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It has been more than two decades since PROSHIKA, now one of the largest NGOs in Bangladesh, took its first step. Although the PROSHIKA development process started in a few villages of Dhaka and Comilla districts in 1975, the organization formally emerged in October, 1976. The name 'PROSHIKA' is an acronym of three Bangla words, which stand for training, education, and action.

PROSHIKA is now in its phase VI five-year plan stepping into the new millennium. A constant analysis of the magnitude of poverty and its trends, the strategies effective for its reduction and eventual elimination, and their meticulous implementation has brought PROSHIKA where it is today. The central ethos, however, all the while remained the same---human development and empowerment of the poor who gradually stand tall to achieve freedom from poverty by themselves. Empowerment means that the poor are united and organized, become aware of the real causes of their impoverishment, develop leadership among themselves, mobilize their material resources, increase income and employment, develop capacities to cope with natural disasters, become functionally literate, take better care of their health, become engaged in environmental protection and regeneration, get elected in local government bodies and community institutions, and have better access to public and common property resources. Since its inception, PROSHIK A has been both a pioneer and practitioner of this holistic strategy of empowerment and has made a significant contribution to a modest reduction of poverty already achieved in Bangladesh.

PROSHIKA envisages a society in Bangladesh which is economically productive and equitable, socially just, environmentally sound, and genuinely democratic.

URL:	http://www.proshika.org/
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Posted:	02 April, 2005 14:03
Site Title:	PROSHIKA: A Centre for Human Development
Site Desc:	BRAC University
Category:	Society and Culture / NGOs

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