Based on the previous experience in the area of community development, MACCA is implementing Integrated Development, Education and Livelihood (IDEAL) village project. It adopts an integrated approach to community development. The core concept behind the project is strengthening relationships among the neighbors- making them sensitive to the needs of others living in the community.  The core component of the project is Parshi. A Parshi (a Bengali word means neighbor), involving 30-40 people of the same locality (mainly neighbors) living under poverty, sits together to sort out their problems and solutions as well.

PRA tool is applied to identify community needs. In a community there can be a number of Parshi(s). It has various development components such as health, sanitation, education, income generation, capacity building, and leadership building etc. Resourceful community people contribute to financial support of the project in the form of Zakat. Apart from individual Zakat money, the Zakat Board of the GoB and Zakat Forum of Rahim Afrooz Group also support the project. In all interventions community ownership is ensured. Participation in the program is family based and gender equity is strictly maintained. The vision of the project is to solve the community problems through community leadership and preferably through community resources. The major tasks of MACCA under the project are to enhance the capacity of the Parshi people, link them up with existing service delivery institutions, and mobilize community resources etc.

The program is run by active participation of beneficiaries. The program currently runs in (i) Chandirchar village under Zagir Union Parishad in Manikgonj Sadar Upazailla; and (ii) Par Tilli-Char Tilli, Saturia, Manikganj. The number of Parshi stands as of now 13 that engage approximately 521 people. The project is expected to be replicated in other parts of the country after the successful completion of this initial phase.