Established Year: 1972
Legal Status: District Population Control and Family Planning: Reg. 1/FP/1978, Social Welfare Department: Reg. no. SW/CTG/959/1983, NGO Bureau: FD/DSS/FDO/R376/1990, Micro-credit Regulatory Authority: 00399-01209-00160, Joint Stock Companies; CHC-229, TIN No: 674371708135, VAT N0. 000482501
Organizational Vision: GHASHFUL envisions a conscious, self-reliant Bangladesh where equality and human rights are ensured. Mission: To establish and maintain the rights of poor and vulnerable people including women, adolescent’s boys, and girls and children, by making them conscious and self-reliant.
Geographic Coverage: Chattogram, Cumilla, Dhaka, Feni, Chapainababganj and Naogaon District.
Governance: GHASHFUL has a General Committee (GC) of 21 members. The GC elects seven members to the Executive Committee (EC) for a period of three years.
Organization Manuals: Human Resource & Administration Policy, Micro-finance & Financial Inclusion Policy, Financial Manual, Integrity Manual, Money Laundering Policy, Write off Manual, Gender Policy, Procurement Policy, Access to Information Manual, Staff welfare and Gratuity Fund Manual, Agriculture Loan Manual, Sponsorship Manual, ENRICH Manual, TDS Manual, SS Dress Manual, Branch Expansion Manual, Mobile Loan Manual, Laptop Loan Manual, Motorcycle Loan Manual, Biogas Project Manual, Enterprise Development Project Manual, Seasonal Loan Manual, Disaster Management Manual.
Memberships and Networking Information: Credit & Development Forum (CDF), Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), Bangladesh Fund Raising Group (BFRG), Adolescent Development Foundation-Bangladesh, National STD/AIDS network of Bangladesh, STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention Co-ordination Committee, Chittagong, Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) , coastal fisher community network (COFCON), Aging Resource Center- Bangladesh (ARC-B), Forum For the Rights of the Elderly, NEARS, VHSS, INAFI , Chittagong Society for the Disabled (CSD), Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh (FNB), Coalition for the Urban People (CUP), Naripokkho, World Child Labor Day Celebration Council, Chittagong, Divisional Child Labor welfare Council, Chittagong, District Child Labor Monitoring Committee, Chittagong (DCLWC)
District Women and Child Abuse Prevention Committee, Chittagong, District Legal Aid Committee (DLAC), Chittagong, District Disaster Management Committee, Chittagong, Child Protection in Emergency (UNICFE) , SDG, PADOR, SAM, DUNS, START Fund, Right to Food Bangladesh
Working Experience with Government, Donors, and Partners: Family Planning Department, Pathfinder, SIDA & FAO, ICOMP Malaysia, Population Concern (UK), Bangladesh Population Health Consortium (BPHC), Action Aid Bangladesh, BRAC, JOBS USAID, BLAST, Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP), JICA-Bangladesh, D-net, BFES ICT4D, CARE-Bangladesh, ADF & Action Aid Bangladesh, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), INAFI, IDCOL, Bank Asia Limited/ Western Union, Plan Bangladesh, Ispahani- Islamia Eye Care Institute
Current Projects/ Programs of Ghashful: Community Health Program (CHP), Ghashful Vision Center (CVC), Education, Second Chance Education (SCE), Governance, Micro-finance & Financial Inclusion, Foreign Remittance, Ghashful Child Banking, ENRICH, Livelihood Improvement Program for Elderly People, Social Advocacy & knowledge Dissemination Unit, National Domestic Biogas Manure Program (NDBMP), Improve Cook Stove (ICS) Project, Promoting Agriculture Commercialization and Enterprises, (PACE) / PACE Value Chain Project, PACE Technology Project, Ghashful Women & Children Abuse Prevention Cell, Disaster Management & Emergency Program, Environment Youth Development through Enhancing Progressive Skill and Creativity (YES)
Recent/Completed Projects: Education Support Program (ESP), CHWEVT PROJECT ( Establish Child Rights and Hazardous Free Working Environment through Education and Vocational Training), Protecting Human Rights Project (PHR) , Need of Education and Skill Training (NEST), Ghashful – MIME Health Project, Developing Inclusive Insurance Sector Project (DIISP), Polli Tothay Kendra, Agriculture, and Livestock Development
Research Study, Documentary and Publication: The Working Children in Transport (Tempo) Sector in Chittagong Metropolitan City: A Sociological Profile, The Working Children in Road Transport Sector in Chittagong City, Bangladesh: A Sociological Profile”., Ghashful publish regularly the quarterly newsletter `Ghashful Barta’., The organization makes documentary and publication on project demand basis
Beneficiaries: Total beneficiaries approximately 449,737(Micro finance-76778, Edu-6747,Pace- 3000,BioGas-3140,YES-6000,ICS-256,565, CHP-36,227, Vision-22,446,School Banking-3500,BFP-B-1074,Environmental-10000,Legal-1200,Disaster-20000,Publication&governance-3000 and Remittance-60)
Contact Person & Address:
Aftabur Rahman Jafree, Chief Executive Officer, GHASHFUL, Head Office; M A MANJURI, 5/D, Badsha Miha Road, Amirbag (Opposite of war cemetery), Phone: +088-031-2858613, 031-2868768, Fax: 031- 2858629, Mobile phone: 01777780755 (Office), Cell no: 01777780700 (CEO), e-mail [email protected], [email protected], Registered Address: South Ridge Apartment,Flat – 3C, House – 16, Road – 02, Nasirabad Housing Society, Chittagong.