The GBV project was implemented in Nepal with the Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN) and in Bangladesh with the Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB).
The Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN) founded in 1959 became an associate member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in 1960 and a full-fledged member in 1969. Prior to the establishment of the association, the concept of family planning was quite new and considered as a thing that went against the religion, tradition and prevailing social values in Nepal. FPAN, in consonance with the social system, focused on information and education as a means of advocating a small family as a norm among the rural masses. The family planning program in the government sector gained momentum only after the establishment of the Maternal and Child Health Project in 1969. It was after that FPAN started complementing and supplementing the national program.
FPAN contributes 25-30 percent to the national family planning programs and its program activities are ever expanding meeting the unmet needs of family planning including STI/HIV and AIDS prevention, control, and management.It provides family planning services to about 300,000 people annually on regular basis and counselling, maternal and child health (MCH), STI diagnosis and treatment, HIV and AIDS education and services to one million people. Currently, FPAN provides these services through its 530 Rural Outreach Clinics, 3 Birthing Centers, 70 Community based Contraceptive Distribution Centers, 133 Community (CBO) managed FP/MCH clinics, 4 Comprehensive Reproductive Health Clinics and 27 branch/project clinics located in the city centers involving 1569 Reproductive Health Female Volunteers, 13000 volunteers and 442 professional and clinical staff.
For more information on the GBV Project in Nepal please contact:
Giridhari Paudel, Programme Director , Family Planning Association of Nepal, Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal. Tel: 00 977 1 5524440. email: fpanpss@fpan.org.np. www.fpan.org.
The Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB) was established in 1953 under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Humaira Sayeed the founding president of the Association. The Association is governed by a National Executive committee consisting of 21 Members. National luminaries like late Alamgir M. A. Kabir, late Professor Dr. Md. Ibrahim, late Dr. (Captain) Abul Kashem, late Dr. Syed A K M Hafizur Rahman, Mr. M Shamsul Islam, Shaheed Md. Maizuddin, Kazi Anisur Rahman and other eminent personalities led FPAB since its inception.
The prime objective which inspired the establishment of the Association was to improve quality of life of the under privileged section of the people by advocating family planning as a basic human right and motivating people towards the concept of small family.
As an affiliate of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), FPAB is the oldest and largest family planning non-government organization in Bangladesh, which pioneered family planning movement in the country. FPAB played an important role in formulating national family planning programme introduced by the then government of Pakistan in 1965. With the span of more than 50 years of its emergence, FPAB has made a significant achievement in creating awareness among the eligible couples about family planning and annually contributes 7% of the total national family planning performance. In conformity with the global and national needs, FPAB shifted its thrust from lone family planning interventions to the holistic approach of reproductive health in mid 90s of the last century. In stead of targeting fertile couples, interventions of FPAB now involve men and women of all ages with special focus on the disadvantaged segment of the population. Beneficiaries of FPAB have now exceeded ten million people.
For more information on the GBV Project in Bangladesh, please contact:
Gias Uddin, Project Manager, Family planning Association of Bangladesh, 2 Naya Paltan, Dhaka 1000, PO Box 3714, Bangladesh. Tel: 00 880 2 8311423/ 8319343/ 9354238. email: Giasuddin@fpab.org. www.fpab.org