The Major Current Projects of Light House:

Project Title: 
  • Prioritized HIV Prevention and treatment Services for Key populations in Bangladesh
Supported by: The Global Fund project/icddr,b
Project Duration (M/Y): 33 Months Start Date 1st April 2021 End Date 31st December 2023
Project Location(Districts: 19 districts under 5 divisions- Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna and Barishal
Targeted population(Name): MSM/MSW and Hijra
Total Beneficiary(# separately): Total: 15,838 (MSM=14,428 and hijra=1,410)
Goal: To prevent new HIV infections, reduce incidence and HIV related morbidity and mortality in Bangladesh by improving and further expanding targeted HIV interventions focusing on key populations and their partners
The objectives of the project:
  • Prevent new HIV infections and reduce incidence by improving and expanding access to combination HIV prevention (including comprehensive harm reduction) services for KP;
  • Increase case-finding among KP by improving and expanding access to differentiated HIV testing services (HTS);
  • Improve access, adherence to and quality of ART services for KP in need, lowering HIV-related morbidity and mortality and reducing onward transmission of HIV; 
  • Strengthen community and government health systems, empower marginalized communities to claim their right to health in a stigma-free environment, and improve linkages and cross-referrals and build capacity to manage and deliver HIV services;
  • Advocate for legal reform at the policy level and advocate and engage with local gatekeepers and law enforcement agencies to reduce stigma and enable implementation of HIV services for KP;
  • Improve systems for M&E and strategic information (including updated IBBS data (ongoing under current grant), a revision of size-estimation data (using OP funds) and operations/implementation research). 
Short project summary The major activities of the service centers include HIV testing services (HTS) as well as STI treatment for MSM and Hijra population including MARA beneficiaries and their regular partners (parikh and panthi), counseling, provide Behavior change communication (BCC) massages, condom promotion and free distribution of condoms and lubricants, create awareness among beneficiaries through one to one and group education sessions. In addition, the project is conducting sensitization meetings with relevant stakeholders to make service centers as a safe place for MSM and Hijra population. Besides the DIC-based activities, the project has includes some referral linkage activities like- complicated STI cases, etiological management of complicated STI cases, reward-based referral for female partners of married MSM and presumptive TB cases. The Peer Navigator has been providing patient navigation services to PLHIV by accompanied linkage with ART center, adherence counseling and follow up of treatment adherence.  
Project Title: 
  • Urban Primary Helath Care Services Delivery Project- UPHCSDP-II
Supported by: Ministry of Local Goverment, Rural Development and Cooperative-MoLGRD&C/ Asian Development Bank-ADB
Project Duration (M/Y): 3 Years 8 Months Start Date August/2019 End Date March/ 2023
Project Location(Districts): Rangpur
Targeted population(Name): Extreme Poor, Women, Child & Adolscent
Total Beneficiary(# separately): Total population 366,600 (Male-186,966 Female- 179,634), Under age 5 Children- 39,226 and Adolescents-87,617.
Goal: To ensure quality and equitable health care for all urban population in Bangladesh by improving access to and utilization of health, population and nutrition services.
The objectives of the project: Objectives of the project is to improve

         Improve accessibility (financial and physical) to PHC services in the urban areas covered by the project

         Ensure the delivery of quality PHC services to urban populations-the project will ensure essential service delivery package (ESD+) focused maternal and child health in urban areas, particularly for the poor

         Increase the utilization of PHC services by the urban poor, especially women, new-born and children

         Strengthen institutional arrangements for the delivery of PHC services in urban areas

         Increase capacity of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to ensure the delivery of PHC services, according to their mandate

         Increase sustainability of the delivery of urban PHC services by strengthening ownership and commitment of the ULBs to ensure the delivery of PHC services particularly for the poor

Short project summary Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery Project- UPHCSDP-II, a Public-Private Partnership is an innovative initiative with the goal to improve the health status of the urban population, especially for the poor, women and children. 

Light House has been awarded for implementing the UPHCSDP-II project in Rangpur City by Partnership Agreement with the Rangpur City Corporation from August 2019. Its purposes are to improve the health of urban poor by improving access to the healthcare services, and changing the ways through which health services are provided in the urban areas. Its aim is to improve the reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health & nutritional status; to reduce vulnerability to the communicable diseases; to combat the non-communicable diseases; and to enhance the quality of life of the target population who are living in urban setting. The project Service delivery model to utilizes frontline health workers and health centres, connecting them with the public health facilities to improve access, coverage and quality of health services at both individual and at community level.

Light House UPHCSDP-II project is working in Rangpur City Corporation covering the 15 wards (16-30 no. Ward) through 4 Static clinics (CRHCC-1, PHCC-3) and 36 Satellite Clinics. A total 85 staffs were actively working this project.

The components of this project include comprehensive reproductive health care services, Family Planning services, Adolescent Reproductive health care, Child health care, Limited curative care, Communicable disease control, STI/RTI prevention program, Violence against women, Tuberculosis control program, primary eye care services, Medicine distribution, Education on health awareness, counselling, provision of clinical and pathological services, disease identification through pathological test, provide treatment or refer for better services. We have behaviour change communication activities through field and clinic level. 

Project Title: 
  • Accelerating Universal  Access to Family Planning,  Shukhi Jibon
Supported by: USAID, Pathfinder
Project Duration (M/Y): 24 month Start Date May,2021 End Date Apri,2023
Project Location(Districts: Dhaka and Gazipur
Targeted population(Name): Especialy Vulnerable Youth & Adolescent, Youth & Adolesscnt -transgender, MSM, FSW &Lesbians
Total Beneficiary(# separately): Especilly Vulnerable Youth and Adolescent & RMG worker-12000

Most at Risk youth & Adolescent-10000

Parents & stakeholder – 3000 

Goal: Increased access to SRHR services to the young key population through creating an enabling social environment.
The objectives of the project:
  • Increase health seeking behavior of 25,000direct beneficiaries who are especially vulnerable including most at-risk youth and adolescents including transgenders, lesbians, RMG workers and parents and community leaders on SRHR services through creating awareness and making them empowered
  • Create functional referral linkage with 25 public and NGO facilities for providing SRHR services to 15,000 targeted youths and adolescents
  • Sensitizing 5,000 stakeholders for ensuring increased access of especially vulnerable including most at-risk youth and adolescents including transgenders, lesbians, RMG workers to SRHR information and services.  
  • Connect 100 young advocates and policy makers for fostering supportive policies to promote youth and adolescents’ health and rights through print and electronic media 
  • Create mass awareness to change community norms related to gender, adolescent sexuality, early marriage, and childbearing using media platform 
Short project summary The primary focus of the proposed project is an innovative, comprehensive, community-based prevention intervention which is evidence and experienced based. The interventions we proposed, have been designed mostly upon the long track experience, learning and best practices of Light House what were gathered from its HIV prevention and SRH services for the youth, adolescents and adults. 
Project Title: 
  • Promoting Peace and Justice-Bogura
Supported by: USAID
Project Duration (M/Y): 4 Years Start Date 10 May, 2019    End Date 30 April, 2023
Project Location(Districts: Bogura
Targeted population(Name): The project expects to reach all most all the people of Tangail district targeting specifically the vulnerable women, poor & hardcore poor, person with disability, TIP survivors, potential migrants, at-risk population of child marriage, and GVB victims, Hijra and sex workers etc. Apart from the project beneficiaries, project fix the target group as member of UPLAC, UZLAC and DLAC who will be made aware about their legal rights & justice through awareness raising activities, meeting and other events about NLASO activities. However, project expects to reach around 50,280 people directly and 129,840 people indirectly under objective 1 on the other hand directly and indirectly 145,140 people under objective 2. 
Total Beneficiary(# separately):
Upazila/names No of Union Population
Female Male Total
Bogura Sadar 11 270,476 288,084 558,560
Dupchanchia 6 89,427 87,073 176,500
Kahaloo 9 110,020 112,000 222,020
Nandigram 5 89,500 92,680 182,180
Sonatola 7 93,018 94,862 187,880
Total 38 652,441 674,699 1,327,140
Goal and objectives of the project: a). Enhance the capability of justice agencies to ensure justice for vulnerable groups and provide fair and effective services through communication, coordination and cooperation.

b). Increase awareness of legal rights to access legal aid services to the poor, women, children, religious and ethnic minorities and other marginalized groups as well as the acceptance of the use of the formal justice system among communities. 

Short project summary All legal aid committee activated and made functional, increase awareness on government legal aid services and use of the formal justice system, improved legal literacy and community sensitization and social mobilization is an important strategy of this project which would be undertaken with the people who are working in the justice related institutions like local UP, Judiciary, Bar Association, number of Government Office which are working in the local level to minimizing case backlogs.  The coordination would be strengthen among legal aid committee of district, Upazila and unions and community, union Parishad, local elites, local administrations, local Bar Associations lead to make positive impact of the activities of the project.

Project Title: 
  • Promoting Peace and Justice-Tangail
Supported by: USAID
Project Duration (M/Y): 4 Years  Start Date 15 May, 2019    End Date 30 April, 2023
Project Location(Districts: Tangail
Targeted population(Name): The project expects to reach all most all the people of Tangail district targeting specifically the vulnerable women, poor & hardcore poor, person with disability, TIP survivors, potential migrants, at-risk population of child marriage, and GVB victims, Hijra and sex workers etc. Apart from the project beneficiaries, project fix the target group as member of UPLAC, UZLAC and DLAC who will be made aware about their legal rights & justice through awareness raising activities, meeting and other events about NLASO activities. However, project expects to reach around 50,280 people directly and 129,840 people indirectly under objective 1 on the other hand directly and indirectly 145,140 people under objective 2. 
Total Beneficiary(# separately):
Upazila/names No of Union                  Population
Female Male  Total 
Shakhipur Upazila 6 144598 131388 275986
Tangail  Upazila 12 260934 260170 521104
Bhuapur Upazila 6 82320 83860 166180
Basail Upazila 6 79378 80668 160046
Delduar Upazila 8 93947 94502 188449
Total 38 661177 650588 1311765
Goal: To activate and support legal aid committees at the district, upazila, and union parishad level and increase the visibility, public awareness and community acceptance of government legal aid services and use of the formal justice system to resolve disputes and project legal rights.
The objectives of the project: a). Enhance the capability of justice agencies to ensure justice for vulnerable groups and provide fair and effective services through communication, coordination and cooperation.

b). Increase awareness of legal rights to access legal aid services to the poor, women, children, religious and ethnic minorities and other marginalized groups as well as the acceptance of the use of the formal justice system among communities. 

Short project summary All legal aid committee activated and made functional, increase awareness on government legal aid services and use of the formal justice system, improved legal literacy and community sensitization and social mobilization is an important strategy of this project which would be undertaken with the people who are working in the justice related institutions like local UP, Judiciary, Bar Association, number of Government Office which are working in the local level to minimizing case backlogs.  The coordination would be strengthen among legal aid committee of district, Upazila and unions and community, union Parishad, local elites, local administrations, local Bar Associations lead to make positive impact of the activities of the project.
Project Title: 
  • Strengthen organizational capacity of dealing SRHR project for young people
Supported by: Norec/FK Norway 
Project Duration (M/Y): 1 Years  Start Date March 2021  End Date December 2022
Project Location(Districts: Bogura district, Bangladesh and Kaski District, Nepal and Hanoi, Vietnam
Targeted population(Name): Youth and Adolescents 
Total Beneficiary(# separately):
Goal: To enhance North-South and South-South cooperation by supporting national plans to achieve all the targets
The objectives of the project:
Short project summary South-South Cooperation and Exchange program between the countries will be contributed in developing youth leaders, young volunteers and young health workers of the organizations in Bangladesh, Nepal and Vietnam. The young volunteers from those countries gets opportunity to be interacted with other volunteers, youth leaders and young population to know cultural diversity across south-south region and expected to bring good practice, knowledge & experiences which will be replicated in organization and in the home country. 
Project Title: 
  1. Promoting Peace and Justice-Meherpur
Supported by: USAID
Project Duration (M/Y): 1 Years 8 Months Start Date 1st Sep, 2021    End Date 30 April, 2023
Project Location(Districts: Meherpur
Targeted population(Name): The project expects to reach all most all the people of Meherpur district targeting specifically the vulnerable women, poor & hardcore poor, person with disability, TIP survivors, potential migrants, at-risk population of child marriage, and GVB victims, Hijra and sex workers etc. Apart from the project beneficiaries, project fix the target group as member of UPLAC, UZLAC and DLAC who will be made aware about their legal rights & justice through awareness raising activities, meeting and other events about NLASO activities. However, project expects to reach around 35,585 people directly and 90,724 people indirectly under objective 1 on the other hand directly and indirectly 112,120 people under objective 2. 
Total Beneficiary(# separately):
Upazila/names No of Union                  Population
Female Male  Total 
Mujibnagar 4 50059 49084 99143
Meherpur Sadar 5 129342 127300 256642
Gangni 9 151357 148250 299607
Total 330 758 324634 655,392
Goal: To activate and support legal aid committees at the district, upazila, and union parishad level and increase the visibility, public awareness and community acceptance of government legal aid services and use of the formal justice system to resolve disputes and project legal rights.
The objectives of the project: a). Enhance the capability of justice agencies to ensure justice for vulnerable groups and provide fair and effective services through communication, coordination and cooperation.

b). Increase awareness of legal rights to access legal aid services to the poor, women, children, religious and ethnic minorities and other marginalized groups as well as the acceptance of the use of the formal justice system among communities. 

Short project summary All legal aid committee activated and made functional, increase awareness on government legal aid services and use of the formal justice system, improved legal literacy and community sensitization and social mobilization is an important strategy of this project which would be undertaken with the people who are working in the justice related institutions like local UP, Judiciary, Bar Association, number of Government Office which are working in the local level to minimizing case backlogs.  The coordination would be strengthen among legal aid committee of district, Upazila and unions and community, union Parishad, local elites, local administrations, local Bar Associations lead to make positive impact of the activities of the project.

Other Initiatives

MFP (Micro Finance Program): Light House has been working on Micro Finance from the viewpoint of social business to assist the small-scale entrepreneurs to grow and nursing their own thoughts and initiatives on their own. Light House has started the program in 01st, September-2014 at 04 Unions of Kahaloo Upazila under Bogra district, 06 Unions of Rangpur Sadar & Kawnia Upazila under Rangpur district and 3 Unions of Chilmari Upazila of Kurigram district using the organization’s own source of funding. Light House has been implementing Income Generation Activities (IGA) in order to empower landless and disadvantaged poor villagers, especially women in both urban and rural areas. We provide assistance to the beneficiaries for promoting income generating activities. At present Light House is implementing the program by forming 160 women groups, where the numbers of members are 2,973. Till now, the loan outstanding of Light House is 47,681,243/-BDT and the loan recipients are 2,212. On the other hand, the members of micro finance program deposited their savings of Tk 12,480,550/-. For verification the use of loan in the proper trade/project regularly by Light House, the recovery rate has been 95.1% and also the group members have been benefited.

Light House School of Learning and Diversity: In early 2016, Light House took initiative to establish “Light House School of Learning and Diversity” with a view to provide modern technology based and scientific education for rural students of west Bogra. “Light House School for Learning and Diversity” is situated 6 km from Bogra town at Muruil of Kahaloo Upazila. The foundation stone of School laid by eminent writer and novelist Selina Hussain and an Ekushe medal laureate Palan Sarkar.  

The main purposes of school are to create opportunity for rural and grass-root students and patronize meritorious students, provide quality education and create opportunity for learning and diversity and ensure access of rural student to an inclusive and equitable quality education to become a complete and competent human being.  In January 2018, this school has been started with 125 students up to class vii.  

Treatment, Research and Rehabilitation Centre (TRRC) for Drug Users is Light House’s initiative to provide detoxification, treatment and rehabilitation. It has received technical support from BARACA to make the initiative sustainable. TRRC aims to provide individualized quality treatment services to assist clients in becoming drug free along with life skills and psychosocial support through counseling, integrated method of therapeutic and 12 steps of Narcotics Anonymous (NA). 

Disaster preparedness and Capacity Development of DMC: Light House considered preparedness for the disasters is essential for sustainable livelihood of the community people. It organizes training and workshop on disaster management in the disaster porn Bogra, Jaipurhat, Natore, Sirajganj, Pabna, Gaibanda. 

Beside those, Light House organized training for young volunteer and DMC members in the working areas for disaster preparedness and recovery issues. Light House trained the community people, CBOs, local leaders, school teachers and others. Facilitate in establishing early warning centers, organize meeting, seminar and workshops on climate change and disaster risk reduction and Facilitate developing risk and resource mapping.