*Y.C.* Building Awareness among the Adolescent Girls by Sharing the Painful Maternal Experience of Young Mothers (BAPMA)
BAPMA a Bengali joint-word standing for the English meaning FATHER-MOTHER. The Early marriage practice is the main cause of maternal death in Bangladesh and vulnerable health of mothers as well. This is highly practiced in the grassroots level and the couple are not well concerned about the future health problem. Through the BAPMA the future mother and couple will be awared to reduce the practice.
About You
Section 1: About You
First Name
M M Mahbub
Last Name
Hasan
Website
Organization
Coastal Devlopment Partnership (CDP)
Country
Bangladesh, KHU
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Section 2: About Your Organization
Organization Name
Community Development Friend (CDF)
Organization Website
Organization Phone
+8801916033444
Organization Address
247 Arambag, Gopalganj
Organization Country
Bangladesh
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Your idea
Name Your Project
*Y.C.* Building Awareness among the Adolescent Girls by Sharing the Painful Maternal Experience of Young Mothers (BAPMA)
Country your work focuses on
Bangladesh, DHA
Describe Your Idea
BAPMA a Bengali joint-word standing for the English meaning FATHER-MOTHER. The Early marriage practice is the main cause of maternal death in Bangladesh and vulnerable health of mothers as well. This is highly practiced in the grassroots level and the couple are not well concerned about the future health problem. Through the BAPMA the future mother and couple will be awared to reduce the practice.
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Innovation
What makes your idea unique?
Few Techniques are making the Idea as Unique:
a) Building Awareness among the Adolescent Girls: If we want to reduce the maternal death and ensure a secure maternal life, firstly we have to ensure support for them those who are going to become a mother. But if we we want to protect the society from this curse of maternal health problem or vulnerability of life, then as a country like Bangladesh we have to building awareness among the adolescent girls or future mother about the risk of early marriage and maternity problem etc.
b)Sharing the Painful Maternal Experience of Young Mothers: This is really an innovative technique to mobilize the adolescent girls for understanding the practice of early marriage and their lives.
c) High School Level Adolescence Girls will be main Focused: This is another good and unique of innovation, since 75 people are living in the village and maximum girls are becoming the victims of early marriage from the village level high school this is why the BAPMA will play a vital role to aware the adolescent girls to gain a save maternal lives in the future (experience sharing meeting, counseling, IEC materials, video advocacy, seminar, etc)
Do you have a patent for this idea?
Yes
Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
What impact have you had?
Ms. Popy. Mother of 2 son. Got marriage in 11 with a van-puller of 30 years of old. Studding Class six. She became mother in 13 Years of old. She became mother again in 14.5. She looked very sweet in 11, now she looks like an old woman. She is becoming sick. This is case study of Chandradighalia of Gopalganj District in Bangladesh. This is very easily understandable of the impacts of early marriage, such as- a) the young mother could not study a lot b) she will not be able to teach her children and make their fruitful future c) she is becoming sick d) she is fully dependable to her husband and can not deny the request of her older husband e) may be she is becoming ready for next baby, since she is not concern about the maternal health and the problem of early marriage f) her above practice is influencing to others rather than creating awareness, because sometime she have had to show her good performances by overcoming all those problems to make her husband happiness and g)she started her conjugal life with false information (at least 18 years of old) to avoid the legal obligation rather than discouraging the registered authority to make the false birth date. So from the case study we could see how the early marriage impacting on maternal health.
Problem
1. Discouraging of Early Marriage Practice: Through the BAPMA about the 1000 adolescent girls from 20 High School of Gopalganj District will be encouraged to continue their study rather than thinking of conjugal life in this stage.
2. Introducing of legal authority for stopping such kind of Early Marriage: Through the BAPMA the local law administrative authority will be introduce with the adolescent girls, for providing their support to discourage the early marriage practice.
3. The guardians will be be awared: The parents/guardians will be awared to encourage their child's study rather than thinking of early marriage of their children.
4. Effectiveness of marital registration authority: The marital registration authority will be awared to stop of using false birth date to make the adolescent girls as bride.
Actions
STEP-1
a) Formation of school-based committee with the participation of all classes (6-10 class): 3 girls from each class and 1 boy from each class that means 20 member's group in each school. A team leader will be selected for each group.
b) Organizing Orientation and Motivational workshop for the group members
c) Enlisted of Adolescent Girls
d) Providing Membership of BAPMA actions for getting counseling and advisory support.
STEP-2
a) Set upping a school level counseling/support center
b) Advocacy school level advocacy meeting
c) Union/sub district/district/national level Advocacy meeting
g) Publishing and disseminating of Monthly BAPMA NEWS LETTER with incorporating of all activities of the project.
h) Arranging of Cultural show to building awareness among the adolescent girls
i) Arranging of school level essay competition on Early Marriage and the Impact on Maternal Life and publication of booklet with these selected essays.
j) Media group Mobilization
STEP-3
a) Policy Advocacy
b) Experience Sharing
c) Reporting and
d) Auditing
Results
a) 80% adolescent girls has been motivated about there lives and future among the 1000;
b) 70% adolescent girls has been accomplished their high school level study, since the supports from government are available for the regular students.
c) A value-based rotational school level groups has been established
d) A youth group leadership approach has been practiced in the project
e) The adolescent girls has been made themselves decision maker and independent
f) Related authorities has been motivated about the future of early marriage and its impact on life.
g) Newly Married women are being able to make decision for their future
h) Maternal problem has been reduced than earlier
i) The BAPMA has been established a very good relationship with the different groups and stakeholders etc.
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
1st Years
a) Established of BAPMA center in the 20 school.
b) 20 Groups will be formed in the 20 High School of Gopalganj.
c) 1000 beneficiaries will be enlisted with the BAPMA
d) 1000 beneficiaries will be kept in touch and will be motivated.
e) A positive changes will be come from every related sectors
f) a youth leadership has been proceed through the BAPMA
g) A monthly BAPMA NEWS LETTER has been published
2nd Year
a) 50% adolescent girls has been motivated about there lives and future among the 1000;
b) 50% adolescent girls has been accomplished their high school level study,
c) 50% adolescent girls has been made themselves decision maker and independent
d) 50% related authorities has been motivated about the future of early marriage and its impact on life.
e) a good relationship has been created with media and with the other concern stakeholders
c) Issue-based research booklet has been published and distributed
3rd Year
a) 80% adolescent girls has been motivated about there lives and future among the 1000;
b) 70% adolescent girls has been accomplished their high school level study,
c) 70% adolescent girls has been made themselves decision maker and independent
d) 70% related authorities has been motivated about the future of early marriage and its impact on life.
e) A value-based rotational school level groups has been established
f) The adolescent girls has been made themselves decision maker and independent
g) Newly Married women are being able to make decision for their future
h) Maternal problem has been reduced than earlier
What would prevent your project from being a success?
a) Reducing of early marriage
b) Reducing of Maternal Death
c) Reducing of school Drooping of Adolescent girls
d) Reducing Dependency of Adolescent girls
How many people will your project serve annually?
101‐1000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
Less than $50
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy?
Yes
Sustainability
What stage is your project in?
Idea phase
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Yes
If yes, provide organization name.
Community Development Friend (CDF)
How long has this organization been operating?
1‐5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have a non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have a non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have a non-monetary partnerships with government?
Yes
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
The above stakeholders are one kind of volunteer for the project. The Project will be implemented in the school level as well as by the student groups. The matter of partnership are not too much critical here. Even the three groups willingly will be involved with this great initiatives if we want.
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
1. To arrange financial support for the existing youth volunteers.
2. Development of CDF office with all necessarily equipments
3. Developing a website for the organization and updating regularly
The Story
What was the defining moment that you led to this innovation?
The on going situations is as usual like early marriage practice, where the origin of this idea. The moment is the sign of painful experience of early married young mothers and the vulnerability of maternal health, which is impacting on lives due to lack of awareness building among the adolescent girls. The BAPMA has taken a great challenge to resolving the maternal health problem.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
M M Mahbub Hasan. 28 Years. More than 8 years of advocacy, networking, partnership building and project management experience. Expertise in mass communication, journalism, Grassroots level Mobilization, issue based campaign, Supervision of staffs, Administrative activities, Report writing, development of issue based IEC materials, Evaluation and assessment, Information Management, Conflict resolution, Teaching and Produce of Short Film. Experienced in working with the different types of govt./non-govt. stakeholders and donors.
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Comments
How much say do these girls have in early marriage and childbearing? It sounds like the men and families in society hold most of the power. Beyond teaching the girls, how do you plan on reaching their family? This project sounds like it's trying to change the way things have been for a very long time and therefor will most likely meet resistance. What do you plan to do about this?
Hi Jake!
Nice to see your comments on BAPMA. In the village level about 80% parents are practicing for arranging the marriage for their adolescent girls. You are right, the grassroots level families are all most men dominated due to lack of awareness. But it would be very easy to reach them by building awareness among the adolescent girls by the young mother. Some time it seems very difficult to reach them but since we are not doing any business with the community thats they trust us and we have a very good access to reach them.
feel free for further interests
mahbub
Hi Mahbub,
I think since you already plan to focus on school-based community systems, you should also consider opening counselling and awareness sessions for parents of these adolescent school going girls about early marriage, since parents will be the key decision makers at the end of the day. Parents also can be counselled on problems with adolescent pregnancy, since they serve as key advisors to their children.
Hi Mehzabin,
This is very nice to see your great point that made on my proposed project BAPMA. The parents will be definitely included in the BAPMA. The planed have some awareness & mobilization activities and parents will be covered at that moments.
feel free
mahbub
Your idea is very pertinent. The problem that you want to resolve is a big one, is not just in India. So many girls around the world are forced to marry early, I have known some cases in Colombia, especially in rural areas. I think it`s a good beginning to concentrate efforts in order that the girls are aware of the implications of the marriage to early age, on their health and lives, because it could be "natural" for themselves, if they have not had another way to see their proyects lifes, they could be agree with it. The big hill is to do think people around the girls about them as human beings, who must make their own decisions and these must be repected.
You also mentioned family in your idea, but thinking about the future, this change of conscience must be also for culture, society and goverment. ¿How to do it? It's a big big big hill to go.
Sonia from Colombia
Your idea is very pertinent. The problem that you want to resolve is a big one, is not just in India. So many girls around the world are forced to marry early, I have known some cases in Colombia, especially in rural areas. I think it`s a good beginning to concentrate efforts in order that the girls are aware of the implications of the marriage to early age, on their health and lives, because it could be "natural" for themselves, if they have not had another way to see their proyects lifes, they could be agree with it. The big hill is to do think people around the girls about them as human beings, who must make their own decisions and these must be repected.
You also mentioned family in your idea, but thinking about the future, this change of conscience must be also for culture, society and goverment. ¿How to do it? It's a big big big hill to go.
Sonia from Colombia
Hi Sonia,
Thank you very much for your kind information. Ya,, its really a challenging job that we have proposed but the learning of this challenge could be a sign of changes of society. we have a very good governmental law that girls are not allowed to get married before 18. So the idea of BAPMA will get official support from the government of Bangladesh.
Thanks once again
Mahbub
Hi M M Mahbub
Your idea is really interesting for me. I agree with you about the key role of awareness. But after reading your idea one of the developmental phenomena of adolescence is preoccupying me. This phenomenon is personal fable and is characterized by the thought, "That would never happen to me." So, how do you want to tackle this phenomenon?
Hi M M Mahbub
Your idea is really interesting for me. I agree with you about the key role of awareness. But after reading your idea one of the developmental phenomena of adolescence is preoccupying me. This phenomenon is personal fable and is characterized by the thought, "That would never happen to me." So, how do you want to tackle this phenomenon?
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