1. Tanisha Increasing Incomes and Advancing Social Identities of Rural Adolescent Girls Funded by: DFID/SHIREE Project Life : January 2011 – December 2013

2. Program Areas & Beneficiaries Six sub districts of southern part of Bangladesh.Six sub districts of southern part of Bangladesh. Cohort 1: One union, 35 primary beneficiaries, 63 secondary beneficiariesCohort 1: One union, 35 primary beneficiaries, 63 secondary beneficiaries Cohort 2: 5 unions, 154 primary, 765 secondary beneficiaries.Cohort 2: 5 unions, 154 primary, 765 secondary beneficiaries. Program Area 900 adolescent girls of 12 – 19 from extreme poor families Primary Beneficiaries 1100 adolescent girls of same age from poor and other disadvantaged families Secondary Beneficiaries

3. Selection Criteria Owned ≤ 4 decimals of homestead and/or agricultural land including garden and/or pond Income - generating productive assets worth < 5,000tk* Household income ≤ 4,000tk/month No access to, or member of, financial network, no outstanding formal credit from any MFI (exception of consumption loans for food and medical emergencies, not a member of MFI, for SCF)* Consumed no more than 4 meals last week that included fish/meat Household comprises at least 1 girl aged 12 – 19 (1/6/2011) Selection Criteria (from Shiree ) * Essential

4. Outputs Community leadership and life skills development 900 extremely poor girls provided with the means of starting their own Income Generating Activity. Peer support systems established for economic and leadership activities of 900 extremely poor adolescent girls Community support systems established for adolescent girls’ leadership and IGA activities. Outputs

5. Strategies Community Mobilization Peer Education Asset Transfer

6. Create Assets to Alleviate Poverty Human Assets Financial Assets Education

7. Girls’ Empowerment Equipping girls to participate in decisions that affect their lives Issues around Marriage Adolescent Health DRR Preparedness Group Savings and Lending Business Skills

8. Assets Transfer Income Generating Activities Market Research Product Comparison Family Interview Technical Session Family Level Planning Activity Ranking Assets Transfer

9. Peer support Successfully navigate with challenges of puberty Improve health and nutrition skills Learn how to run a business or manage money Girls’ Interest

10. Barriers Jealousy within the community (not all girls get IGA inputs) Family does not permit her attendance Chores prevent attendance School activities or exams interfere Less attractive session topics Barriers

11. Community misperceptions about Save the Children’s activities Community misperceptions about Save the Children’s activities Mostly remote working place and isolated beneficiaries Mostly remote working place and isolated beneficiaries Enlisting participants from extremely poor families Enlisting participants from extremely poor families Drop outs Drop outs Challenges

12. Tanisha Success Male support of girls’ empowerment and leadership in community. Utilized Community Advocacy Committee (CACs) Utilized community leadership projects Success Factors

13. Transfer of IGA Assets Earlier Stronger Marketing Techniques Learnings

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