About SDRS

Samaj Unnayon Palli Sangstha (SDRS) is a non-government, non-profit humanitarian organization of Bangladesh, established in 2003. SDRS is dedicated since then to empower the most deprived families to reach economic self-sufficiency. During these years, this organization has been working for the development of poor and deprived people in remote and underprivileged communities in Bangladesh. Besides, until the present, SDRS works for development projects i.e. Private Sector Development, Women Economic Empowerment, Livelihoods, Emergency response, Covid-19 response, Climate change adaptation, Access to Health, Nutrition for Women, Adolescents and Children, WASH and Nutrition Integration, and Integrated Agriculture and Health Programme (IAHP). The IAHP included all major areas of action as like health and nutrition, seed systems, farm practices and cross-sectorial integration. Apart from this, we have a good exposure in working with indigenous and ethnic people, with a special attention on Alternative Medicine.

SDRS has developed an innovative market-based strategy with a social objective for popularizing Solar Home Systems (SHSs) including other renewable energy technologies to millions of rural villagers. Currently SDRS is one of the fastest growing rural based renewable energy organizations of North Bengal. We implement country-wide programs in solar home system, domestic biogas, solar irrigation, and solar mini-grid based electricity generation plants. Moreover, we are planning to initiate a 50-MW solar plant to support the National Grid. As of June 2017, SDRS has installed more than 0.5 million Solar Home Systems in rural areas. We can use this opportunity in greater area as we are using updated technology and contemporary market-based model that helps us to develop a sustainable relationship with end users.

Moreover, SDRS is an effective partner of IDCOL for the mandate of Government. Currently SDRS has been operating its development activities in 22 districts directly working with about one hundred 25 thousand poor people and covering indirectly near about 1 million poor people throughout the country. It has been working to build a safe and secure world where men and women can work together for sustainable development at the family, society and national level. We work to create sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by the destitute and deprived communities in Bangladesh.

We are an ethical and accountable energy supplier. We treat our customers as like a customer, not a number. Whenever you call us over telephone, we can assure that you’ll always speak to an assigned person, day to night. In addition, you will become a member of our organisation whenever you sign up for free. We have been around for 18 years now, so we know how to satisfy customers’ desire. We won’t run at a loss to get your business, we charge real prices for the energy we use, and we don’t take your payments up front. We want to save the environment and include more people using renewable energy as well as make them understand the importance of such energy.

Target Group / Beneficiaries
Simple socio-economic survey including baseline information is being measured to select beneficiaries under the organization. Measuring the key indicators including income, land ownership and food deficiencies, target people are being categorized like as follows:

- Women, destitute, beggar, widows, divorced.
- Girls, adolescent, youth group
- Vulnerable women and children living remote or char areas
- Completely asset less and landless people
- Hard core/ Ultra poor
- Poor and marginal Farmer, producers groups
- Backward, vulnerable and neglected men, women and children irrespective of caste, creed culture, religion and ethnicity
- Disable and handicapped people
- Indigenous and tribal people etc.

Strategies and Approach
The first priority of SDRS is to uplift the living standard of the vulnerable poor and poorest people ensuring their participation in the decision-making process as well as usages of local level resources and services for their own. Formation of different groups, committee, youth group, forum, social change agents, gender activists along with involve and build different network and partnership with likeminded grass root level NGOs to work together for achieving common goals on development approaches. Organization beliefs in team based works with learning aptitude, respect and honours and hence organization emphasizes to undertake appropriate skill and capacity development measurement of the staff resources to bring optimum results of every intervention. Above all, SDRS intends to amplify innovation and creativity in its development endeavours all the time.

Core Values:
- Honesty and sincerity towards works and poor people;
- Participation, rights and entitlement of women and men equally;
- Transparency and accountability in each and every sectors;
- Dedication and commitment for development;
- Zero tolerance for financial corruption and women exploitation;

Cross Cutting Issues:
- Education, entitlement and empowerment;
- Self-sufficiency through self-help employment generation;
- Utilization of science and technology;
- Health and education;
- Gender equality and women empowerment;
- Transparency and accountability

Programme Implementation Priorities:
- Problem analysis, prioritization and undertake adequate initiatives;
- People’s institution building and participation in the development process;
- Coordination and cooperation with the local level government administration;
- Linkage and relationship with like-minded organizations, CBOs, CSOs;
- Communication and advocacy with different service providers institutes, organizations and other entities;
- Establishment of education and learning centre;
- Establishment of healthcare and sanitation centres;
- Skill transfer through experience sharing, training, workshop, seminar, round table, orientation, human chain, press conference, mass gathering etc;
- Establishment of disabled development centres;
- Income and employment generation;
- Sustainable disaster preparedness and management;
- Resource sharing from different donor agencies;

Staff Resources
SL Office/Programme/Project Total
1 Head Office 30
2 Corporate Office 18
3 Solar Home System (SHS) Project 20
4 TR KABITA 20
5 Biogas and Biofertilizer Project 10
6 Solar Irrigation Pump (SIP) Project 07
7 Improved Cooking Stove (ICS) Project 15
8 Rooftop Project 05
9 SDRS Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Project 18
10 Micro Finance Program 25
11 Handicraft/ Karrupalli 40
12 Palli Shop (Super Shop) 15
13 Palli Food and Sweets 80
14 Consumer Products Project 15
15 Chicken Palli (Chinese Restaurant) 22
16 Trendy & Dream (Fashion House) 07
17 Home Appliance Project (Electronics) 25
18 Palli Printers 07
19 Palli Paribahan (Transportation) 16
20 Non Formal Education Program 15
21 Out of School of Children Education Program (PEDP-4) 76
22 SDRS International Renewable Energy Project in Uganda 07
Grand Total= 493

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