Projects

Ongoing & Completed Projects

USS has implemented development projects in health, education, livelihood, women empowerment, disaster management, agriculture, sanitation, environment, and community mobilization with support from donors, government bodies, and development partners.

Current Work

Ongoing Projects

Ongoing

Small Credit Support Program

Moulvibazar Sadar, Kulaura, Kamalganj, Rajnagar and Sreemangal

Own Fund

  • Group formation
  • Savings habit development
  • IGA activity support for family income
Ongoing

Enterprise Credit Support Program

Moulvibazar Sadar, Kulaura, Kamalganj, Rajnagar and Sreemangal

Own Fund

  • Group formation
  • Savings habit development
  • Small business support
Ongoing

Agriculture Credit Support Program

Moulvibazar Sadar, Kulaura, Kamalganj, Rajnagar and Sreemangal

Own Fund

  • Group formation
  • Savings habit development
  • Agriculture-related training with linkage to government sector
Ongoing

Vocational Training through Mobile Trade School

Moulvibazar Sadar, Kulaura and Kamalganj

Own Fund

  • Mechanical training
  • Electrical training
  • Sewing, embroidery and block boutique training
  • Adolescent skill development for family income

Project Archive

Completed Projects

Completed2009–2023

Improvement of Income, Education and Health Situation of the Hard-Core Poor

Andheri Hilfe, Bonn, Germany

  • Group and federation formation
  • Non-formal pre-primary and primary education
  • Skill development and vocational training
  • Safe delivery, ANC, PNC and neonatal care
  • Small credit support and savings
Completed1992–2004

Advancement Program for Women

Asia Partnership for Human Development (APHD), Thailand

  • Group formation
  • Federation formation
  • Awareness creation training
  • Skill development training
  • Adult education
Completed1993–1995

Socio-economic Development Program & Skill Development Program for Rural Poor

SAP Bangladesh / SAP Canada

  • Group formation
  • Awareness creation training
  • Skill development training
  • Adult education
  • Credit support
Completed1994–2004

Human Development Program for the Marginalized

Andheri Hilfe, Bonn, Germany

  • Group formation
  • Federation formation
  • Skill development training
  • Adult education
  • Credit support
Completed1995–2004

Health & Population Development Program

Bangladesh Health & Population Consortium (BPHC)

  • Health service through satellite clinic
  • Contraceptive distribution
  • Antenatal and postnatal care
  • Safe delivery
  • Training, motivation and counselling
Completed1995, 1997, 1999

Women Development Program

Australian High Commission, Bangladesh

  • Group formation
  • Awareness creation training
  • Skill development training
  • Adult education
  • Credit support
Completed1994–1997

Non-Formal Child Education Program

BRAC, Bangladesh

  • Training
  • Non-formal education
  • Motivation
Completed1994–1995, 1996–1997

Non-Formal Child & Adult Education Program

Department of Non-Formal Education, Government of Bangladesh

  • Training
  • Non-formal education
  • Motivation
Completed2003–2004

Social Forestry

Department of Forest, Government of Bangladesh

  • Group formation
  • Training
  • Sapling distribution
Completed2001, 2004

Nutrition Surveillance Project

Helen Keller International, Bangladesh

  • Training
  • Data collection
  • Motivation
Completed2001–2005

Adolescent Reproductive Health Program

Save the Children UK / EU / UNFPA

  • Adolescent group formation
  • Life skill training
  • Peer training
  • Counselling
  • Video session and group session
Completed1996

Adarsha Gram Prakalpa

Ministry of Land, Government of Bangladesh

  • Group formation
  • Federation formation
  • Awareness creation training
  • Skill development training
  • Adult education
Completed2003–2004

Improving Community Based ENC (SNL)

Save the Children USA / BPHC Bangladesh

  • Training
  • Safe delivery
  • Neonatal care
  • Household counselling
  • Satellite clinic service
Completed2003–2004

Disaster Management Project

CARE Bangladesh

  • Volunteer training
  • Training for elected chairmen and members
  • Disaster preparedness activities
Completed2004–2008

HIV/AIDS Prevention Program

CARE Bangladesh / UNICEF

  • Training for injecting drug users
  • Training for sex workers
  • Counselling
  • Group sessions
  • Syringe exchange
Completed2002–2004

Disaster Preparedness Program

Save the Children UK

  • Volunteer training
  • Training for elected chairmen and members
  • Emergency relief and rehabilitation
  • Emergency medical services
Completed2006–2008

Strengthening Household Abilities to Respond to Development Opportunity (SHOUHARDO)

CARE / USAID / Government of Bangladesh

  • Infrastructure development
  • Wave protection wall building
  • Supplementary food distribution for lactating mothers
  • Skill development training
  • Input support
Completed2009–2011

Providing Support for Quality Planning, Implementation and Monitoring of Community Support System (ComSS)

EU / UNFPA / UNICEF / Government of Bangladesh, with PHD

  • Health support for women and children
  • Improving quality of services at facility level
  • Extending service availability to village level
  • Community support system strengthening
CompletedMarch 2013 – June 2015

Wellbeing through Empowerment, Adaptation, Livelihoods, Resilience and Transformational Actions for Vulnerable People Living in Haor Program

Oxfam Hong Kong

  • Group formation
  • Input support for agricultural plot
  • Interest-free small loan
  • Training and meetings with government officials
  • Non-formal education for school-going children