Project Proposal

Table of Contents
1.1 Name and Address of the Organization……...……………………………3-3

1.2 Contact Person…………………………………………………………….3-3
1.3 Type of Organization ……………………………………………………..3-3
1.4 Legal Status/Registration …………………………………………………3-3
1.5 Goal of Sonali Alo Foundation……………………………………………4-4
1.6 Target area and beneficiaries Primary and Technical School…………….4-4
1.7 Operation Strategy ………………………………………………………..5-6
1.8 Bank Account……………………………………………………………..7-7
1.9 On-going Projects…………………………………………………………7-7
2. Context in which the proposed project will take place……………………8-15
3. The main Aim & objective of Technical School……………………..….16-17
4. Function and expertise of the stuff………………………………………18-21
5. Method of Implementation………………………………………………19-22
6. Strategies of the project………………………………………………….23-24
7. Programs Showing in Logical Frame Work………………………………...24
8. Motivational Inputs………………………………………………………....25
9. Time Frame of proposed project……………………………………………26
10. Project Expenses……………………………………………………..…27-30
11. Details budget…………………………………………………………..31-32
17. Project output.........................................................................................….. 32
18. Feasibility/Sustainability.………………………………………………….32
19. Donor’s Support…………………………………………………33
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Sonali Alo Foundation
PROJECT PROPOSAL
ON
Shonali Alo Foundation Technical School for Rural
areas in Bangladesh
Pilot Phase
Duration: 02 Years
Location
Bhramanbaria District in Bangladesh
Submitted To
Md. Rafiqul Amin
Lecturer
Dept. of Human Resource Management
Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
Submitted By
Shonali Alo Foundation (SAF)
Nabinagar, Bhramanbaria,
Bangladesh
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ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND
1.1 Name and Address of the Organization

Hospital Road Nabinagar
Post Nabinagar
Bhramanbaria, Bangladesh
Phone: 0088 01713536737
E-mail: shonalialo@gmail.com
1.2 Contact Person

Pankaj Bhoumik
Chief Executive President
Phone: 0088 01713536737
1.3 Type of Organization
Shonali Alo Foundation (SAF) is a non-profitable, non-political and non-

Governmental Organization which has been working to raise the socio-
economic condition of the rural poor to a level that they can effectively
participate in national development with enhanced capacity and dignity and
fulfillment of their basic rights. It began functioning in 2010. In present SAF
wants to change lifestyle of rural people through Solar Power. To achieve their
goals they are working day to night. Its beginning was limited insofar as the
number of beneficiaries was concerned, but the ambition and the vision of its
founder knew no limits.
1.4 Legal Status/Registration
Registration Authority Registration No. ands Date

NGO Affairs Bureau Registration No : 2312
Prime Minister‟s Office Dated : 03 March , 2008.
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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1.5 Goal of Sonali Alo Foundation
(1) 100 PV panels will be providing every year to the 100 households in the
project area.
(2) Demonstration and technology transfer in the field of renewable energy in
Bangladesh.
(3) Provide PV electricity at remote off-grid areas of Bangladesh.
(4) Provide electricity in rural areas by solar photovoltaic technology.
(5) Provide briquetting stove to the villagers.
(6) Improved Different types of accessories used in solar photovoltaic systems
in order to reduce cost.
(7) Testing technologies that can provide cost effective service for irrigation.
(8) Training local people to create awareness development.
(9) Identify entrepreneurs to disseminate the technology
(10) Standardization of solar Home Systems in Bangladesh.
(11) Training technicians to make local entrepreneurs and to create
employment.
(12) Dissemination and training programs for promotion of PV based
appliances.
(13) Improved briquetting stove designed, developed and fabricated.
(14) Training local entrepreneurs to manufacture the improved briquetting
systems.
(15) Use of alternative source of energy for driving the briquetting systems
developed and demonstrated.
(16) To raise the socio-economic condition of the rural poor to a level that can
effectively participate in national development with enhanced capacity and
dignity and fulfillment of their basic rights.
1.6 Target area and beneficiaries Primary and Technical School:
Target Area
There are five Thanas in B-baria district. They are Sadar, Bhedorgonj, Naria,
Damorda, Goshairhat and Jajira.
Target Beneficiaries
Rural Community is the target beneficiaries of SAF. Unemployed and unskilled
boys and girls, women, landless people, hardcore poor, widow and orphans will
be given priorities. Technical education and vocational training will be provided
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youths and poor people. The SAF will given them technical education and
vocational training for the converting of skilled manpower.
1.7 Operation Strategy
SAF has designed any programs for implementation in two approaches (1)
Institutional Approach and (2) Campaign Approach.
Institution Approach
The beneficiaries will be directly involved for implementation through
institutional approach 24.43% of the existing households of the working area
will be covered by institution approach.
Campaign Approach
SAF has no ability to work directly with the whole community of the area due
to its financial constraint and organizational limitation. But there are a large
number of populations lay out of our activities. For this reason SAF will
organize campaign for awareness build up through open discussion, bulletin
publication, sticker publication weekly/bimonthly basis at the community level.
Thus SAF will cover its beneficiaries directly by implementation and a large
number of people will be benefited approx. 15% indirectly towards the
development of awareness by campaign.
Structure of the organization:
General Body:
General body or GB is the main body of SAF. It consist of 21 members belong
to the persons of following discipline and social entity. Set criteria to be
competent for GB member are:-
- Community people have permanent residence and citizen of Bangladesh.

- Man and woman irrespective of religion, caste, group and belief.
- Adult professionals, elites, teachers, leaders and representatives of economic
and social groups.
- Free minded, democratic, non-communal and socially accepted man and
woman.
- Persons do not indulge in bribe taking terrorist act, women oppression,
cheating and arson.
General Body meets at least one time a year. Besides it can call special or
emergency meeting at any time in the year. In the AGM members justify action
and approve management and financial expenses and approve next year budget
and plan of action. General body approves early audit reports.
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Executive Committee (EC):
EC of SAF comprises of 7 members who are elected from general body for two
years terms. Executive committee is headed by chairman and secretary of the
organization work as Executive Head of SAF.
EC is responsible for approving plan, action, budget, audit report and day to day
activities of organization conduct by Executive Director and his/her staff.
Executive Director is directly liable to EC for his activities.
The following Executive Committee members were in the Committee

during the year under our audit.
Chairman - 01
Vice Chairman - 01
General Secretary - 01
Treasurer - 01
Member - 03
Geographical areas of Primary and Technical School
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1.8 Bank Account
Name of Bank Sonali Bank
Address Sonali Alo Foundation (SAF)

Post Nabinagar
Account No. CA /AC. NO : 14 84
1.9 On-going Projects
a. Green Village Project.

To create the Green Village Project for protection environmental pollution. The
main goal of the project is environment development. The SAF wants to change
the environment by plantation and forestation. All the bank of the river, the
coastal area, southern part of Bangladesh, char area, roads and high way,
unusable land and every houses. The project stream is whole the country
covered with green plants. According to this purpose the SAF wants to making
200 nursery in whole Bangladesh. Prime target of the organization is 100 crore
plants planting every year in Bangladesh.
Geographical Area of the Green Village Project
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Proposed Project
a. Name of the project Shonali Alo Sub-Project for Rural areas in

Bangladesh
b. Address Shonali Alo Foundation (SAF)

Post Nabinagar
Phone: 0088 01713536737
E-mail: shonalialo@gmail.com
c. Name of Contact person Pankaj Bhoumik

Chief Executive Prasident
Phone: 0088 01713536737
d. Location of the project Bhrammanbaria. Bangladesh
e. Project Duration 02 Years.
f. Bank Account CA /AC. NO : 1484

Sonali Bank, Nabinagar.
g. Starting Date October, 2014
h. Project Duration 02 Years.
i. Number of Direct Beneficiaries 10000 households.
j. Status of Beneficiaries Rural community people
k. Main Sector of activities :
(I) Production, distribution and maintenance of Solar photovoltaic energy and

briquetting technology.
(II) Training program for the youth and unemployed people.
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2. Context in which the proposed project will take place
A. Context in present situation of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is a least developed country located near the Bay of Bengal in

South Asia (surrounded by India, Myanmar, and Bay of Bengal). Except the
hilly region in the east and north, the country is largely a low, flat, alluvial and
fertile delta washed by many rivers. It is a small country with 144,570 sq kms
(BBS Report 2003) landmass and a very large population, 135.7 (BBS Report
2004), making it one of the most densely populated countries in the world withy
869 persons per sq. km. (United Nations Development Assistance Framework
Report in Bangladesh-2004).
Country is frequently been affected by natural disasters, like- cyclones, floods,

draughts river erosions, including the project areas as noted below in the table
against each of the specific location. Over 85% of the people of Bangladesh live
in rural areas with over 70% involved in agriculture. (Rethinking rural poverty
by Mosarraf Hossain, UPL) This means that over 25 million people in
Bangladesh are amongst the world’s poorest by any standard of development
(UN looking the potentials). These poorest people live in the remote rural areas,
including the project areas and in the slums of cities and towns. Actually, the
economy of Bangladesh manifests dualism. The extent of traditional agriculture
is still dominant.
The migration of people from rural area to town and city areas is increasing
daily due to increasing economic hardship and lack of employment in the rural
area. To better understand Bangladesh, it is very crucial to note that there
prevails a high degree of unemployment and under employment (more than
40%) in the country, almost all round the year.
The most sufferers are the hardcore poor households for poverty,
unemployment and especially with young girls and boys having some or no
education and searching ways and means for livelihood.
Over the last decade, Bangladesh made significant improvements in a range of
indicators; but still classified as a least developed country as per UNDP human
development report 2004.
Despite such improvements, over 63 million people are still below the poverty
line, the constant vulnerability shocks, the uncertain impact of globalization and
an increasingly competitive unfavorable trade environment, Bangladesh faces
considerable challenges in order to sustain and build on these achievements and
remain on track to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs-2015;
PRSP 2005).
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Over the last two decades, per capita income of Bangladesh has grown-up by
almost 2% per year even its rapid population growth. However, the average per
capita income revenue is low by global level at around USD 460 in the year
2004 (unlocking the potentials-General Economic Diversion, Planning
Commission 2004; but World Bank estimates USD 440) From the latest
household expenditure survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and BIDS
poverty monitoring survey it is estimated that over 40% of the population
(around 50 million people) regularly consume less that 2,122 calories per day
due to extreme poverty.
The selected areas, in general, are very rural, remote and predominantly
agriculture based. There exist poor infrastructure facilities, weak industrial
development, and prevalence of remnants of feudalism in agriculture, and
landholding system due to remoteness of the region from the political and
economic centres.
Power sector in Bangladesh
Electricity
Bangladesh’s energy infrastructure is quite small, insufficient and poorly

managed. The per capita energy consumption in Bangladesh is one of the lowest
(136 kWH) in the world. Noncommercial energy sources, such as wood, animal
wastes, and crop residues, are estimated to account for over half of the
country‟s energy consumption. Bangladesh has small reserves of oil and coal,
but very large natural gas resources. Commercial energy consumption is mostly
natural gas (around 66%), followed by oil, hydropower and coal.
Electricity is the major source of power for country‟s most of the economic
activities. Bangladesh‟s installed electric generation capacity was 4.7 GW in
2009; only three-fourth of which is considered to be „available‟. Only 40% of
the population has access to electricity with a per capita availability of 136 kWh
per annum. Problems in the Bangladesh‟s electric power sector include
corruption in administration, high system losses, delays in completion of new
plants, low plant efficiencies, erratic power supply, electricity theft, blackouts,
and shortages of funds for power plant maintenance. Overall, the country‟s
generation plants have been unable to meet system demand over the past
decade.
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In generating and distributing electricity, the failure to adequately manage the
load leads to extensive load shedding which results in severe disruption in the
industrial production and other economic activities. A recent survey reveals the
power outages result in a loss of industrial output worth $ 1 billion a year which
reduces the GDP growth by about half a percentage point in Bangladesh. A
major hurdle in efficiently delivering power is caused by the inefficient
distribution system. It is estimated that the total transmission and distribution
losses in Bangladesh amount to one-third of the total generation, the value of
which is equal to US$ 247 million per year.
Every day Bangladesh‟s need near about 5000 MWt electricity but product only
3000-3500 MWt. Day by day decrease the production and electricity authority
managed it by load shedding. As a result varieties problem will be increased and
effected to the Industrial sector, Garments sector, Public health sector, Hospital,
Agricultural sector etc. The rural people are more affected. They cannot product
their crops without electricity. Because they need irrigation. Bangladesh govt.
trying to hard to production more electricity but they have some limitation. This
problem does not change in a day it is lengthy process. Need much money,
skilled manpower etc.
Context of the project area
Nabinagar district is on the backward, underdevelopment and vulnerable

regions in Bangladesh. Moreover, every natural and man made disasters attract
the life and livelihood of people in this region. It is about 175km from Dhaka
city. The majority of the populations are landless agro laborers, marginal
farmers, small share croppers, fisherman, destitute woman and unemployed
youth. There are a very few governmental and non-governmental vocational
training institution for woman and youth. Most of the villages sinked in
darkness without electricity. The people of villages used in Koopi (A kinds of
lamp which is burn by Kerosene) oil). There is no small and big industries.
They earn their livelihood by agricultural product. As a result a significant part
of the country woman and youth are not involved in income generating
activities. So that, socio-economic, environmental, health and educational
activities is unsatisfactory for achieving the future development goal of
Bangladesh.
The people of the areas have been suffering from the various problems of
rapidly growing population, which creates unemployment, but it also sets great
obstacles to the way of socio-economic development. These undesired ill-
omened conditions bring extreme poverty, hunger and mal-nutrition problem
among men, woman and children. It also increase the number of landless on the
areas, even they are not aware of their family health due to the rapid increasing
population. Several major problems are identified during our works in the
community is :
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 Lack of skilled manpower
 Lack of modern technical knowledge
 Lack of education facilities
 Lack of family health facilities and nutrition
 Lack of capital credit facilities.
 lack of housing.
Youth of the age group between 15-30 years comprise about 30 per cent of the
total population of the district. Of this group those who are underemployed and
unemployed but at the same time are trainable for gainful employment come
under the purview of youth development. The total number of the youth now is
estimated to be about 1 million among whom more than a third are estimated to
be unemployed or underemployed. The unemployed youth are handicapped
with poverty, lack of adequate skill and training; thus, most of them remain
outside the mainstream of development paradigm. Transformation of this youth
force into a dynamic and sustainable human resource for proper utilization in
the development process is an essential and enormous task. The SAF is engaged
in creating an enabling environment to ensure the pro-active involvement of the
youth in development by implementing a number of pragmatic programss
which, inter-alia, include organizing the youth, motivating them improving their
state of education and skill, providing micro-credit and other facilities to solve
unemployment and other related problems.
Justification of the project
The shortage of electrical power in Bangladesh is revealed by the fact that only
30% of the total population has access to conventional grid electricity. The
remaining 70% use to live without grid electricity facility. Renewable energy
can bring considerable improvement in rural lives through income generation
and alleviating poverty. In addition it can bring multiple positive results in
terms of women’s welfare, children’s education, employment and income
generation.
Electrification by solar photovoltaic is a valuable technology to meet lighting

needs of millions of people living in remote areas of Bangladesh. In this context
the need for developing renewable energy sources of energy was taken on a
greater sense of urgency. Over the years significant technological advances
have been made in the area of renewable energies, especially in the field of PV
Technology. For remote rural areas where there exists no infrastructure for
conventional energy supply, these forms of decentralized alternative energy
system will be more adaptable and well suited.
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Wood, straw, leaves and cow dung are common materials used for cooking in
rural areas. These cooking materials cause smoke, emission of carbon, which
results health hazards. Also cutting of trees for producing firewood is
responsible of deforestation and green house effect. Rural households also burn
rice husk directly, which is insufficient. This is also due to non-availability of
better form of rice husk. Briquets can improve this situation. This has created
enormous environmental problem. It requires introduction of briquetting
technology in various areas. So the application of briquetting can be very useful
to produce cooking fuel.
The proposed project on ‘SAF Household Solar Photovoltaic Initiative in Rural

Bangladesh’ is design to implement will be training among woman and youth
which will cover all Upazilas in B-baria district for poverty reduction,
increasing education status, increasing IGA (Income Generating Activities)
facilities, employment opportunity, and skilled manpower and improving their
livelihood. This training institute also will reduce the risk associated with
natural disaster by improve training of the community people.
Risk assumed which might influence the project.
The present prevailing political crisises and so long existing corruption and rise
of fundamentalist terrorist groups under the shadow of corruption, inequity,
injustice and extreme poverty may appear as risk to influence the proposed
project in negative sense. But very recent measures of state of emergencies are
positive hopes for people as for the project to bring positive influences.
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B. Project Description
Electricity connections are currently made from the grids which use
conventional sources of energy such as natural gas, diesel and furnace oil.
Natural gas is our precious natural resource which is also a source of
petrochemicals and fertilizer. Import of petroleum and petroleum products cause
drainage of our hard-earned foreign exchange. Moreover, there are remote areas
and islands where supply of electricity from the grid is either very expensive or
impossible at this moment.
Photovoltaic system use solar energy for generation of electricity. This system
does not require any kind of conventional fuels. Since solar energy is available
everywhere, this new technology may serve as a great booster for rural
electrification. This technology is being utilized in many countries to supply
electricity in a decentralized mode. Solar Photovoltaic electricity is the cleanest
and the most convenient of all forms of energy.
Extent of electrification is an index of the quality of life in a country. With all

the possible attempts on the part of Power Development Board (PDB) and Rural
Electrification Board (SAF) it will not be possible to reach electricity to all
villages, islands, coastal areas, hilly areas and other inaccessible parts of the
country because of the scattering of households in the rural areas resulting into
low consumer density, transmission and distribution cost from a central grid
will be prohibitively high. The only way to overcome this difficulty is the
decentralized mode of power distribution which can be conveniently provided
by PV systems. This is a unique advantage of this new technology.
Secondly, it does not need any conventional fuel and as such there is no fuel
cost- a great relief in these days of energy crisis. Thirdly, there is no moving
part in this system resulting into quiet functioning leading to long durability and
soundless environment. With a view of experimenting this new technology
under the climato-socio-economic conditions of Bangladesh, SAF has
undertaken this solar PV project in B-baria District in Bangladesh. Euro Bangla
Foundation (SAF), a member of the Grameen Family, incorporated in 2005, as a
not for profit company, to promote, develop and popularize renewable every
technologies in the remote rural areas of Bangladesh. At present, SAF has 2
engineers and 6 field staffs, serving more than 10000 beneficiaries through its
central office. By now, SAF installed nearly 20 solar home systems of size 10
kw-75kw. SAF has taken a massive program for the coming years. They are
aiming to install more 500 solar home system and 1000 improved cook stoves
by the year 2014.
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To see the program a success, SAF are developing more skilled manpower
through training and capacity building. SAF has so far trained up about 50
engineers, 100 field staffs on solar PV technology. The SAF‟s Solar Programs
has the mission of fulfilling basic electricity requirements in the rural
Bangladesh and hence, supplementing the government’s vision of electrifying
the whole of Bangladesh at the year of 2020.
Rural electrification through solar photovoltaic (PV) technology rural

electrification through PV technology is becoming more popular, day by day in
Bangladesh. Solar Home Systems (SHSs) are highly decentralized and
particularly suitable for remote, inaccessible areas. SAF‟s solar program mainly
targets those areas, which have no access to conventional electricity and little
chance of getting connected to the grid within 5 to 10 years. It is one of its most
successful programs. Currently, SAF is also promoting Small Solar Home
System to reach low income rural households.
C. Target Group
Rural Community is the target beneficiaries of the project. Unemployed and
unskilled boys and girls, women, landless people, hardcore poor, widow and
orphans will be given priorities. Technical education and vocational training
will be provided youths and poor people. The project will given them technical
education and vocational training for the converting of skilled manpower.
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3. The main Aim & objective of Technical School
(I) Identification of sites and PV applications for demonstration of PV activities.

(II) PV system procured and installed
(III) Commissioning of demonstration systems, monitoring and training.
(IV) Performance evaluation of all systems installed since phase I.
(V) Identification of PV systems/accessories for adaptive research
(VI) Adaptive research on selected PV system/accessories & prototypes
(VII) Performance testing of PV systems/accessories & prototypes
(VIII) Preparation of standards/specifications for design and use of selected PV
systems/accessories
(IX) Design and production of materials for dissemination
(X) Courses, workshops and seminars
(XI) Training program
(XII) Demonstration and technology transfer in the field of renewable energy in
Bangladesh.
(XIII) Provide PV electricity at remote off-grid areas of Bangladesh.
(XIV) Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technologies, Rural Electrification
through solar energy.
(XV) To fulfill basic electricity requirements in the rural areas of Bangladesh
and supplement government’s vision of electrifying the whole of Bangladesh by
the year 2020.
(XVI) To demonstrate skilled and human development training for women and
youths.
(XVII) To have access to regular services & opportunities for group and
community members and achieve full social integration within their
communities and their societies.
(XVIII) To create skilled manpower.
(XIX) To create working sector for remove unemployment.
(XX) To convert the unskilled and unemployed youth into skilled manpower
through technical education.
(XXI) To establish a permanent technical education center for empowering the
disadvantaged women and youths beneficiaries in the district of Nabinagar.
(XXII) To raise the socio-economic condition of the rural poor to a level that
can effectively participate in national development with enhanced capacity and
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5. Method of Implementation
The program will be implemented through the SAF‟s staffs. They select the
project area and potential customers, extend loans, install the systems and
provide maintenance support. SAF will provide financial support, sets technical
specification for solar equipment, develops publicity materials.
Firstly, the Field Workers collect the data from project area. After then Project
Engineer visit the project area and given report to the Project Director. He will
prepare budget and send it to the Executive Director. Then, whole team will go
to project area for install PV panels. After installation PV panels supervisor will
given speech to the villagers. He will invite them for training program and
workshop. Project Engineer will teach them how will maintenance the PV panel
and how will handling it.
Committee
Two committees: (i) Operations Committee and (ii) Technical Standards
Committee has been formation of coordinate the various aspects of
implementation of the program.
Operations Committee (OC) of the organization are Director Program, Project

Engineer, SAF and social members. They meet time to time to look after the
operational aspects of the solar program.
Technical Standards Committee (TSC) will be form to comprise members

from BUET, REB, LGED and SAF. The role of TSC is to
(a) Establish and upgrade equipment and service standards

(b) Design a quality assurance program,
(c) Determine technical support and buying for equipment to be finance. and
(d) Evaluate the feedback from dealer and SAFs to develop the industry
standards equipment. Equipment that is not approved by TSC is ineligible for
SAF.
Audit
Every year SAF appoints an audit firm who‟s are enlistment by the govt.
authority. Representative of the audit firm to ensure that only TSC approved
equipment with their committed quality are used under their program.
Representatives of the suppliers accompany the audit team.
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Training programs:
After recruitment of the project staff SAF will organize a 7 (seven) days
training workshop. Resource persons from local and national level will be hired
for conducting the workshop. A trainers team will be formed with Executive
Director, Directors, Project Coordinator, Technical, Supervisors, and nurses.
They will conduct the time to time group level trainings. Group level training
will be organized in training centre at Euro Bangla Foundation Benefactum
Technical Education Center.
SAF also conducts training programs to build awareness among their staff and
beneficiaries. Training is provided to the staffs on SHS configuration,
positioning of SHS, installation procurement guidelines with measurements,
maintenance and troubleshooting of SHS, guidelines or monitoring, repairing
and inspection of SHS, market development, micro-credit methods for
marketing and maintenance of SHS. Total expense will sponsor by SAF.
Development impact of the programs

SHS is a convenient mode of supplying power for small electrical loads such as
lights, radio/cassette player, black and white TV. Although available for limited
number of hours in a day the supply is reliable and can be managed with a little
training. The programs have also brought in positive changes in the economy of
the rural people. Now they are using SHS in the advantaged of their income
generating activities e.g. working sectors have been increased for small
businessmen, weavers, tailors, hair dressers, and handicraft makers. They are
also getting benefits through extended hour of studies at night. In addition, the
use TV and radio, fan, enhanced rural people‟s access to the outer world. Many
women opined that they were feeling more night after installation of SHs.
Job creation in project areas

A good number of job opportunities, both for skilled and unskilled manpower
have been created. SAF hires a local youth who has good knowledge about the
area. It has paved the way for creating opportunity locally. In addition, a good
number of diploma engineers have been employed by SAF to maintenance the
technical aspects of SHS.
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Promotion of the use of Renewable Energies in the rural Areas of
Bangladesh
The objective of the project is to enable the rural population in non electrified
regions gain increased benefits from the use of Renewable Energies (RE) in a
sustainable manner. The target group of the project is the rural population living
in areas far from the national electricity.
Means of achievements
a) Formulating the process of establishing an institutional framework for
coordination of RE activities at national level and development of suitable RE
policies & strategies.
 Analyze and design an institutional and organizational structure for an
entity that will be tasked with overall co-ordination of RE activities in
accordance with the national energy policy.
 On the basis of pertinent policies develop RE strategies and define and

priorities RE implementation projects.
b) Adaptation & promotion of appropriate technologies for productive use of

RE in small-scale enterprises.
 Identify production process which are potentially suitable for application
of Renewable Energy Technology (RET) and encourage appropriate
institution and interested suppliers to conduct necessary R & D and
perform testing and demonstration of developed RET under field
condition.
 Analyze social acceptance and economic feasibility of developed RET.
 Identify and setting up suitable marketing agent and structures.
c) Improvement of private sector based marketing, production, maintenance and

recycling systems for RE technologies.
 Identify private-public partnership (PPP) opportunities for RE technology
transfer and facilitate partnership between Bangladesh and German
companies.
 Identify private companies and NGO interested in marketing of RET and

support setting up marketing structures.
 Analyze quality of locally produced RET components and help improve

product development.
 Assist in introduction of international technical standards for RET

components.
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d) Providing sustainable access to renewable energy services for the selected
self-help group and social service providers at community level (e.g. schools,
rural health clinic, cyclone shelters)
 Identify community based self-help groups and social service providers
that are in need of energy services and willing to employ RETs.
 Assist interested SHGs and SSPs and NGOs involved with.
 Identifying appropriate financing schemes

 Design, purchase and installation of RETs
 Organization of training regarding sustainable operation and maintenance
of RETs
 Undertake social monitoring of RET application and asses potential of
replication of concept developed.
 Lobby political decision makers and other facilitators to apply
experiences made for further dissemination of RETs.
e) Strengthening Technical and management capacities of major implementing

agencies.
 Identify technical and management-training needs of implementing
project partners and facilitate corresponding training programs.
6. Strategies of the project
In order to achieve the objectives, the following strategies will be followed:

a. awareness build up training on PV solar panel will be given to the
beneficiaries.
b. they will given credit support and necessary input will be supply to facilitate
self-employment projects by the youth in rural areas; emphasizing on modern
training and use of existing training facilities and creation of new facilities for
enhancing training standards;
c. encouraging the educated youth to change the present trend of job

dependence and get involved in self-employment projects.
d. ensuring community participation and involving different local government

organization in all youth related activities;
e. promoting formation of youth organizations at the grass root levels and

ensuring their involvement in participatory development;
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8. Motivational Inputs:
The following motivational inputs will be provided to the target groups :

 Free PV Technology training to the target groups.
 Physical and financial support will be given to the beneficiaries.
 Free training materials will be provide.
 Technical education/vocational skill training.
 Awareness build up training.
 Credit support.
 Free service for trouble shooting.
 Basic knowledge will give to the beneficiaries on PV technology.
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12. Details of Estimated Cost of the Project: $239,900
13. The Ratio of the Administrative Cost to the Project Cost: 3.50 : 96.5
15. First year project cost: $120900
16. Second year project cost: $119000
1. Effect of the Project:

- Awareness development regarding renewable energy technologies to rural
areas.
- Rural poor men and women will have electricity to start business to increase
income
- To convert the unskilled and unemployed youth into skilled manpower
through technical training.
- Working sector creates to remove unemployment.
- To raise the socio-economic condition of the rural poor to a level that can
effectively participate in national development with enhanced capacity and
17. Project output:
By end of the project:
 200 families will get electricity opportunity.
 10000 unskilled youth, women and community people will be converted into
skilled manpower through technical Training
 Demonstration and performance monitoring of PV systems installed.
 Adaptive research on selected PV system/accessories and development of
selected prototype PV systems.
 Standards/Specifications prepared for design and use of selected PV
system/accessories.
 Dissemination and training programs for promotion of PV based appliances.
 Development and implementation of technology packages.
 Review on barriers to PV commercialization and identification of measures
for implementation to overcome selected barriers.
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Briquetting
 Improved briquetting system designed, development and fabricated.

 Improved briquetting stove designed, development and fabricated.
 Local entrepreneurs able to manufacture the improved briquetting system.
 Use of alternative source of energy for driving the briquetting systems
developed and demonstrated.
The following outputs are expected to flow from the proposed project
 Awareness development regarding renewable energy technologies to rural
areas.
 Rural poor men and women will have electricity to start business to increase
income
 Accessories of Solar PV system will be cheaper and durable.
 Direct impact of environment due to improved briquetting machine and
develop awareness for using briquette.
18. Feasibility/Sustainability
We together with the rural marginalized people believe that the programs will
have sustainability after 2 years. Foreign fund for this project in the same area
will not be required as assume because-
- Local technician will be increase
- The people will collect their raw materials from their local market.
- Poverty alleviation will be increase.
- The beneficiaries will get more job opportunity in the project area.
- The future generation will be skilled full.
- People will have the source of extra income beyond their normal/usual
income. Moreover, the women will also have the earning scope.
- They will get a permanent training place.
- They will get financial support for set up own business sector.
- They will make electronics good for their needs.

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Donor’s Support
Requested financial assistance from Donor Organization
First Year 2014: $120900
Second Year 2015: $119000

Date: October 2014
Pankaj Bhoumik
Chief Executive President
Sonali Alo Foundation (SAF) -Bangladesh
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1.1 Name and Address of the Organization……...……………………………3-3

1.1 Name and Address of the Organization

Shonali Alo Foundation (SAF)

1.2 Contact Person

1.3 Type of Organization

Shonali Alo Foundation (SAF) is a non-profitable, non-political and non-

1.4 Legal Status/Registration

Registration Authority Registration No. ands Date

1.6 Target area and beneficiaries Primary and Technical School:

Structure of the organization:

- Community people have permanent residence and citizen of Bangladesh.

The following Executive Committee members were in the Committee

Geographical areas of Primary and Technical School

Address Sonali Alo Foundation (SAF)

1.9 On-going Projects

a. Green Village Project.

a. Name of the project Shonali Alo Sub-Project for Rural areas in

b. Address Shonali Alo Foundation (SAF)

c. Name of Contact person Pankaj Bhoumik

d. Location of the project Bhrammanbaria. Bangladesh

e. Project Duration 02 Years.

f. Bank Account CA /AC. NO : 1484

g. Starting Date October, 2014

h. Project Duration 02 Years.

i. Number of Direct Beneficiaries 10000 households.

j. Status of Beneficiaries Rural community people

k. Main Sector of activities :

(I) Production, distribution and maintenance of Solar photovoltaic energy and

(II) Training program for the youth and unemployed people.

A. Context in present situation of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is a least developed country located near the Bay of Bengal in

Country is frequently been affected by natural disasters, like- cyclones, floods,

Power sector in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s energy infrastructure is quite small, insufficient and poorly

Context of the project area

Nabinagar district is on the backward, underdevelopment and vulnerable

Justification of the project

Electrification by solar photovoltaic is a valuable technology to meet lighting

The proposed project on ‘SAF Household Solar Photovoltaic Initiative in Rural

Risk assumed which might influence the project.

Extent of electrification is an index of the quality of life in a country. With all

Rural electrification through solar photovoltaic (PV) technology rural

(I) Identification of sites and PV applications for demonstration of PV activities.

Operations Committee (OC) of the organization are Director Program, Project

Technical Standards Committee (TSC) will be form to comprise members

(a) Establish and upgrade equipment and service standards

Development impact of the programs

Job creation in project areas

 On the basis of pertinent policies develop RE strategies and define and

b) Adaptation & promotion of appropriate technologies for productive use of

 Analyze social acceptance and economic feasibility of developed RET.

 Identify and setting up suitable marketing agent and structures.

c) Improvement of private sector based marketing, production, maintenance and

 Identify private companies and NGO interested in marketing of RET and

 Analyze quality of locally produced RET components and help improve

 Assist in introduction of international technical standards for RET

 Assist interested SHGs and SSPs and NGOs involved with.

 Identifying appropriate financing schemes

e) Strengthening Technical and management capacities of major implementing

6. Strategies of the project

In order to achieve the objectives, the following strategies will be followed:

c. encouraging the educated youth to change the present trend of job

d. ensuring community participation and involving different local government