Environment and Sanitation

Simple rain causes over flooded the drain in our cities in Bangladesh.

Early Marraige

More then 66 percent marriage are early marriage in Bangladesh. Causes are poverty and lack of social security.

Rush in our Hospital

Swine Flu

It is a viral origin disease, don't worry about this, take plenty of water, vitamin-C rich food, avoid hand shake,wash your hands after coming from outside, avoid crowdy places,take rest, keep your self away from the patient of swine flu. please keep the child away from the contamination.If this is not enough please contact your House physician for proper management.

Our Hospital Ward

We have a collaborating Hospital where we started our Emergency Obstetric Care (EOC) on Aug 2008, Comprehensive Eye Care ,2004 and primary Health Care Program2000 are going on.

Child with Untreated

A eight years boy suffering from some brain diseases, he have no money to treat him, his father is day labour.

People of Bangladesh

They are surviving on nature, by the nature and for the nature.

children in Bangladesh

child health

on Every Hour about 10 child died in Bangladesh due to poor nutrition

Donate for the poor

you can save a little amount from your daily expenses, save and donate it for the poor.which will help us lot.we love people, help people, treat the people.

Maternal Mortality

In Bangladesh at least 5 mother died per hour due to Complication of Pregnancy or Unsafe Delivery.

About Corneal Ulcer

Reduction of the complication of corneal ulcer especially due to vegetative trauma by early contact with the eye surgeon or physician

Mother And Child health

To reduce the maternal and child mortality rate , there are only two ways, to develop self awareness about the health of women and child and to regular check up the pregnant women & children by the doctor.

Photograph of our programs

Flood in Habiganj

Landscape Habiganj

Eye camp in Urban areas

Instrument from Action Meoder e.V germany

BACKGROUND-Committee for Rural and Urban Development (CRUD) is, nonpolitical, nonprofitable, nongovernmental (NGO) philanthropic Organization. Established in November 2000.with the initiative of present Executive Director (founder of the organization) and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. CRUD runs major parts of the developmental activities in Habiganj region in Bangladesh, which still belongs to relatively untouched areas, sufficient local development institutions did not emerge, government initiatives have been as else where rudimentary, high degree of conservatism and significant influence of fundamental have hindered the process of development in Habiganj region. Bangladesh is a small and poor country with a huge population of about 140 million. About 76% of the population lives in the rural areas and 46% live below poverty line. In rural areas where Health care services, either government or private, are insufficient due to geographical inaccessibility and financial limitation. Forty percent of child deaths take place in the neonatal period. Children born to unhealthy mothers are also more likely to be under weight and to have difficulty combating illness. The importance of nutrition as a foundation for healthy development, Poor nutrition leads to ill health and ill health causes further deterioration of nutritional status. These effects are observed most dramatically in infants and young children, Sixty per cent of all child deaths in 2000 were associated with malnutrition. But the children who die represent only a small part of the total disease burden due to nutritional deficiencies. Maternal malnutrition and inadequate breastfeeding and complementary feeding represent huge risks to the health of those children who survive. Vitamin A, iodine, iron, and zinc deficiencies are still widespread and are a common cause of excess morbidity and mortality, particularly among young children. In the region about half the under-five children are underweight; 15% are wasted; and, in low-income countries (like Bangladesh) one in every three children at age five is stunted. The effects of poor nutrition and stunting continue over the child's life, contributing to poor school performance, reduced productivity, and other measures of impaired intellectual and social development. Mortality- the infant mortality rate (IMR) 53 per 1,000 live births. Under-five mortality rate is 76 per 1,000 live births and the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) 550 per 100,000 live births. Infant and maternal mortality rate are too high. Child and adult education is low, high dropouts are normal phenomena, health facilities and health centers are in adequate, family planning services are poor, use of sanitary latrines are not common, access to safe drinking water is scare, credit for the poor is not accessible, natural calamities like flash flood, earthquake(highrisk) are frequent phenomena, the disaster management is not effective in terms of relief and rehabilitation, social terrorism region over laws, people are vulnerable to easy drug availability, local cottage industry is dying due to missing market linkage, people are not linked with modern or hybrid culture in agriculture, livestock and poultry, government’s infrastructure facilities in this area are undeveloped, social and local allied leaders do not actively participate in the development activities.

Our Vision- To develop the Health, Education and Environment of the Rural, Urban and Tribal areas in sustainable manner.

Our Mission: The Committee for rural and Urban Development (CRUD) is a community-based, non profit, philanthropic organization founded in 2000 to serve the needs of Rural and Urban population of Habiganj of Bangladesh and the residents of tribal areas of greater Habiganj in Bangladesh. CRUD is working in health, education and environmental sector. Especially in maternity & child Health, reversible blindness and primary health care in the remote & poor communities

Objectives of C-RUD-

Work in close partnership with Government, non-Government and international agencies and organisations.

Subscribe to all components of the Government of Bangladesh Primary Health Care programme, including health promotion and prevention of disease.

Adopt bottom up community approach with participation of local people.

Integrate research, service delivery and training.

Work with a multi-disciplinary team approach.

Develop clinical sub-specialties and establish clinical links.

Maintain the highest standards in all activities.

Recruit, train and retain an efficient and effective workforce and look after their welfare.

Establish accountable and transparent management system.

Ensure sustainability through institutional income generation in addition to grants and donations.

Use Information Technology to enhance quality of research, service delivery and training.

To established gender equality in the society and ensure the empowerment of women.

To drive away the illiteracy from the community through implementing the nonformal adult and child education.

To provide community based reproductive health care and medical services as well as raises awareness on health, population and nutrition, sanitation, safe drinking water and personal hygiene. To create awareness on HIV/AIDS/STDs prevention in community and provide services on comprehensive eye care and cataract surgery and assists to implement these.

To promote ecologically sound agriculture, social-forestation and fisheries

Establishment of own resources to increase income for the sustainability of the organization.

To organize and development IT network under the leading of CRUD within our locality.

Management Structure-

General Body- Consists of 21 members of different professions. Maximum are Doctors, Teachers, and Social Allied personals. General Body (GB) meets once in a year in the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The role of GB is to elect Executive Committee (EC) members for 2 years duration, review the ongoing organizational activities, and approve the yearly organizational activities plan, budget, and yearly financial expenditures.

Advisory Committee- Consists of 5 members of different professional selected by the GB for 2 years duration. The role of advisory committee is to advice the EC while the organization faces any critical crises or problems and plays an active role on organizational management and development.

Executive Committee- Consists of 7 members- elected by GB for 2 years duration. EC meets once in every three months to discuss the development of organizational activities, take part in policy making process, organizational management, development, take initiative to implementation of the different activities of the organization and solve problems if organization faces so far. The EC remains accountable to the GB and the Executive Director (ED) remains accountable to EC.

Program Management-In order to sustainability, CRUD Develop 3-program by their own finances & Voluntary in nature.Each program is headed by one program manager and each project has been headed by project coordinator. Maximum project are by our Doctor and Consultant, they are working voluntarily.

Programs are going on- We have three running very popular programs.
These are as follows-
1. Primary Health Care Program- this program is continuing from 1998, on
2000 this become very popular and still now it is running very smoothly. On
this program we treated both Male and female including children of the poor
rural people. By making satellite primary health care program.
2. Comprehensive eye care program - this another very effective program
which is started on March 2004. We implant Intraocular Lens to reduce the
reversible Blind ness regularly by collecting the patient from rural and
neglected areas. On this program we treated the both Intraocular and
extraocularly for complete eye care. All these are almost free of cost.
3. Emergence obstetric care (EOC) program this program started on August on
2008. Recently Health Department of Bangladesh Government come forward to
help us. The delegate of Director General (Health) of Bangladesh visit us
and become very much satisfied on our activities & our sincerity. They
agreed to help us with demand side financing on this popular program.
We are very much devoted to the poor people. All these programs are running
by our own finances and the help of local resources. Which are very
difficult for us to run such costly programs. Our work is research based& interested in education sector also. We need your kind cooperation,
which will help us to extend our activities very extensively & more
effectively on large scales of Rural and Urban poor people.

CONTACT US

We are very much devoted to the poor people. All these programs are running
by our own finances and the help of local resources. Which are very
difficult for us to run such costly programs. Our work is research based& interested in education sector also. We need your kind cooperation,
which will help us to extend our activities very extensively & more
effectively on large scales of Rural and Urban poor people.
Contact us-
Committee for Rural and Urban Development
House No-51,
CheraKhana Road , ShaistaNagor R/A, Habiganj-3300.
Bangladesh .
E-mail- ru_development@yahoo.com

Web- www.ruraltribal.blogspot.com