Ashroy Foundation

Ashroy Foundation is a women headed national voluntary development organization established in 1995 in Khulna, the south-west region of Bangladesh by a group of dedicated, courageous women and social workers. It is a non-government organization (NGO) operates in non-profit and non-partisan mode to have a peaceful democratic and humanitarian society where citizens are living with human dignity. It is registered with the Directorate of Women and Children Affairs and the NGO Affairs Bureau. Ashroy Foundation works at the community level to strengthen human and material resources through different interventions. At the initial stage Ashroy foundation focused on poverty reduction and women empowerment. It tried to create an alternative opportunity for the women through capacity development and linking them with the market. The development activities of Ashroy Foundation are designed to respond the community need those included eradicate extreme poverty, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and women empowerment, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and advocating towards developing a global partnership for development.