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NAME:

The Village Education Resource Center (VERC)

 The Village Education Resource Center
COUNTRY: Bangladesh

History

Created in 1977, VERC is a nongovernmental organization that works with the poorest people for the improvement of their everyday life by promoting self-reliance. VERC leads projects in the fields of education, environment, livelihood development, clean water, sanitation and hygiene promotion. They currently employ 1,500 people with 24 offices all around Bangladesh.

Prizes/AwardsN/A
Partners/Networks ARECOP
GTZ
Hedon
PCIA
SIMAVI Netherlands
Winrock
World Bank
Technologies: Improved cookstove
Services
  • Capacity building: training local cookstove producers
  • Social marketing and behavior change communication techniques
  • Improved cookstove (ICS) installation: 5 models of ICS, including an industrial one; continuous monitoring
  • Entrepreneurship development: Training local entrepreneurs, credit systems and stove production centers.
  • Stove performance: efficiency tests, quality control and monitoring.
Nexus Projects N/A

CONTACT:

Contact Name/First nameAnowar Hossain Mollah
Position:Project Manager
Address:B-30, Ekhlas Uddin Khan Road Anandapur, Savar, Dhaka-1340, Bangladesh
Phone number:88 02 7710412, 01716540181
Fax:N/A
Email:anowarhossain2001@yahoo.co.uk
Website:www.verc.org
Team1602

A. K. M. Anowar Hossain Mollah, Project Manager:

A. K. M. Anowar Hossain Mollah has been working in VERC as a project manager for over 6 years in the fields of renewable energy, household energy and indoor air pollution. He has extensive experience with participatory methodologies, women’s perception of indoor air pollution, improved cooking technologies and a deep understanding of key stakeholders in Bangladesh. He successfully implemented the VERC/Winrock project “Reduction of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution through Household Energy and Behavioral Interventions” in Bangladesh. Under the national Network for Improved Cookstove Program in Bangladesh, Anowar leads advocacy, networking and coordination activities with local and national level stakeholders, including government organizations.