Project Information

PROJECT TITLE

District Inclusive Eye Care Programme 

Abbreviation

DIECP

PROJECT BRIEF 
 (Narrative – 500 words max including project aim/goal, approach, beneficiaries, intended changes etc.) 

The District Inclusive Eye Care Project is developed in alignment with Sightsavers overarching strategic goal which is “Quality eye care is universally available as an integral part of wider health systems”. This overarching strategic goal will be achieved through “making high quality eye care accessible and affordable to all thereby improving health and wellbeing, learning and economic productivity”. To uphold and promote universal availability of eye care services to wider health system eye health facilities will be made disability inclusive, and gender responsive. Similarly policy initiatives will ensure and reflect equitable principles with focus on gender and disability. All together the cumulative effect will contribute to provide high-quality eye care services, improved systems and policies that are aligned towards gender responsive and disability inclusive. All these will contribute in ensuring inclusion and equity in the project cycle.

For achieving the strategic goal of Sightsavers the DIECP project has set specific Goal of the project as “Improved equitable access to sustainable quality eye health services for women and men, with and without disabilities and/or belonging to other marginalised groups in target districts in Bangladesh”.

With the financial support of Sightsavers the project has been implemented in the 17 districts of Bangladesh in partnership with the eye hospitals in the project locations, where Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is the inclusion partner organization to implement the inclusion issues at the said project locations. CDD is providing technical support in the designing of training modules and conduction of the training courses on disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming, training on Bangla Sign Language, strategic support to organize different meetings with the stakeholders and district disability committee, conducting accessibility audit and ensuring the accessible infrastructure of the hospital building, implementing IEC materials/strategy to promote the inclusive eye care services among the project partner organizations. Overall, the project has been promoting Inclusive Eye Health (IEH) in the project districts, including creating provisions for accessibility in the partner hospitals for persons with disabilities and other marginalized groups.

Objectives/Outcomes/Long-term Results

Major Activities

NAME OF DONOR(S)

Sightsavers 

PROJECT DURATION

Starting Date

01/01/2022

Ending Date

31/12/2025

PROJECT CONTACT DETAILS

Contact Person’s Name 

Md. Abdul Koddus (Jahid)

Designation

Inclusion Officer (Project Focal)

Email address

makjahid.r2h.cdd@gmail.com

Phone Number

01819464984

PROJECT LOCATION

Division(s)

Dhaka, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna and Rajshahi

District(s)

Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Jashore, Jhenaidah, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Meherpur, Magura, Gopalganj, Madaripur, Narsinghdi, Mymensingh, Sherpur, Sirajganj, Rangpur and Kurigram.

Upazila(s) / Thana(s)

Savar and all Upazilas of the Districts.

City Corporation(s)

Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna

Municipality(ies)

All municipalities of the Districts

Ward(s)

All

Union(s)

All

NAME OF PARTNER ORGANISATION(S) 
 (If applicable)

Khulna BNSB Eye Hospital, Dr. K Zaman BNSB Eye Hospital Mymensingh, Dristidan Eye Hospital Bagerhat, Addin Welfare Centre Jashore, Dhaka Progressive Lions Eye Hospital Narsinghdi, Prof. M A Matin Memorial BNSB Eye Hospital Sirajganj, Quasem Foundation, Community Eye Care & Research Centre Rangpur, Magura Shishu O Chakkhu Hospital, Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Eye Hospital & Training Institute Gopalganj.

Actually, they are not the direct partner of CDD, but CDD provides technical support to them for promoting the inclusive eye health in the projects’ districts.

TOTAL BUDGET IN BDT

  1,04,62,926 BDT

TARGET BENEFICIARIES 
 Total number only

What is meant by direct beneficiaries is not specified under the project of CDD part, but CDD will provide technical support to the partner eye hospitals to implement the disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming, such as accessibility audits of 3 eye hospitals will be completed and assistance in implementation of recommendations will be provided and training on disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming will be provided to the required number of hospital’s staff. Also training will be provided to the 30 hospital managers and 21 hospital staff on disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming and Bangla Sign Language respectively.

Direct Beneficiaries

Indirect Beneficiaries