Comprehensive poverty reduction program (CPRP), the major development endeavor of CCDB was undertaken in 2007. It is a comprehensive and integrated approach embracing both service delivery and right based intervention to address poverty in an effective and meaningful way.

We have already completed the first phase of CPRP in June 2011 and started the second phase since July of the same year. During the course of implementation we faced several challenges and took several measures to address those. Retaining access of the poor people to financial capital was one the major challenge for us as we were compelled to cease the PMSC program. An imitative was taken to register the people’s organizations under the cooperative act. This legal entity allowed them to operate savings and credit program within the members and thus access to credit was ensured…..

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