PKSF

To support the underdeveloped areas of the north having concentration of ultra poor families, PKSF started Financial Services for the Overseas Employment of the Ultra Poor (FSOEUP) program in 2008 to facilitate overseas employment. The program policy ensures that a person selected for overseas employment is a member of an ultra poor family in monga affected area. PKSF signed memoranda of understanding with the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) and the Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL) to help smoothen cooperation and enhance progress of the program. As of June 2009, PKSF disbursed BDT 2.25 Million under this program. Whereas POs disbursed BDT 0.25 Million in the field. 27 people have been employed abroad through this program.