BASA's mission is to create a positive & sustainable socioeconomic change in the lives of the poor & disadvantaged, particularly women and indigenous peoples, through micro finance supported by various development programmes, such as reducing indoor air pollution, environment development projects & other social services.
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Our Focus
BASA is implementing several projects in various districts in Bangladesh, including "Safe drinking water for the slum people in Gazipur" which covers hundreds of poor slum people. In Chittagong district at Sitakunda upazila, BASA is implementing a pilot project related to ecological sanitation, in which the beneficiaries are poor rural people. BASA is also implementing a project with ICS (Improved Cook Stoves).
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
We have experienced a lot of social & cultural barriers while implementing these projects. People are habituated to old cultural norms. It is difficult to break certain practices. But BASA is working to make the user comfortable with the new technologies. Again BASA is creating a belief about the importance of clean technologies such as ICS & Bio gas.
BASA has a market policy of its own. BASA is making its position with ICS among beneficiaries, giving them incentives, taking minimum contribution for ownership, giving them real life examples of the benefits of ICS, etc.
Rural people usually place less importance on designing the kitchen.
BASA monitors all of its projects with field level manpower.
Relevant Publications or Studies
1. Annual report
Our Contribution to the Partnership
1. BASA can share experiences 2. Can contribute 3. BASA can replicate technologies
