MFI Report

Dushtha Shasthya Kendra (DSK) was initially organized to address health care needs of the slum dwellers in Dhaka. Based on its experiences over the past years, DSK has diversified its activities.

DSK has already completed its journey of fifteenth year and has entered into its sixteenth year of existence. Dushtha Shasthya Kendra is committed to address various social and economic problems of the economically depressed and vulnerable groups in general, of which women constitute a specific category.

DSK formally started its work in 1989; informally, the main core group started working since the mid eighties. The main aim was to develop a health delivery system that in the long run would be able to run on a self-sustained basis. In the process, DSK was gradually exposed to various dimensions of the development paradigm and as a result, has tried different designs and adapted its policies and programs to address the “Development Question”, eventually evolving into its present form.

CHALLENGES

• How to reach the hardcore poor effectively in the target communities
• How to empower the target poor communities effectively so that their voices are raised
• How DSK can further finetune its Primary Health Care approaches to incorporate the demand and need of the targeted poor population
• How to articulate effectively and highlight DSK’s development problems to support agencies
• How to raise funds for its developments activities
• How to increase equity of the organization to strengthen its road to sustainability Hide