Location: Mohammadpur, Dhaka

Website: www.dusbangladesh.org

Email: dus.eddus@gmail.com, dusdhaka@gmail.com

Mission and Vision:

Vision: DUS dreams the existence of a society free from all sorts of exploitation where everyone irrespective of class, creed and cast will enjoy equal rights, freedom and justice leading an equitable and gender balanced communities.

Mission: Coastal areas of Bangladesh are regularly stricken by natural disasters. Most of the people living here are almost poor. Due to regular natural disasters occurs here inhabitants are lacking asset and resources and they are deepened in illiterate, malnourished and culturally remain backward. DUS believes that optimizing utilization of hidden humane capacity & power and local resources intensively could gradually alleviate this condition. It perceives to bring down all this scope of development affords in an integrated manner so that sustainable livelihood ventures emerge in the community according to their aspiration. Initiating, activating, promoting and facilitating the sustainable development of the targeted population through capacity building, resource mobilization, networking, lobbying, need assessment, impact analysis, research, evaluation and policy advocacy in order to ensure and protected equal human rights, freedom, justice in all shape of individual, family and community life in all interventional areas.

Target population/beneficiaries:

  • Climate vulnerable population
  • Migrants
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Population in hard-to reach areas
  • Senior Citizen (60+ years)
  • Third gender
  • Women and children
  • Youth (Age between 18-35)
  • Others (দলিত জনগোষ্ঠী, জেলে, কামার, কৃমার, বেদে, নাপিত, জেলে, কামার, কৃমার, বেদে, নাপিত, নদীভাঙ্গায় ক্ষতিগ্রস্থ জনগোষ্ঠী, বিভিন্ন পেশাজীবি সংগঠন)

Geographical coverage: National level

Type and focus: Youth led and youth centric programmes, Youth volunteer organisation, Youth club

Focus/areas of current programme:

  • Adivasi Rights and Development
  • Advocacy and Awareness Building
  • Agriculture & Food Security
  • Community Empowerment
  • Employment
  • Environment, Climate Change, and Disaster Management
  • Gender Equality
  • Health, Nutrition and Population
  • Human Rights and Legal Aid Services
  • Humanitarian Response
  • Integrated Development
  • Microfinance
  • Quality education
  • Rights to children
  • Soft skills development programme
  • Vocational Education & Training and Skills Development
  • Volunteerism
  • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
  • Women Empowerment

The main areas of the youth programme(s): Youth skills and capacity development

Title of the programme (1): সামাজিক সচেতনতা ও দক্ষতা, জীবনশৈলী উন্নয়ন কর্মকান্ড

Duration or time period: চলমান

Targeted beneficiaries:

  • Young Men (Age between 18-35)
  • Young Women (Age between 18-35)

Districts covered: Noakhali

Youth involvement: Actively/directly engaged in project delivery and implementation

Government Ministries and/or Departments involved: Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation

Title of the programme: সমৃদ্ধি যুব কর্মসূচি

Duration or time period: চলমান

Targeted beneficiaries:

  • Young Men (Age between 18-35)
  • Young Women (Age between 18-35)

Districts covered: Noakhali

Youth involvement: Actively/directly engaged in project delivery and implementation