Organizational Profile

PAPRI (Poverty Alleviation through Participatory Rural Initiatives) is a non-government voluntary development organization established in July 1999. A group of NGO and social activists founded the organization with full cooperation and assistance from SHAPLA NEER — Citizens' Committee in Japan for Overseas Support. Initially, it was a development endeavor of SHAPLA NEER that was performing its development works in Bangladesh since 1987. PAPRI commenced its activities through carrying over some program activities of SHAPLA NEER. Over a period, PAPRI extended development works in the whole Narsingdi district and a portion of Mymensingh district.

PAPRI works more closely with the poor and disadvantaged people in the rural areas, where there is a dire paucity of initiatives by development organizations. PAPRI is also covering a part of urban and remote char areas for an improved life through identifying needs and creating an environment to analyze the potentials, strengths and weaknesses so as to ensure proper services with easy access to available services and streamlining of self-reliance. Moreover, PAPRI is committed to carry out activities for sustainable and qualitative improvement of the overall living conditions of its target people through partnership with Development Partners, NGOs and networks who have similar vision.

Vision

The vision of PAPRI is that target people will have socio-economic development with capacity, empowerment and respect in society through mobilization of local resources. They will act as development partners as a whole, so as to reflect peace and harmony in society.

Mission

PAPRI is forwarding to mobilize local resources to alleviate poverty and establish a just, equitable and respectful life of the socially-distressed people. To have a just society we are challenging poverty by mobilizing and utilizing local resources to develop.

Goal

PAPRI believes in everyone's right to stand on their own feet — to enjoy self-determination and self-reliance by achieving socio-economic development, and considers empowerment of common people a dire necessity for improving their life. Once the target people are empowered, they will be able to protect themselves from all social adversities and improve their socio-economic condition by their own initiatives and capacity-building through a participatory process, which also contributes to the realization of their fundamental and social rights.

Major Objectives

PAPRI has the following four main objectives to attain the cause of overall rural development:

1. Target people will be equipped with proper knowledge, awareness and skill to form groups and avail group-based services and family-based motivation so that they can struggle for their existence and sustainability.
2. Target people will have easy access to basic public services paving the way to the realization of their human rights so that they can survive and lead their lives with dignity in society.
3. Target people will obtain proper opportunities for micro-finance activities through their active participation so that they can be economically stable and socially dignified members of society.
4. Community people's participation will be ensured to mobilize local resources to implement integrated rural development.

Core Values

Target Groups

• Poorest of the poor / Ultra-poor people
• Persons with disabilities
• Adolescent girls
• Children
• Women
• Marginal farmers
• Acid survivors and general people

Geographical Coverage

Donors / Partners

Ongoing Programs

Implemented Projects of PAPRI

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