Bangladesh Association for Social Advancement - BASA

BASA Foundation is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profitable, non-political development organization established in 1991 with the objective to empower the distressed, underprivileged; especially the deprived and vulnerable people and to improve their quality of life. Accordingly, the organization emphasizes non-directive, bottom-up, and people’s participatory development approach and working strategy. Since its inception organization focused on capacity building through training, providing basic education, poverty alleviation through microcredit operation, food security, water & sanitation, health & hygiene promotion, addressing environment & climate change issues for sustainable development. Over the years of its operations, BASA Foundation also established working relationships with various government agencies and international partners through its outstanding performance. After years of development actions, the programs are now in operation in 20 districts convening various reverence areas of Bangladesh including hill districts sandy clits, plain land, etc. These programs include more than 100000 primary beneficiaries. BASA Foundation maintains its Head Office in Dhaka while seventy (70) local offices spread across the Upazillas and Villages of working areas. Over 550 dedicated and committed staff are currently working in the Head and Branch Offices. Bangladesh Association for Social Advancement (BASA Foundation) aspires for a society free from poverty, oppression, and deprivation through self-actualization and resource mobilization where every individual will be able to live in peace and communal harmony by enjoying the rightful share of the resources belonging to the society.