04. Legal Status: Registration from the Department of Social Services(DSS) as a Voluntary development organization. Registration no. Brahma
n-190/97. Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) Reg no 01469-02078-00517
05. Date of Establishment: January 1996.
06. Date of Registration: Department of Social Services(DSS) - March 12, 1997. Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) – June 29,2010
07. Our Organization Considers:
Our organization’s primary mandate is to reach the poor with equal sense of respect and responsibility that they should first earn freedom. Freedom of the poor to their sense is:
- Freedom from starvation and insecurity of life
- Freedom from ill health and less working capability
- Freedom from ignorance and atrocities
- Freedom to exercise human quality and spirituality
Guiding Principles of the Organization’s Development Activities:
- Utilization of local wisdom and resources
- Encouragement of creativity and innovation
- Searching utmost quality
- Enhancing cooperation, coordination and networking
- Accepting Challenge
08. Vision: Security, prosperity and peace for the poor based on equal human rights for men, women and children.
09. Mission Statement:
To improve the quality of life of the poor and underprivileged people and reach to a society where human potentialities will fully be explored in a dignified way and where justice and equality will prevail irrespective of gender, caste and religion. Organizational Profile of HOPE
10. Main objective of this Organization:
a) Creation of awareness about the importance of education among the villagers and elimination of illiteracy by organizing literacy program. b) Develop human resource by organizing training, seminar, workshop and campaign. c) Creation of employment opportunities and creation of facilities for women employment by the side of men. d) Creation of health facilities for preventive and curative health care, family planning, mother and child care, water and sanitation, and provide information about the health service facilities available from Govt. and other sources. e) Promotion of appropriate technology and inputs in agriculture among the farmers. f) Promotion of marketing facilities for appropriate price for agriculture products. g) Provide credit facilities to the group members for taking up entrepreneurial activities. h) Formation of groups among the target families and creation of capital by individual’s savings. i) Provide legal aids to the destitute, oppressed, landless and socially embarrassed and victim families. j) Creation of opportunities for protection of the environment. k) Provide opportunities for development for the handicapped. l) Taking up relief and rehabilitation activities during natural disaster.
11. Key Program:
a) Group formation
b) Savings and Income generating Activities
c) Primary Education
d) Training, Workshop, Seminar/Conference.
12. Target Group:
a) Landless Families. b) Families have only homestead area. c) Owner of up to one acre land but not cultivable or mortgaged it to others. d) Owner of small pieces of land but cannot cultivate, as they do not have capital. e) Social and physically handicapped.
13. Organizational Structure:
a) General Committee. b) Executive Committee. c) Staffs. According to HOPE bi-laws, general committee constitutes the highest authority of organization. General members in the annual general meeting approved annual work plan, budget, annual report and annual audit. General members elect an Executive committee for a three-years term. Organizational Profile of HOPE
ORGANOGRAM OF HOPE
General Committee
Executive Committee
Executive Director
Dept Director/ Dept Director / Dept Director
(Finance) / (Admin) / (Credit)
Asst Director/ Asst Director /Asst Director
(Finance) / (Admin) / (Credit)
Area Manager/ Project Co ordinator
Branch Manager/ Project Manager
Field Organizer/ Accountant / Project Staff
Support Staff
Organizational Profile of HOPE
14. Project of HOPE
At present Hope is operating the following projects
SL no Name of Project Activities Starting time
01 Micro - Credit Group formation, Savings, Credit, Training Feb.1996
02 Ananda School Primary Education Jan.2008
03 Public Library Reading News paper, Books, Journal Jan.1994
15.Source of Income:
d) Membership Subscription;
e) Well-Wishers Contribution;
f) Donation from Partner NGOs and Donor Agencies;
g) Income Generating Activities;
h) Target group’s Participation.
16.Partnership Organization:
i) Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) from 1998. j) Helen Keller International, Bangladesh (HKI/B) 2000-2006
k) NGO Forum for Drinking Water supply and Sanitation 2002-2006
l) Department of Non-Formal Education 1999. m) Asia Foundation 2003-2005
17.Member with Network:
n) Micro Credit Summit, USA
o) Credit and Development Forum (CDF), Bangladesh. p) CAMPAIGN FOR POPULAR EDUCATION (CAMPE)
19. Total number of Staff:
u) Male : 08
v) Female : 03
w) Total : 11
20. Functional Arrangement
Funds for HOPE are generated through subscription from local income, grant, Donation from individual or institution, loan etc. All funds are kept and operated through bank A/C, maintain proper accounting and Audited by Govt. approved Chartered Accountant Firms and reported to HOPE General Committee and the Government/Agency. Conclusion
HOPE extends its activities on the basis of needs and demands of the people if funds are available. HOPE gives priority to rural development. Self – reliance of the poor self help, human resource development, Health care, Agriculture, A forestation, Woman development, Income generating activities, Market promotion and cultural development activities.
