Midterm Study Report of SEEDS Programme Bangladesh

Stromme Foundation has been implementing the SEEDS, a five years programme with the support of NORAD in collaboration with 06 partner NGOs. The project started its operation in 18 Upazilas under 06 districts of Mymensingh and Rangpur divisions of Bangladesh since January 2019. The target beneficiaries are mainly from poor and extreme poor households of both ethnic minority and mainstream Bengali community in diverse geo-physical settings (hilly areas, river island areas and plain land). The MTR was conducted after 3 years of implementation in January 2022 to know the changes so far in achieving the envisaged outcome as well as to identify the areas of fine tuning and improvement. Over the period, Covid-19 pandemic hit the implementation process due to government enforced lockdown and shutdown process. After that a new normal situation for al, which also demand few adjustments.