Food Security
ORA has good work experience in food security. ORA successfully completed the two-project named Flood Proofing Project & Strengthening Household abilities to Respond to Development Opportunities (SHOUHARDO) which funded by the USAID & Government of Bangladesh and technical guidance and monitoring by the CARE-Bangladesh. The main goal & objectives of these two projects are to reduce food insecurity of the poor & extreme poor people of the targeted area i.e. three upazilas of Kishoreganj district providing the following intervention:
Comprehensive Homestead Development.
Vegetable Seeds & equipment distribution among the participants.
Cash support for (small business) income and employment generation.
Provide cash support for purchasing Cow, Goat & Duck etc.
Provide Boat for income generation.
Support for fish culture (case culture).
Supply the fish Fingerling's for income & employment generation etc.
Besides these ORA introduce the Bree Dhan-45 with the technical assistance from the BARRI, Gazipur Dhaka. ORA also stored the Seeds of Bree Dhan-45 in the Seeds go-down of Agriculture department for future distribution. ORA also constructed the 10 km Bari Badh to protect the growing Boro rice from the early / Flash Flood as voluntary spirit.