SEED Bangla Foundation

Mission
The organization is tasked with generating income and employment opportunities through skill development training and through financial, institutional, advisory and training services, creating awareness about health, sanitation, education, environment and ecology, encouraging and supporting agro-farming to improve the quality of lifestyle, eliminating gender inequality and repression on women and children, harnessing enterprise development to address the needs of the disadvantaged section and above all creating a society based on equity, equal opportunities, values and rights.
Organization Type	Non-Governmental Organization

Contact Information

Primary Contact	Mr. Rafiqul Islam seedbangla@gmail.com	Secondary Contact	Mr. Md.Forhad Hossain forhad500@gmail.com
Address	sha-45/ka(Hossain Market), North Badda,Gulshan,Dhaka-1212,Bangladesh Do Dhaka, Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh	Website	N/A
		Phone	01730-063950-52,53,54,01713330078
		Fax	88-02-8817477
		Calling/Fax Instructions	Attention Md.Rafiqul Islam, Executive Director, SEED Bangla Foundation

Our Focus

Primary Initiatives, Target Populations, and Scope of Work:
SEED Bangla Foundation mainly works in rural development, targeting those households who have a minimum of 3 to 4 cattle or 200 hens and who are using firewood, jutestick, dry cow dung, dry leaves, straw etc. for cooking, causing smoke. We build a home size biogas digester for them to use for cooking and lighting. For those who have no cattle or hens we make them improved cookstoves with help from GTZ. We have completed 850 biogas digesters and improved cookstoves and our target for next year is to complete a minimum of 1500 biogas digesters and improved cookstoves.
Fuels/Technologies:	Biogas Biomass Solar	Sectors of Experience:	Agriculture Education Energy Environment Health Renewable Energy Rural Development Small Business	Countries of Operation:	Bangladesh

Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas

Social/Cultural barriers to using traditional fuels and stoves:

SEED has a lot of experience with social & cultural barriers while implementing any project. Most of the people are illiterate so they're habituated to old cultural norms.

Market development for improved cooking technologies:

SEED has its own market policy. There are a lot of the people within our active area, so they are aware about human rights and the environment. There is a great demand for our environmental energy.

Technology standardization for cooking, heating and ventilation:

We get the latest technology from GTZ/SNV/IDCOL, They have parameters of standardization and their quality inspector maintains the quality.

Indoor air pollution exposure and health monitoring:

We have a mason group, and highly qualified field inspector. They always monitor the program by chain and our head office monitors the field work directly and collects the information by using the phone.

Relevant Publications or Studies

None noted

Our Contribution to the Partnership

SEED has already implemented several projects to make people aware of environmental friendly energy sources. Group meeting builds awareness and shares the technology's importance.