PARAYAN

Aparajeyo-Bangladesh acknowledges the valuable support of **Nagorikata, the Civic Engagement Fund (CEF), and all development partners** for their commitment to strengthening citizen participation and promoting inclusive development in Bangladesh.

Aparajeyo-Bangladesh is implementing with financial support from **Nagorikata, the Civic Engagement Fund (CEF), and its development partners**. The project aims to strengthen community participation, promote inclusive governance, and ensure that vulnerable and marginalized populations can exercise their rights and actively participate in decision-making processes. Through this initiative, Aparajeyo-Bangladesh works closely with local communities, government institutions, civil society organizations, and relevant stakeholders to create sustainable and community-driven solutions. **Project Objectives** The project focuses on the following objectives: * Strengthening community participation in local governance. * Increasing awareness of citizens' rights and responsibilities. * Enhancing access to essential services. * Promoting inclusion, transparency, and accountability. * Empowering women, children, youth, and marginalized communities. **Consortium and Implementing Partners** The project is being implemented through collaboration among the following organizations: * Aparajeyo-Bangladesh

Our immediate local community people are also very happy to see that, they are having these biscuits at the lunch time. They are happy because the served the biscuits provided by Euglena to Aparajeyo-Bangladesh for the children are properly distributed. No misuse or mismanagement occurred as yet related to the biscuit’s distributions.

“Our children look healthy because their nutrition states are at the reasonable level. “

Chairman
Board of director
Prof. Dr. Mokbul-E-Khoda
Aparajeyo-Bangladesh

Euglena is an organization
Professor Muhammad Yunus has developed a new concept of Social Business, which is a cause driven business. In Social Business, the investor/owners can gradually recoup the money invested but cannot take any dividend.

On the basis of that idea, Mr. Yukoh Satake took an initiative to form a joint venture company which is known as Grameen euglena. Grameen euglena is a joint venture established by euglena Co., Ltd. and Grameen Krishi Foundation. euglena Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company established in 2005, aiming to solve malnutrition problems by microalgae Euglena. Euglena contains 59 different nutrients that are found in vegetables, meats, as well as fish. It can be used as a food source for the human being and also as a feed of pets and culture fish.

In 2015 Aparajeyo-Bangladesh and Grameen Euglena has signed an agreement to provide Euglena Nutrition Biscuits to the disadvantaged children of Aparajeyo-Bangladesh who are enrolled in the Slum Education Center's in Dhaka. This year they are awarded by the Japanese Government for their noble contribution to improve the nutrition static of disadvantaged children of Aparajeyo-Bangladesh. Which basically hit the SDG goal 1-no poverty, 2-zero hunger specially 3-Good Health and Wellbeing. Aparajeyo-Bangladesh always desires good and loves from partnership with Grameen Euglena.

Today, 30 May 2022, the senior management team of Aparajeyo-Bangladesh met with them at Grameen Euglena's office and in this meeting Euglena Japan's senior management team virtually joined, in this meeting also discussed in detail the partnership between Aparajeyo-Bangladesh and Euglena.