Home Our projects Aush Bilbos Scholarship BPF Child Dev Center CEMPAR DMCH Burn Unit DMCH Pediatric Unit Gonipur Gram Theke Shuru GS Computer Lab Gulshanara School Parchanga Clinic SUS S. Huda Scholarship Shapnila Shaw-Unnayan SUST Scholarship Support a project Community service About us IRS compliancy Contact us		Overview Project Requirements Project Monitoring Current Projects Overview SpaandanB follows the following steps for any project: Review and selection of projects by committee members Monitor the progress of projects by committee members Encourage visiting funded projects After a project is evaluated by the new project evaluation committee and approved for funding, the project is handed over to the respective sector committee to run the project. The respective committee tries to find donors for the project. Each project is supported by donations from project donors. Anyone can become a project donor by donating to SpaandanB. SpaandanB monitors the project, reviews progress and reports back to the donors. If progress is acceptable, SpaandanB funds the project further and helps it to grow. Project Requirements Projects must comply with certain requirements before SpaandanB funds them. These requirements include: Projects must be related to the health, development, or education sectors. Projects must benefit the needy people in Bangladesh. Projects must be organized and operated by a trustworthy individual, group or NGO. The beneficiaries of each project will be native Bangladeshis living in Bangladesh. Each project must have two liaisons, one from the USA and the other one from Bangladesh. The USA-based liaison must commit to furnishing project progress reports at least once every six months to SpaandanB. Project Monitoring SpaandanB monitors projects very carefully and regularly to ensure that the generous donations from our project donors are used properly. Every six months, SpaandanB reviews the projects and focus on how the disbursed funds were used and how it helped the beneficiaries. SpaandanB Executive Committee members also visit project sites to acquire first-hand knowledge about the projects and verify the reported progress. Current Projects SpaandanB is currently supporting the following projects in three sectors, Education, Development and Health: Education Sector Projects: Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation (BPF): 247 children with disabilities were touched with new hopes of life. Bilbos-SpaandanB Scholarship: Scholarship for two meritorious female students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Gulshanara School: 20 needy meritorious students are supported to get free secondary level education. Gulshan-ara School Computer Lab: A computer lab to provide job-specific training to poor students is supported. Samaj Unnayan Sangstha (SUS): In last four years, 83 needy children's education was supported. Shamsul Huda Scholarship: Scholarship for two meritorious arts students of Guru Dayal College in Kishoregonj. SUST Scholarship: Scholarship for two meritorious computer engineering students of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST). Development Sector Projects: Aush: A village-based poultry project for self-sustenance in Nawabgonj. CEMPAR: 22 families and 15 needy meritorious students are dreaming of a better life with SpaandanB's support for poultry development and scholarships. Gonipur Poverty Alleviation: 10 landless villagers in Gonipur, Feni are becoming self-reliant with a fishery project. Gram Theke Shuru: Help a number of poor families to be self-reliant through micro-projects. Shapnila: Carpentry training to jobless young people in Batiaghata, Khulna. Health Sector Projects: Child Development Center (CDC): Provides disability services to children in Agargaon slum areas. DMCH Burn Unit: Medical expenses for acid and burn victims in Dhaka Medical College Hospital. DMCH Pediatric Unit: Medical expenses for children in Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Parchanga Health Clinic: 150 poor patients get free medical care every week. Shaw-Unnayan: Helps disabled people in Sagarpara, Rajshahi with medical devices, physiotherapy, and basic education.   © Copyright SpaandanB 1998-2007. All rights reserved.