Our Story

Three decades of standing with, not standing over.

Since our founding, we've worked on the principle that people living in poverty are not beneficiaries to be managed but leaders to be backed. Our role is to add resources, connections and pressure where communities already have the analysis and the will.

Today that means programmes in women's rights, climate resilience, youth leadership, child rights and humanitarian response — run with hundreds of local partner organisations from the coast to the hill tracts.

Community meeting
Field visit
Women's group
Children learning
Milestones

How we've grown

1995
First community partnerships established

Early literacy and livelihoods work begins in flood-prone districts, run through local partner groups rather than direct delivery.

2007
Emergency response capacity built

In the wake of major cyclones, a dedicated humanitarian response unit is formed to move faster when disaster strikes.

2016
Child Sponsorship programme scales nationally

Sponsorship links thousands of children with long-term supporters, funding education and protection services.

2026
Rohingya response deepens in Cox's Bazar

Women-led initiatives, safe spaces and essential services continue to expand across the coastal refugee response.

What Guides Us

Our Values

Community-led

Communities set the agenda; we bring resources and connections to it.

Feminist

Gender justice sits at the centre of every programme we run, not beside it.

Accountable

Transparent reporting and community feedback loops keep us honest.

Locally rooted

Bangladeshi staff, Bangladeshi partners, decisions made close to the ground.

Leadership

The people steering the work

Country Director portrait
Nasrin Kabir
Country Director
Programmes Director portrait
Imran Chowdhury
Director of Programmes
Head of Finance portrait
Farida Yasmin
Head of Finance
Head of Advocacy portrait
Rezaul Karim
Head of Advocacy