NGO & Organization

The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices.

Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik - SHUJAN is a coalition of individuals across Bangladesh actively working to achieve good governance.

South Asia SME Toolkit is a project of the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Department of the World Bank Group and South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF). SEDF is a multi-donor funded facility managed by International Finance Corporation (IFC), to support the growth of Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) mainly in Bangladesh, NorthEast India, Nepal and Bhutan.

The vision of Steps Towards Development is a democratic society that: provides equal opportunities and benefits to men and women; is characterized by good governance, justice and respect for women's human rights; eliminates discrimination and patriarchy; is educated and poverty free, and preserves social and human values.

The hunger project is a Non-government Voluntery organization (NGO). It has been established in USA in 1977. Presently it is working in 23 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), accredited national chapter of Berlin-based Transparency International (TI), began its activities as a Trust in 1996. In 1998 it obtained the approval of the Government of Bangladesh for registration as a non-governmental organisation. TIB has since been working as a catalyst of social movement against corruption. It has elaborate research and advocacy programmes for policy change and institutional reform for creating conditions for reducing corruption and promoting good governance in Bangladesh.

The effort and initiatives of VARD are creating opportunities for Education, Health, Nutrition and Population, Income Generation and Employment, Sustainable Agriculture, Advocacy, Local level institution development, Networking, Community based Disaster Management, Environment, Micro-credit, Housing, Poverty alleviation, Women empowerment and Social well-being among the rural & urban disadvantaged poor population in Bangladesh.

WAVE Foundation is established on April 24, 1990 in the border town Darsana under Chuadanga district, which is situated in the south-western part of Bangladesh. Since inception WAVE Foundation has been working in the field of human rights, good governance, microfinance, agriculture, water & sanitation and other development related issues. The aims of these activities are socio-economic empowerment and livelihood security of poor and marginalized people.