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Researcher : Deependra Sarker
Saidpur (in Nilphamari district) is a densely populated
town of Nilphamari district. A large section of the
population are Urdu-speaking. Members of the cobbler
community of this town are facing serious socio-economic
problems. As the members of this community lacks educational
and other institutional /government facilities, hence
there exist almost no chance of professional mobility.
Cobblers are 'untouchable' by the mainstream population
and hence they live in extreme 'exclusion'. They are
also excluded from the target of development interventions
both by the GOs and NGOs. Specific objectives of the
present project are to (i) identify the causes of poverty
and searching ways and means for improving their socio-economic
conditions; (ii) assess the present conditions of the
women and children members of the cobbler communities
and finding ways and means of improving their existing
socio-economic conditions; (iii) identify the educational
problems of the children and adolescents; and (iv) prepare
a long-term plan for poverty alleviation of the cobblers.
The proposed study also aimed at identifying the paths
of poverty alleviation of the cobblers. Participatory
action research methodology will be adopted in conducting
the study.
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