Our work · Programme portfolio
Flagship Programme. National Scale. Verified Results.
CHRSD's flagship programme portfolio spans environmental sustainability, digital governance, and worker welfare — each grounded in government partnership, technology infrastructure, and independently verifiable outcomes.
Flagship Programmes
Flagship Programme · Climate Action
National Smart Afforestation & Digital Monitoring Programme
NSADMP
Submitted to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of Bangladesh, the NSADMP is CHRSD's flagship climate programme. It combines mass tree planting with precision digital verification — using GIS tagging, NDVI satellite monitoring via Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 sensors, and mobile field verification through Nevronus Systems — to produce a verifiable national afforestation record at a scale Bangladesh has not previously achieved.
The programme's Phase 1 targets 2 Crore trees — 20 million plantings — with a verified survival benchmark of 85 to 90 percent, compared with the 40 to 55 percent unverified national baseline. The five-year national goal is 250 million trees across all divisions, directly contributing to Bangladesh's Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contributions, the Government of Bangladesh's national electoral pledge "5 Bochore 25 Koti Brikkhyaropon," SDG 13 on climate action, and SDG 15 on life on land.
- Phase 1 Budget
- BDT 200 Crore
- Phase 1 Tree Target
- 2 Crore (20 million)
- 5-Year National Goal
- 250 million trees
- Verified Survival Rate
- 85–90%
- Satellite Platforms
- Sentinel-2 / Landsat-8 (NDVI)
- Technology Partner
- Nevronus Systems
- Submitted To
- MoEFCC, Government of Bangladesh
- SDG Alignment
- SDG 13, SDG 15 · Paris Agreement NDCs · GoB "5 Bochore 25 Koti Brikkhyaropon"
Flagship Programme · Digital Governance
Smart Digital Attendance Management System & Monitoring Programme
SDAMSMP
Submitted to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME) and the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE), SDAMSMP replaces paper-based teacher attendance across Bangladesh's government primary school network with biometric fingerprint and facial recognition hardware, backed by a cloud-based monitoring dashboard delivered by technology partner Nevronus Systems.
At full national scale, the programme covers 379,624 teachers across 65,566 or more government primary schools, reducing headmaster administrative overhead by 30 percent in field pilots. Rollout follows a structured three-phase approach: a Dhaka District pilot of 951 institutes and 7,740 teachers, a Dhaka Division expansion covering 10,925 schools and 66,539 teachers, and a national phase across all divisions over 36 months. The programme directly supports MoPME's digital transformation agenda and SDG 4 on quality education.
- Programme Budget
- BDT 41.98 Crore
- National Teacher Coverage
- 379,624 teachers
- Schools at National Scale
- 65,566+ government primary schools
- Admin Overhead Reduction
- 30% for headmasters (pilot data)
- Phase 1 Pilot
- Dhaka District — 951 institutes, 7,740 teachers
- Phase 2 Expansion
- Dhaka Division — 10,925 schools, 66,539 teachers
- Phase 3 National Rollout
- All divisions — 36-month timeline
- Technology Partner
- Nevronus Systems (biometric + cloud dashboard)
- Submitted To
- MoPME / Directorate of Primary Education
- SDG Alignment
- SDG 4 · MoPME digital transformation agenda
Flagship Programme · Worker Welfare
AI Vision Care Initiative
Ready-Made Garment Sector · BGMEA Partnership
The AI Vision Care Initiative addresses uncorrected vision impairment among Bangladesh's 1.2 million garment workers — a workforce whose productivity, income, and wellbeing are measurably constrained by a condition that costs ten to twelve dollars per worker to resolve. Delivered in partnership with Nevronus Systems and optical hardware provider Lunera, with a signed acknowledgement from BGMEA in May 2026, the initiative deploys AI-assisted computer vision diagnostics at factory level, generates prescriptions, and dispenses eyewear on-site.
The evidence base for the intervention is robust. The PROSPER II study recorded a 6 percent productivity gain and a 3-times return on investment within three months. VisionSpring's sector research documents a 22 to 32 percent productivity uplift. The THRIVE study conducted in Bangladesh specifically found a 33.4 percent income gain following vision correction. The estimated programme payback period is less than six months, making this one of CHRSD's most commercially defensible social investments.
- Target Population
- 1.2 million RMG garment workers
- Cost Per Worker
- ~$10–12 (screening + eyewear)
- Estimated Payback Period
- Less than 6 months
- PROSPER II Evidence
- 6% productivity gain, 3× ROI in 3 months
- VisionSpring Evidence
- 22–32% productivity uplift (sector-wide)
- THRIVE Study (Bangladesh)
- 33.4% income gain post-correction
- Sector Partner
- BGMEA (signed acknowledgement, May 2026)
- Technology Partners
- Nevronus Systems (AI diagnostics) · Lunera (optical hardware)
Strategic alignment
Programmes anchored in national policy
Each programme is formally submitted to a relevant government ministry, directly aligned with national development frameworks, and designed for phased handover to institutional counterparts. CHRSD does not operate in parallel to government — it works with it.
Paris Agreement NDCs
NSADMP contributes verifiable tree cover data to Bangladesh's nationally determined climate contributions.
GoB Electoral Pledge
The 250-million-tree national goal directly fulfils the government's pledge to plant 25 crore trees within five years under "5 Bochore 25 Koti Brikkhyaropon."
MoPME Digital Transformation
SDAMSMP implements the ministry's digital attendance mandate across the full primary school network.
BGMEA Sector Partnership
Vision Care operates with a signed sector acknowledgement, creating a scalable factory-level delivery model.