Project Information

PROJECT TITLE

District Inclusive Eye Care Programme (DIECP)

Abbreviation

DIECP

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

The District Inclusive Eye Care Project (DIECP), supported by Sightsavers, aims to improve equitable access to sustainable, quality eye health services for all including with and without disabilities and other marginalized groups in Bangladesh. The project promotes disability inclusion and gender responsiveness within eye health services by strengthening health systems, policies, infrastructure, and service delivery. Implemented across 17 districts in partnership with local eye hospitals, Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) work in the project as inclusion partner.

CDD provides technical support through:

• Developing and delivering disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming training.
• Conducting Bangla Sign Language (BSL) training.
• Supporting stakeholder and district disability committee meetings.
• Conducting accessibility audits and supporting improvements to hospital infrastructure.
• Developing and implementing inclusive IEC materials and strategies.
• Promoting Inclusive Eye Health (IEH) and accessibility for persons with disabilities and other marginalized groups.
• Overall, DIECP seeks to ensure that eye care services are high-quality, accessible, affordable, inclusive, gender-responsive, and equitable throughout the project cycle.

Objectives/Outcomes/Long-term Results

• Ensure accessible, inclusive, and quality eye care services in targeted districts and promote equitable access to the eye health interventions.
• Ensure accessibility in the partner eye hospitals.
• Eye health facilities that we work with are made disability- and gender-inclusive.
• Improved governance, coordination and planning of district level eye care programmes.

Major Activities

NAME OF DONOR(S)

Sightsavers

PROJECT DURATION

January 2022 to December 2026

Starting Date

01 January, 2022

Ending Date

31 December, 2026

PROJECT CONTACT DETAILS

Contact Person’s Name

Md. Iftikharul Hasan

Designation

Disability Inclusion Officer

Email address

hasan.cdd23@gmail.com

Phone Number

+8801832515356

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)

City Corporation(s)

Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna

Municipality(ies)

All municipalities of the Districts

Ward(s)

Union(s)

NAME OF PARTNER ORGANISATION(S)
(If applicable)

Khulna BNSB Eye Hospital-Khulna, Dr. K Zaman BNSB Eye Hospital-Mymensingh, Dristidan Eye Hospital-Bagerhat, Addin Hopspital-Jashore, Dhaka Progressive Lions Eye Hospital-Narsinghdi, Dhaka Progressive Lions Eye Hospital-Madaripur, Prof. M A Matin Memorial BNSB Eye Hospital-Sirajganj, Community Eye Care & Research Centre-Rangpur, Marium Eye Hospital, Ulipur-Kurigram and Gopalgonj Eye hospital-Gopalgonj. Actually, they are not the direct partner of CDD, but CDD provides technical support to them as the technical expert on disability inclusion.

TOTAL BUDGET IN BDT

BDT 1,28,75180

TARGET BENEFICIARIES;
Total number only

The project do not have specified direct beneficiaries for CDD. However, CDD provides technical support to the partner eye hospitals to strengthen disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming. This include conducting accessibility audits of the eye hospitals and supporting the implementation of the audit recommendations. CDD will also design and deliver training on disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming for the hospital staff. In addition, training also provided capacity enhancement support to 30 hospital management personnel on disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming and Bangla Sign Language.

Direct Beneficiaries

Indirect Beneficiaries