5. About Proshika…..
Proshika, Proshika Manobik Unnayan Kendra
(Proshika center for human development) is a
Bangladesh-based organization founded in 1976
that promotes self-reliance among the poor,
through a network of local organizations.
6. Focus
Its mainly focus on Economic self-reliance
Bangladesh
Location
Founder
Dr. Qazi Faruque
Ahmed
7. PROSHIKA, A Non-Government Organization.
The name ‘Proshika’ is a Bengali acronym made of
initials of three words:
Proshikhan (Training), Shiksa ( Education) and Kaj
(action).
A pioneer in the NGO and Agriculture sector.
PROSHIKA is a Bangladesh NGO aiming at creating
group self-development processes in rural poor
through self-organizing, becoming critically conscious
of their position and making united and collective
efforts to improve their socio-economic condition.
9. Mission
PROSHIKA’s mission is to conduct an extensive,
intensive, and participatory process of
sustainable development through empowering
of the poor.
Healthier, Wealthier, and Educated Bangladesh.
Vision
PROSHIKA envisages a society which is economically
productive and equitable, socially just,
environmentally sound, and genuinely democratic.
11. Objectives….
Structural poverty alleviation.
Environmental protection and
regeneration.
Improvement in women’s status.
Increasing people’s participation in public
institutions.
Increasing people’s capacity to gain and exercise democratic and human rights.
12. Objectives…..
These objectives are achieved through a broad
range of programs in education and training
leading to income and employment generation,
health education, building of health infrastructure,
and environmental protection and regeneration.
The programs are supported by research activities
and advocacy campaigns which increasingly call for
cooperation with like-minded development
partners at the national and international levels.
Thus the network of activities in which PROSHIKA is
involved links the poorest of the poor with like-
minded development actors worldwide
15. Activities….
Proshika’s work priorities are grouped into
themes which reflect a number of rural and
urban development concerns. These are:
1) Organization of the rural poor
2) Development and education
3) Employment and income generating
activities
4) Rural health infrastructure
5) Social forestry
6) Ecological agriculture
7) Urban poor development and,
8) Disaster management.
17. Functions of Proshika…
Poverty alleviation:
Urban Poor Development Program
People’s Organization Building Program
Microcredit and Savings Services (MCSS)
Reaching the Hard-core Poor
Education & Human Development
Universal Education Program (UEP):
18. Functions of Proshika…
Institute for Development Policy
Analysis and Advocacy (IIDPA):
The Small Economic Enterprise
Development (SEED) Trust
Human Development Training
(HDT) Program
Employment and Income
Generating Program
20. Contributions in the Socio-Economic Development of
Proshika in Bangladesh……….
Contributes to the socio economic
development of Bangladesh by
providing their range of programs.
Major operational development
programs include:
21. People‘s Organization Building
Microcredit Program
PROSHIKA Savings Scheme
Economic Social Security Program
Universal Education Program (UEP)
Practical Skill Development Training Program
(PSDTP)
Environmental Protection and Regeneration
Health Program
Housing Program
People's Cultural Program (PCP)
Development Support Communication
Program (DSCP)
Contributions in the Socio-Economic Development of
Proshika in Bangladesh……….