CODEC

SCHOOL MID-DAY MEAL PROGRAM

The project named School Mid-Day Meal Programme for the children of host community aims to improve health and nutritional status and school attendance rate of 26,000 host community children of 109 schools and Madrasas in Teknaf by 2021. As per agreement, World Food Programme (WFP) will provide all financial & technical support for the implementation of the project. Annual approved budget is BDT 88,911,918 for the year 2021.

PROVISION OF BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, PREGNANT AND LACTATING WOMEN AND ADOLESCENT GIRL’S IN SELECTED URBAN SLUMS OF CHATTOGRAM CITY CORPORATION PROJECT – (URBAN)

“Provision of Basic Social Services for children, Pregnant and Lactating Women in selected slum of Chattogram City Corporation’ – (Urban) project is being implemented since October 2018.The project is jointly implemented by CODEC, UNICEF and Chattogram City Corporation (CCC)  with a view to establish basic social servicesmodel for vulnerable and affected children specially adolescents including birth registration and addressing child protection issues through Community based Child Protection Committee (CBCPC) and establish 8 Child Protection Support Centers where children will receive psychosocial support, recreation and protection and life skills, nutrition sessions, counseling and MUAC and GMP support for children under-5, lactating and pregnant women. The project focuses special nutrition supplement to woman and children to overcome malnutrition as well as identify severe malnourished children from community and making linkage at government hospitals and health service centers under City Corporation. The project also works in promoting and facilitating dignified menstruation hygiene and safe drinking water and sanitation system and clean and separate toilet facilities for women & men. Besides, the project aims to raise awareness and knowledge level of slum dwellers on key life-saving behavior practice and for preventing and responding to ending child marriage and gender-based violence. The project is being implemented in four wards (17,18,19 & 20) of CCC and children and adolescents, especially girls and women are the key target of the programme. Overall targeted population of this project is 100,000 (direct 23,200 and indirect 76,800). Annual Budget for the year 2019-2020 is BDT. 13,117,885.