VULNERABLE WOMAN BENEFIT PROGRAM (VWB):
Especially, the woman and children of poor families having a very little right to have required food and health care as much as the men have. This is happened due to ignorance, negligence, towards women, social indignity, financial disability, unequal distribution of food lack of Knowledge about women’s health needs etc. Even the woman are not aware of their health preservation. So it is found that the woman and children are remained sick or ill clad and could neither take care of themselves nor their children. In the project areas, it is observed that all most all poor families have been suffering from virus fever, gastritis, malnutrition, unsafe delivery problems, lack of antenatal and post-natal check up facilities, want of maintaining modern health care family planning etc. So, ARA has implemented Vulnerable Woman Benefit program by the support of Woman Affairs Department in Debhata Upazila in Satkhira district. The training activities are :
1. Personal Health and Hygiene.
2. Disaster Risk Management.
3. Mother and child health, food and nutrition.
4. Empowerment of woman.
5. HIV/AIDS.
6. Vegetable gardening.
7. Goat and cow rearing.
8. Hen and duck training.
9. Entrepreneurship Development.