SHELTER FOR THE POOR is a Non-Government Organization - (NGO), working in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established in the year 2002, which is working in the field of Human Rights, especially for the Housing rights & other citizen rights of the urban and rural poor. In Dhaka city there are 3.5 million urban poor / slum dwellers are dwelling now. According to a World Bank estimate, "From a base of 24 million in 1996, the urban population is expected to be 31 million in the year 2000 about 52 million by 2010 and nearly 79 million in 2020.” These projections are based on an assumption of an average annual growth rate of 6.4 per cent up to 2000, 5.3 per cent between 2000-2010, and 4.3 per cent thereafter.
LEGAL STATUS OF SHELTER:
Registered from the office of the Register of joint stock companies & firms, under societies act(no-XXI-1860), No: S-3310(99)/2003.
Vision of SHELTER :
A sound urban society towards development, empowerment and secured shelter for the urban poor.
Mission of SHELTER :
SHELTER aims to improve the situation of social security & justice, democracy, good governance,transperancy and human
rights isssues ; especially the Housing rights of the urban poor.
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POLICY ADVOCACY & LOBBYING:
The main task of SHELTER to undertake advocacy, lobbying and media campaign on all the human rights issues ; mainly to address whole rights issues related to the urban poor. Also,to advocate on the issues related to democracy, goodgovernance, transperancy , justice & social security.
PEOPLES ORGANIZATION & FEDERATION:
Organizing the slum dwellers as small groups / peoples organizations towards social mobilization for their resettlement and to form the Federation of the Slum Dwellers . Federation of slum dwellers will be the main negotiator to establish the right to shelter of the urban poor / slum dwellers.
EVICTION WACH & LEGAL AID SUPPRT:
•To wach how,where & when the slum eviction(s) are started by the authority without any resettlement plan ; whether the slum dwellers are properly noticed for it and organize mass people to protest against any slum eviction(s).
•To prepare report(s) on slum eviction and share information with all national and international human rights organizations and activists. Provide legal aid support to the slum dwellers/urban poor people as needed by them .
INFORMATION BANK:
To develop & maintain a computerized database information system on any violation of human rights, slum eviction(s),grass root level people’s organizations, slum dwellers federation, NGOs/CBOs working with the urban poor and related national/international human rights organizations / activities & activists. And will develop a reference library for researchers/activists.
COALITION/ALLIANCE BUILDING:
There are hundreds of “Grass Root Level NGOs/CBOs” are working in the mega city Dhaka. These huge numbers of small NGOs / CBOs are not “Organized”, they are not presently member of ADAB or CUP; No alliance/ forum / coalition / platform exists to coordinate them. But they are very much committed to establish Democracy, Social Security & Justice, Good Governance, transparency, Human Rights, especially Rights of the urban poor. Shelter has under taken a project to “Organize” the small NGOs/CBOs under a same umbrella and planned to form an alliance, namely, “URBAN NGOs and CBOs ALLIANCE of Dhaka-UNCAD”. The UNCAD will engaged to organize the small NGOs / CBOs to address all social crisis / any violation of human rights and other issues, related to / with the urban poor people.
Shelter will also maintain close liaison & necessary working relationship with all other NGOs, associations / forum’s of NGOs working in and out side of Bangladesh.
RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION:
To undertake research / studies on various human rights issues ; especially related to the rights of the urban poor, publish and share the outcomes of those research / study with the policymakers, civil society, planners, donors ,international community and human rights activists / all other related stakeholders through workshops /seminars and will undertake necessary media / advocacy campaign.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE SHARING:
To collect reports on human rights issues and all related publications, reports, studies, posters, documentary films on international resettlement experiences, exposure visit to the international resettlement sites, participate related national / international training / workshops / seminars and share all those good experiences locally; especially with the policymakers, donors, planners, other interested NGOs / CBOs, and of course with the urban poor of Bangladesh, especially of the Dhaka city.
SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM:
Mainly to ensure the utility services i.e. drinking water supply, environmental sanitation, gas, electricity, garbage management support, relief support at the post disaster period, HIV-AIDS health-immunization, education, etc. to the urban poor people directly from Shelter or in-directly through liaison-coordination with other NGOs / organization(s) / donors / government.
CAPACITY BUILDING:
To build leadership capacity of the representatives of the urban poor Shelter will arrange various types of training program for them; will also organize issue based training workshop’s / seminar’s / exposure visit to other federation(s) of the grass root people’s organizations within / out side of the country.
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Youth can participate actively as a volunteer / supporter / organizer / researcher / campaigner to ensure a secured SHELTER for the homless urban poor community.
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