Adolescent and Demographic Dividend [Newspaper Article in Bengali]
Today’s adolescent girls are tomorrow’s mothers, citizens and leaders of the country. Taking care of them can have greater impact on the society. Securing their health and nutrition requirement can prevent malnutrition among the new born, pregnant and lactating mothers, and produce reciprocal impact over child and maternal mortality. A total of 897 clubs were formed , which enrolled around 14,836 girls throughout the project titled “Food Security 2012 Bangladesh-Ujjibito, which was funded by EU. The objective of th is club is t o aware the adolescent girls regarding their nutrition, health, reproductive health and other social issues. A representative from PKSF’s POs conducts a 60 minutes session at least once in a month in each club. The members and anyone else voluntarily contribute to the management of this club. These clubs find some spaces for them to engage themselves in health camps and organises education related activity like sports, cultural and social events. Ad