Organization Overview: Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) is a leading development organization functioning fo r social and spiritual development of the

human community since 1958. It was fou nded in 1958 by Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, (1873-1965) an eminent educationist, re former and spiritual leader with the motto and aim of social and spiritual develo pment of entire human community. Organizations Profile Starting as a philanthropic social service organization in 1958, DAM gradually h as evolved to be one of the prominent development organizations working at the g rass roots level and networking with national and international level organizati ons in the fields of education (including non-formal education), sustainable CBO s, poverty alleviation, health, environmental sanitation, safe water and arsenic mitigation, income generation & institution building, agriculture, women childr en development, gender development, HIV/AIDS prevention education, child and wom en trafficking, disaster management, human and skill development training, quali ty NFE, IEC, BCC and AV materials development, research and consultancy. Besides it works to organize and facilitate national, sub-regional and regional level t raining workshops on various thematic issues. It works for the socio-economic an d cultural development of poor men and women in both rural and urban areas, thro ugh providing a package development programme. Dhaka Ahsania Mission has been en joying Consultative Status with UNECOSOC, Associate Status with UNDPI and Operat ional Relations with UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCAP and ACCU Japan. Dhaka Ahsania Mission is member of a number of NGO networks including Campaign for Popular Ed ucation (CAMPE), Coalition for Urban Poor (CUP), Bangladesh Sishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), NGO Forum for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Voluntary Health Services S ociety (VHSS) in Bangladesh. It is also a member of different international netw orks and coalitions like- Asia South Pacific Bureau of Adult education (ASPBAE), International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), Appeal Resource & Training Co nsortium (ARTC), International Council on Alcohol and Addiction (ICAA) and Commo nwealth Association for Education and Training of Adults (CAETA). Sectoral Programmes Education Early Childhood Care and Development Non-formal Primary Education Junior Secondary Education Literacy and Continuing Education Livelihood Vocational/Skills Training Micro-Finance Agriculture Diversification Disaster Preparedness and Management Health Health Care and Awareness Water and Sanitation Drug Addiction Prevention and Treatment HIV/AIDS Prevention Human Rights and Social Justice Adolescent empowerment Child and Women Trafficking Prevention Child Labor Child Rights Prevention of violence against women National and International Awards International UN ESCAP HRD Award-1994 ACCU-Japan Grand Prize-1996 UNESCO International literacy prize-2003

Global Development Network Award-2003 AGFUND International Prize-2004 National National Literacy Prize-1998 Independence Award-2002 Anjumane Mufidul Islam Award-2003 Dhaka Nagar Padak-2004 National Library Award-2004, 2006 Anti-Smoking Award-2005 Dr. Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal-2006 Bankers Forum Award-2007 Peace Award-2008 Education Watch Award-2009