Who We Are
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Who We Are
Humanitarian Foundation (HF) is a non-profitable and non-governmental organization (NGO). HF is based in Bandarban hill district, Bangladesh. Since inception, HF has been working in Bandarban hill district covering a total of 7 upazilas to bring a positive change in the lives of the impoverished, especially the hill tribe people through undertaking community development projects, especially education (primary, secondary and tertiary), skill development training, emergency response program, and child sponsorship project with funding support from different donors and benevolent persons. It is a learning by doing organization.
At the end of 1999, the issue of indigenous peoples’ deprivation from basic human needs like as education, health support service etc. came in focus among some committed youths of Chittagong Hill Tracts while the riches of the country were waiting to celebrate the new Millennium (21st century) with ecstatic joy and happiness. Those committed and dedicated youths of the indigenous community founded Humanitarian Foundation (HF) in 1999 with view to serve the vulnerable and marginalized people of CHTs in the new Millennium.
HF is registered with the Department of Social Service, Bandarban, under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh vide Reg. No. Band-184/03 dated 21-12-2003 and NGO Affairs Bureau under the Foreign Donation Regulation Ordnance 1978, vide Reg. No: – 2116-dated 30-07-2006. Registration Renewed: 30-07.2016.
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Governance
HF is governed by a General Council (GC) comprising 21 members from the indigenous communities. GC elects a 7 members Executive Council (EC) for a three year period to run HF following own constitution. The EC is overall responsible for implementation of organizational programmes and its activities. EC meets monthly/tri-monthly to discuss, share, review, and evaluate the progress of different projects and program. EC approves monthly expenditure during the quarterly meeting. Organization needs to submit annual progress report and budget to EC for approval. The EC President is considered as the constitutional head and the secretary by constitution is the functional chief of the organization. The secretary holds the position of Executive Director (ED) to run and oversee the day to day work as per decision of EC. ED is accountable to EC for his/her day to day activities.
Projects are designed based on the thematic areas of intervention below
Thematic Areas of Intervention
- Education (primary, secondary, and tertiary)
- Vocational/Skill Development training
- Livelihood
- Health
- Environment and forest
- Human rights
- Economic emancipation
- Child Development/Child Sponsorship
- Advocacy and networking
- Research
- Organization development.
Our beneficiaries/Target groups
Our beneficiaries/target groups are the ultra-poor, disadvantaged people, impoverished, especially women and children living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs).
Strategies
In order to fulfil organizational goal and objectives, HF follows following strategies and approaches.
- Collective approach ensuring participation and ownership of beneficiaries.
- Learning by doing.
- Ensure transparency and accountability.
- Promotion of gender equity.
- Protection and promotion of child and women rights.
- Regular liaison and intensive co-ordination with stakeholder.
- Application of modern technology.
- Projects should be viable, feasible, manageable and cost effective, and to be planned and designed on the basis of Chittagong Hill Tracts’ context.
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Where We Work/Geographical Coverage
HF has already covered all the existing 7 upazilas and 27 unions out of 30 in the district of Bandarban as presented in the table below:
Showing HF working areas by upazilas and unions | |
Thana/Upazila (sub-district) | Name of the Unions (sub-upazila) |
Bandarban Sadar | Bandarban Sadar, Sualok, Rajbila |
Thanchi | Thanchi Sadar, Remakree, Boli Para, Tindu |
Ruma | Ruma Sadar, Paindu, Galangya, Remakree Pransa |
Rowangchari | Rowangchari Sadar, Taracha, Alakkhyan, Noapoton |
Lama | Lama Sadar, Gojalia, Fasiakhali, Ajijnagar, Saroi, Rupasi |
Alikadom | Alikadom Sadar, Choikkhyan |
Naikyangchari | Naikyangchari Sadar, Baisari, Ghundum, Dochari |