Implementing MHM model through integration of basket solution
| Project Name | Implementing MHM model through integration of basket solution |
| Project Duration | 1st January 2018 to 30th June 2021 |
| Funding organization | SNV Netherlands Development Organization |
| Project Goal | 1. Approximately 40,000 female workers of partner and non-partner factories are benefited through project interventions.
2. MHM in place in all partner factories by the end of the project. 3. At least 70% of female workers received sanitary pads regularly from partner factories’ health centers 4. At least 10% of female workers received family planning commodities (Pill/Condom) |
| Project Purpose | Approximately 40,000 female workers of partner and non-partner factories will be targeted gradually and supported to access sanitary pads at an affordable cost as a part of MHM activities during project intervention. |
| Project Output | 1. Partnership and networking were established with the stakeholders to make the initiatives operational & sustainable.
2. Necessary human resources recruited and project intervention operationalized in the factories. 3. Partner Factory health facilities equipped/strengthened and utilized for providing counseling, consultation, and services on SRHR 4. Workers, factory staff, and management are sensitized on the project intervention and on health including SRHR issues 5. Monitoring system established for the dissemination of reports/information and other evidence |
| Project working areas | Gazipur, Tongi, Savar, and Narayanganj area. |
| Beneficiary/Stakeholder | The target beneficiaries are both the male and female workers of the selected partner and non-partner factories. |
| Short description | Funded by SNV Netherlands Development Organization, Phulkiwill be working as implementing organization under the project titled “implementing MHM model through integration of basket solution” with a view to making it a successful business initiative. Phulki will equip/strengthen the factory medical center for ensuring better Sexual and reproductive health and Rights (SRHR) for the targeted factory workers. Phulki will support factories to get access to affordable sanitary pads and sell them in turn to their workers. Family Planning services and products will be ensured to the factory workers. Phulki will continue this operation through both the support from the local family planning department and through building mechanisms with the pharmaceutical/private sector company for ensuring family planning products. Phulki will also ensure gender equity and sensitivity in all its market engagement and awareness activities.
Through continuous advocacy from Phulki on menstrual hygiene, factory management will start to contribute to procuring sanitary napkins for their workers and provide it to them in a cost-sharing manner as part of investing in SRHR. Workers both male and female of three partner factories will access family planning and other MHM services and products through GO, NGO, and private sector collaboration initiated by Phulki. To make the initiative commercially viable, the service provider will also cater the initiatives to the non-partner factories located at project locations i.e. Gazipur, Tongi, Savar, and Narayanganj area. |
| Major Achievements | ● Establish ‘Family Planning Corner’ inside the factory medical center
● Coordination meetings with GOs and NGOs ● Advocacy meetings with Govt. organizations and facilitate the govt. supply of family planning commodities (Oral Pill and Condom) in the factories ● Lobby with the pharmaceutical/ private sector company for ensuring family planning product (Oral pill) ● Engage private sector to ensure supply of sanitary pads and hygiene products under basket solutions in partner factories ● Organize advocacy meeting with the senior management of the factories to brief them on project intervention ● Organize Training of Trainers (ToT) for the mid-level management (Supervisor, welfare Officer, HR/Compliance Officer) of both partner and non-partner RMG factories to make them change maker ● Organize workers’ awareness on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) and other SRHR related issues in the factories ● MHM Day Celebration in 10 Factories ● Advocacy meeting with the pharmaceuticals company for procuring essential drugs, FP commodities and nutrition products at a subsidized rate ● BCC campaigning to integrate MHM Basket products ● Experience Sharing meeting at Narayangonj ● Included 6 non-partner factories with this project to make them change maker for aware their workers on SRHR and provide sanitary napkin with reduced cost ● MHM Basket solution study/survey in the partner factories ● Total 15392 workers (Female-12742 and Male-2248) benefited from this project till October2020. They received Pill- 2713, Condom-2032, Injectable-850, Sanitary Napkin- 8344, and other health service/products 1453 from their factory Medical Centre. |