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Activity Report: Bangladesh
HFW Bangladesh is running projects in 40 villages in 3 districts. Women, youth, government officers, and other NGOs are all giving strong support. “\1 from Japan will give 15 taka” is the catchphrase among the people of the community. Their projects are also widely covered by newspaper + TV in Bangladesh.
■ Report
One hundred residents succeeded in beekeeping.
Field monitoring among the Flying bees. |
Mr.+Mrs.Zaheed proudly holding their bee box. |
A year long agriculture project conducted jointly by Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and HFW ended in December 2004. Through this project, one hundred residents in 10 villages of Kaliganji and Boda Thanas were supplied with necessary equipment along with guidance on honey production, so they could start bee-keeping with earn inicome.
HFW promoted nutritional values of honey and introduced cooking recipes using honey through posters and events in order to expand honey product market. HFW also started to purchase honey from apiary workers for the children’s nutritional improvement projects. It also promoted information exchanges among honey producers and assisted in establishing funds that operate saved profits from bee businesses.
Throughout the program, honey taken from the total 180 beehives amounted to 1,260 kilograms, some of which were consumed at producers’ homes and were sold. As a result, the total earnings that the apiary workers made reached 198,000 Taka ( as approximately 396,000 yen), out of which 15,000 Taka (about 30,000 yen) were saved. Some media reported the success stories, that it said drove more than 20 people to start self-owned apiculture across the country.
The joint project with FAO is over, but the honey producers wanted continued support and HFW will keep on assisting their business for another two years. （2005.7）
Updated Report; Bee-Keeping Project >>
*This project was conducted as part of TeleFood microproject, which was funded through “TeleFood campaign”, a cash-donation campaign by the FAO member countries.
| Message from Bangladesh |
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Mr. Zaheed Hosai,
Satovaria village, Kaligonji Thana, Jhenaidah District
I started keeping bees using three hives. Other apiary workers and I see apiculture experts in meetings held twice a month by HFW, and receive trainings targeting honey producers.
In January, when I started the business, I collected 8-kilogram honey. I sold it and bought another 12 hives, and got 105 kilograms in November and December of 2004. Now I have bought the kind of bees that collect more honeydew, and put the hives beside plants that are suitable for apiculture. I expect there will be honey yield of 200 kilograms or so in the period of January to March 2005.
Beekeeping is my real vocation. Newspaper reporters came to me for coverage of my work, whose success story penetrated all over the country. I have a dream of owning a bee farm with a hundred hives. |
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List of development projects: Bangladesh 2004-2007
（Project name／Target group, number）
■ Past Field Reports; Bangladesh （Project name／Target group, number）
- Power of Art in community development／December 2005
- Diary of an intern／9 August, 2005〜23 September 2005
- Field Report by HFW Head Office Staff／January 2004
- Diary of HFW Head Office Staff／August 2003
- Field Report from Intern／6 February 2003〜7 March 2003
- National Youth Cnference of YEH／August 2003
- Baseline Survey／2002
- Children's Education／August 2002〜
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