Rehabilitation of SIDR Affected Coastal Fishery Small Business & Livestock (RESCUE)

The cyclone SIDR left many borrowers of UDDIPAN homeless and destroyed their livelihood choices. The ‘RESCUE’ project aims to provide financial assistance (with a minimal 4% service charge) to the poultry farmer, cow rearer, shrimp farmer, fisher community and micro entrepreneurs to restart their IGA and thereby create employment opportunity. The duration of the project is three years and is implemented in 20 upazilas of Barisal, Pirojpur, Jhalakathi, Bagerhat, Barguna and Patuakhali districts. Upto June 2010 an amount of Tk. 101.09 million was disbursed among the beneficiaries who have lost or damaged their IGA.