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SKS Foundation

Basic Informations

SKS Foundation is a non-government, non-political, non-for-profit and humanitarian organization established on 1st December 1987. It started development works for the poor people of northern region of Bangladesh through different socio-economic programs and with the initial resources of joint efforts of a few local self-devoted young men and women, social workers of the locality of Gaibandha district. Since inception, SKS Foundation has been working in Bangladesh and has extensive programming experience in a range of interventions including livelihoods and food security, agriculture activities and natural resource management, value chain development and market linkages, human resources development and creating employments, human rights & amp; legal services, women empowerment, water-sanitation, health, hygiene & nutrition, climate change adaption and disaster risk reduction; education; emergency response; financial services support for the poverty stricken poor and marginalized, disadvantaged groups, small and marginal farmers also and giving concentration on char and remote areas in north belt of Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and got support from community, government, different donors and lead agencies working in Bangladesh. Recently SKS Foundation extended its programs and interventions in Dhaka and Khulna divisions.

Address

Project office:

Max NutriWASH project

SKS Foundation

Uttar Katia, Joydeb Dutta, Amtola, Satkhira

Cell:01730794977

Email: maxwash2@sks-bd.org

Vision

A poverty free society where human rights and social justice be promoted, local capacity built, eliminated gender discrimination and reduced climate change vulnerability.

Mission

SKS Foundation works with the poor communities in order to improve socio-economic status, promote gender equality and bring positive changes in the society through close collaboration with government line departments, local government and administration, civil societies, NGOs, private sectors, development partners and other stakeholders.

Objectives

SKS Foundation has to meet the following objectives in order to arrive at the aims narrated in earlier section:

to improve primary health care and hygiene systems
to improve pre-primary and public primary education systems
to decrease gender disparity and disparity between casts through social, economic and political empowerment
to develop and support peoples’ organizations so that they advocate for and establish rights of the disadvantaged people
to conserve and promote cultural heritage of socially marginalized groups such as minorities, Horizon and Adivashi
to increase knowledge and skills of poor people to make them productive human resources through income generation
to establish a sound resource base (financial and others) for the Community Based Organization (CBO) and the organization-SKS Foundation through external resource mobilization
to increase self-reliance of both the CBOs and the organization-SKS Foundation through external and internal resource mobilization
to increase peoples’ knowledge and capacity to adapt to climate change vulnerability and to contribute to conserving the natural resources
to promote disaster resilient activities for sustainable adaptation to climate change

Major Activities

1. Social Empowerment Sector

Priority: Social Justice, Peace and Reconciliation

Empowerment of disadvantaged people and their organizations
Women empowerment & reduction of gender disparity
Legal/social justice
Conservation of cultural heritage of socially marginalized people
Reduction of disparity between casts

Environmental Sector

Priority: Climate Change & Disaster Resilience

Adaptation to climat change vulnérabilité
Promotion of disaster resilient activities
Conservation of natural resources
Access to life safety skills and technologies
Livelihoods security and development

Quality Basic Services Sector

Priority: Health and Education

Primary health care and hygiene systems
Women and children nutrition
Pre-primary and public primary education systems
Technical and vocational education systems

4. Economic Empowerment Sector

Priority: Skills Development and Income Generation

Productive Human Resource Development
Resource mobilization and multiplication
Employment generation
Social Business
Marketing and linkage
Access to financial services

Head Office

SKS Foundation
College Road, Uttar Horin Singha, Gaibandha-5700, Bangladesh.
Tel: +88-0541-51408, Fax: +88-0541-51492,
Cell: +88-01713484430,
E-mail: sksfoundation@sks-bd.org,
Web-site: www.sks-bd.org

DHAKA OFFICE

SKS Foundation

House No-86/1, Level-7, Adabor Bazar Road, Uttar Adabor, Adabor,Dhaka-1207.