes in their quality of living.
12.Objectives of Pous Foundation are :
- Pous Foundation is a non-profitable, volunteer, Non-political organization.
- To motive and organize people in small group.
- To increase the capacity level of leadership management and professional skills among the group members.
- To encourage self-employment through micro-credit and creation of employment opportunity especially for women through various type of Training and Capital support.
- Non formal education for adult and the most disadvantaged children.
- Knowledge and practice of safe health hygiene behavior among the group members providing Health service.
- To ensure the involvement of the people in process of social & environment development specially water and sanitation utilities, Tree plantation etc.
- To improve the agriculture livestock, fisheries through regenerative agricultural method.
- To raise awareness on health and safe water, sanitation, STD/HIV/AIDS through different manner.
- To take care of & social forestry and work activity.
- To assistance the disable people in every possible way.
- Goal:
To assist the target people to promote them in the process of development activities. So that they can change the quality of their living status, by utilizing local and national resources.
- Strategy:
- Target beneficiaries are selected by following several criteria and procedures.
- Supports and services are channeled through the groups to the target beneficiaries of the selected project areas.
- Pous Foundation assists the target beneficiaries of project area towards improvement of the quality of living status providing Education, Primary Health Care, Nutrition, Sanitation, Handicrafts, Fish Culture, Women & Child rights and Income Generating Programs with a comprehensive approach for their self-employment.
- Target Group: Ultra poor, hardcore poor, poor women and Children, Disable peoples, Transgender peoples, Indigenous peoples, Horizan Peoples, Micro entrepreneurs of rural and urban of Bangladesh.
- Membership/Partnership with other Forum/Agency:
(a) Federation of NGO’s in Bangladesh (FNB)
(b) Credit & Development Forum (CDF)
(c) Bangladesh Manobadhikar Samonnoy Parishad-BMSP
(d) Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance
(e) Sushasoner Jonno Procher Ovijan (SUPRO)
- Management: General Committee (GC) : The general committee is the highest body of Pous Foundation. The general committee of Pous Foundation consists of 21 members from different occupations and professions. The GC is the supreme body to approve annual budgets, policies and decisions and rules & regulations. The GC meets once in a year but more if necessary.
The Executive Committee (EC) :
The Executive Committee of Pous Foundation is elected by the members of the General Committee for a period of 3 years. It consists of 7 members. Executive Committee is responsible for management administration, policy making and implementation of all projects activities of the organization. The EC is the sole authority to undertake and execute development programs of the organization. The Executive Director is empowered by the executive committee to undertake and carry out all development activities of the organization. He also acts the general secretary of the Executive Committee and responsible for maintaining liaison with Government Agencies, Donors, Counterpart organizations and other development partners. The EC meets quarterly and more if necessary. The following table provides details information about the members of the Executive Committee.
- Staff’s Strength: (As on 30/06/2022)
| Category | Male | Female | Total |
| Management Staff | 14 | 01 | 15 |
| Field Staff | 17 | 00 | 17 |
| Service Staff | 01 | 04 | 05 |
| Project Staff | 05 | 11 | 16 |
| Total | 37 | 12 | 53 |
(a) Micro Credit Program
(b) Water & Sanitation
(c) Forestry & Nursery
(d) Fisheries
(e) Health and family planning
(f) Health Care Education
(g) Health and Nutrition
(h) Disable Development
(i) Awareness on Child Marriage and Dowry
(j) Awareness on Woman and Child Torturing, Woman and Child Trafficking
(k) Awareness on Drug Abuse
(l) Skill Development Training on Different Trades
(m) Child Education and Adult Education
(n) Non-Formal Primary Education (NFPE)
(o) Environmental Protection
(p) Emergency Response
(q) Rehabilitation of Orphans
- (a) Working area :
Microcredit Program (As on 30/06/2022):
| District | Upazila/Thana | Union/ward | Village |
|
Bogura |
Shibgonj Upazila | 09 | 100 |
| Bogura Sadar Upazila | 02 | 12 | |
| Gabtoli Upazila | 01 | 11 | |
|
Joypurhat |
Kalai Upazila | 03 | 26 |
| Khetlal Upazila | 01 | 11 | |
| Gaibandha | Gobindagonj Upazila | 05 | 47 |
| 03 | 06 | 21 | 207 |
Others Projects :
| District | Upazila/Thana | Union/ward | Village |
|
Bogura |
Sherpur Upazila | 10 | 320 |
| Sonatola Upazila | 07 | 230 | |
| Dhonut Upazila | 10 | 211 | |
| Nondigram | 05 | 228 | |
| 01 | 04 | 32 | 989 |
| Total |
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| 4 |
10 |
53 |
1249 |
20 (b). Member, Savings, Borrower and Loan Outstanding Information :
All statistic data as on 30/06/2022.
| Sl. No | Name of Branch | No. of Member | Savings Balance | No. of Borrower | Loan Outstanding | Suplus |
| 1 | Guzia | 1,766 | 81,40,066 | 1,468 | 4,35,98,769 |
2,08,28,456
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| 2 | Pirgacha | 1088 | 36,06,273 | 999 | 2,15,07,072 | |
| 3 | Kalai | 1486 | 44,23,156 | 1,239 | 2,36,01,326 | |
| 4 | Gobindagonj | 1373 | 33,04,512 | 1227 | 2,39,08,181 | |
| Total | 5,713 | 1,94,74,007 | 4,933 | 11,26,15,348 | ||
21. Information of Bank Loan (As on 30/06/2022) :
| Sl. No | Bank & Branch Name | Nature of Loan | Loan Account No. | Term | Limit (Lac) | Received | Present Loan Balance |
| 1 | Bangladesh Commerce Bank Ltd. Bogura Branch, Bogura |
NGO Linkage Agri Term Loan | 00840600004 | 1st | 200.00 | 200.00 | 120.14 |
| 2 | AB Bank Ltd. Bogura Branch, Bogura |
NGO Linkage Agri Fresh SDB Time Loan | 4201-773641-000 | 1st | 100.00 | 100.00 | 50.00 |
| Total | 300.00 | 300.00 | 185.14 | ||||
22 (a). Sources of Income:
| Sl. No. | Name of Source |
| 1. | Member Subscription |
| 2. | Donation |
| 3. | Admission Fee & Sale of Format |
| 4. | Service Charge |
| 5. | Bank Interest |
| 6. | Grant from Govt. & NGO’s |
| 7. | Others Income |
22 (b). Past and Present Donor’s:
| Sl. No. | Name of Donor |
| 1. | Ministry of Social Welfare |
| 2. | Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Family Planning Division) |
| 3. | Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Health Division) |
| 4. | Ministry of Youth and Sports |
| 5. | Directorate of Women Affairs |
- Name of Members of the Executive Committee:
| Name | Position | Education | Address | Occupation |
| Md. Aminul Islam |
President |
MA (English) |
Vill: Chanduniya, P.O: Shibgonj,
Upazila: Shibgonj, Bogura. |
Lecturer |
| Md. Shahidul Islam |
Vice-President |
BA |
Vill: Deuli (Sarkerpara), P.O: Deuli, Upazila: Shibgonj, Bogura. |
Retired Head Master |
| Md. Bulu Mia |
Member Secretary |
BSS |
Vill: Telipara, P.O: Guzia,
Upazila: Shibgonj, Bogura. |
Social Development Worker |
| Md. Abdul Hannan Mir |
Treasurer |
MA (Islamic History) |
Vill:East Jahangirabad, P.O: Shibgonj, Upazila:Shibgonj, Bogura. |
Retired Banker |
| Arun Kumar Borman |
Executive Member |
BA (B.Ed) |
Vill: Alompur, P.O: Deuli,
Upazila:Shibgonj, Bogura. |
Bir Freedom Fighter & Retired Head Master |
| Mst. Mahmuda Yeasmin | Executive Member | MSC
(Geography) |
Vill: Hizli, Kagoil, P.O: Kagoil, Upazila: Gabtoli, Bogura. | Lecturer |
| Mst. Razia Sultana |
Executive Member |
BSC (B.Ed) |
Vill: Maj para, (Chokgopal), P.O: Guzia, Upazila:Shibgonj, Bogura. | Teacher |
- Organization Physical Facilities:
- One full-fledge Central Training Center at Head Office with training room for 30 trainee, resource/material room, Resident of training room (accommodation with 04 beds) cooking facilities & dining room for 30 persons.
(i) Building Room (Rented)
(ii) Equipment
(a) White Board = 02 nos.
(b) Camera = 01 nos.
(c) Flip Chart = 10 nos.
(d) Software = 04 nos.
(e) Every Centre contains sufficient furniture and fixtures.
(iii) Vehicles
(a) Motor cycle = 01 nos.
(iv) Resources
(a) Secretary Table = 13 nos.
(b) General table = 17 nos.
(c) Wooden Chair = 29 nos.
(d) Visitor Chair = 14 nos.
(e) Wheel Chair = 02 nos.
(f) Almira = 01 nos.
(g) File Cabinet = 07 nos.
(h) Computer Set = 07 nos.
(j) Laptop = 02 nos.
(j) Fan = 20 nos.
(k) Bench = 08 nos.
(l) Rack = 14 nos.
(m) Book Self = 02 nos.
(n) Sofa = 02 nos.
(o) IPS = 02 nos
(p) Generator = 01 no
(q) Steel Almira = 05 nos.
(r) Cot = 11 nos.
(s) Scanner = 05 nos.
(t) Printer = 06 nos.
(u) UPS = 07 nos.
(v) Hard Drive = 02 nos.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Pous Foundation has its own monitoring system for smooth and regular basis operation of all programs/Projects, comprising of data collection, data processing, data analysis and reporting. Performance based monitoring and Evaluation system for staff management has been developed. Coordinator, Program Officers and Field Staff’s have defined rules in the monitoring system based on their specified job description. The field offices send their report to head office in prescribed formats; which are compiled and analyzed by the head office staff for monitoring, reporting and necessary feed back to the field offices.
Transparency & Accountability:
Pous Foundation maintains transparency & accountability in all of its activities. Projects and programs are objectively evaluated by evaluation team and the reports their are made available to the purposes. New items, features and progress reports are published regularly in every monthly, quarterly, annually and occasional publications.
Accounts & Audit:
Pous Foundation’s accounts are administered and managed following standard accounting principles, by a full-fledged Finance & Accounts Division headed by Expert Accounts Personnel as the Accounts Professional. The accounts are audited annually by an approved Chartered Accounting Firm (CA firm). The accounts are regularly audited by Org. internal Audit team. The Executive Director and the Treasurer of Pous Foundation are jointly responsible to manage the funds of the organization.
Characteristics of Beneficiaries:
The beneficiaries of the organization are the poor women, representing landless and ultra poor rural families. A significant number of these women are single income-earners for the family. Keeping relevance to its objectives and vision Pous Foundation works for people in general to build a better tomorrow, giving its main trust on the poorest of the poor, the disadvantaged and marginalized people who include –
- those who are landless or have a minimum land of house hold ;
- those who earn livelihood from physical labor;
- those who are illiterate and
- those who are child labor;
- those who are disable;
- those who are orphans;
- those who are transgender;
- those who are indigenous;
- those who are horizon;
- those who are Child & Mother Care
Driving forces:
- These marginalized and socially excluded people are most deprived ones in the society
- The working children, street children are differently treated by the society
- The poor & disability people have limited space to enjoy human rights
- The poor & disability people are victims of social exclusion.
- The orphans are neglected and deprived from facility.
- The transgender is hated and neglected by the society.
Core values:
- Equality irrespective of caste, creed, race or gender.
- Transparency & accountability
- Ensuring of human rights
- Ensuring established rights of disability
- Non discrimination
- Commitment & devotion
- Honesty & justice
Core competencies:
- Organizing and Empowering rural poor people
- Implementing Pre-primary school program for children of rural area
- Implementing awareness raising on HIV/AIDS prevention Program
- Awareness raising on preventing COVID-19.
- Program for Street and hazardous Children
- Pre-primary Education Program
- Non-Formal Primary Education Program for child and Adult.
- Pre and Post Disaster Management Program.
- Program on climate change
- Water and Sanitation Program
- Emergency response
Nature of Activities:
- Awareness raising
- Legal Support
- Resources Development
- Child and Adult Education
- Health Support
- Social Mobilization
- Capacity Building
Organizational Strengths:
- Working experience with most vulnerable socially excluded peoples
- Experience of confronting challenges
- Skilled and committed staff
- The office available information support
Policies:
To govern the organization properly Pous Foundation has developed the following policies and guidelines:
- Gender Policy
- Financial Policy
- Organizational Management Guidelines
- Service Rule with Human Resource Development Policy
Future directions:
- Establishment of Child Development Bank
- Program for Hospital for the disable People
- Primary Health Care Program
- Day Care Centre for Children of Vulnerable Groups.
- Water & Sanitation Program.
Working Areas Population Maps & Beneficiaries:
Working Areas are all District of Bangladesh.
All Bank Account of the Organization :
| Sl no. | Account Number | Type of Account | Name of Bank | Bank Address |
| 1 | 00832000050 | SND | Bangladesh Commerce Bank Ltd. | Bogura Branch, 676, Chamber Bhaban, Kazi Nazrul Islam Sarak, Jhawtola, Bogura. |
| 2 | 4201-773641-430 | SND | AB Bank Ltd. | Bogura Branch, 324, Kazi Nazrul Islam Sarak, Jhawtola, Bogura. |
| 3 | 4201-773641-000 | SND | AB Bank Ltd. | Bogura Branch, 324, Kazi Nazrul Islam Sarak, Jhawtola, Bogura. |
| 4 | 12813100074717 | MSND | Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Ltd. (Exim) | Sonatala Branch, Bogura. |
| 5 | 0506 13100000082 | SND | THE PREMIER BANK LTD. | Borogola SME Branch, Bogura. |
| 6 | 0146 36000000078 | SND | NRBC Bank Ltd. | Goni Plaza, Namazghor, H#151, Word#05, Bogura Branch, Bogura. |
| 7 | 0043 11100003616 | CD | SouthEast Bank Ltd. | Bogura Branch, Bogura. |
| 8 | 1014004859911 | CD | National Bank Ltd. | Bogura Branch, Bogura. |
| 9 | 310211100000314 | CD | Meghna Bank Ltd. | Bogura Branch, Bogura. |
| 10 | 0617103000008 | SND | Sonali Bank Ltd. | Guzia Branch, Bogura. |
| 11 | 0617102000358 | CD | Sonali Bank Ltd. | Guzia Branch, Bogura. |
| 12 | 0018-1090000288 | SND | Midland Bank Ltd. | Mokumtola Branch, Shibgonj, Bogura. |
| 13 | 4150020001411 | CD | Rupali Bank Ltd. | Shabek Para Branch, Bogura. |
| 14 | 07514000071 | MSND | Standard Bank Ltd. | Gobindagonj Branch, Gaibandha. |
| 15 | 1131000048843 | SND | Mercantile Bank Ltd. | Kalai Branch, Joypurhat. |
Financial Management :
All the fund of organization are kept in its Bank Account which is operated by the joint signature as rule of constitution and fund are withdrawn as per decisions of the Executive Committee meeting. Accounts are maintained as per accounting and audit standard. For the smooth functioning of the project activities all sorts of Bank Accounts of Pous Foundation have been maintaining with joint signatory system. The authorized signatory powered personnel of Pous Foundation are the Chairman, Executive Director & the Treasurer. All sorts of voucher or advances are to place in the Executive committee meeting and according to the approval of the meeting money is withdrawn from the Bank accounts by the signature of any of the two personnel.
Conclusion:
Organization has an approved constitution by Social Services directors and registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms to work in all District of Bangladesh and organization guided by the approved constitution.
For more information, please contact with mentioned below.
(Md. Bulu Mia)
Executive Director
Pous Foundation
Mobile No : +8801718-995470
+8801733-296940
Email : pousfoundation@gmail.com
Web : www.pousfoundation.org