Masjid Council for Communicity Advancement (MACCA) is a faith-based development, humanitarian and campaigning organization working for human security, sustainable integrated development, peach and communal harmony. MACCA is dedicated to working with individuals, challenged communities and other development and humanitarian partners to overcome people's vulnerability and sufferings irrespective of their religion, race, ethnicity or gender. Inspired by core values of Islam, MACCA strives for creating an egalitarian society free from poverty, extremism and injustice
Registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies of the Government ofthe People’s Republic of Bangladesh under Societies Act, MACCA started its interventions in 1999. Soon after it, MACCA obtained registration from the Directorate of Social Welfare and NGO Affairs Bureau.
MACCA has a country wide interfaith network in Bangladesh with trained Imams and leaders and followers from different religions. MACCA’s organizational capacity and strong network around the country has placed itself in an ideal position to facilitate faith based partnerships in development and humanitarian work and to initiate culturally appropriate and effective interfaith campaigns to address people’s values, misconceptions and behavioral issues deep rooted in culture and traditional practices.
So far MACCA has received support from individuals, private sector, the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Bangladesh Government, Commonwealth of Learning (COL), USAID, UNAIDS and World Bank/Social Development Foundation, the Asia Foundation, BRAC, and Unicef. MACCA was a bidding partner with Family Health International to take part and win the RFA for the Bangladesh AIDS Program (BAP) from USAID to provide faith-based support to HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support.
Vision
Through the implementation of a faith based development model, MACCA works for creating a world free from poverty, inequality, extremism and injustice. MACCA aims to see itself playing an international mainstream development, humanitarian and campaigning role with wide networks, alliances, partners and offices around the world and launching a long term global interfaith campaign to address global human security, extremism, communal harmony, peace and development.
Mission
MACCA is a faith-based development, humanitarian and campaigning organization working for human security, sustainable integrated development, peace and communal harmony. MACCA is dedicated to working with individuals, challenged communities and other development and humanitarian partners to overcome people’s vulnerability and sufferings irrespective of their religion, race, ethnicity or gender. Inspired by core values of Islam, MACCA strives for creating an egalitarian society free from poverty, extremism and injustice.
Values
All activities of MACCA are guided by the following values and principles—
Equality and equity: MACCA believes that all human beings are born equal and MACCA’s work contributes to the equity to address any forms of inequality.
Access and inclusion: MACCA believes in inclusion and access for all regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, social status, or gender.
Peace, tolerance and communal harmony: MACCA strives to promote peace, tolerance and communal harmony through its work.
Social rights and responsibilities: MACCA believes in shared social rights and responsibilities and creates options for people to have the rights and perform the responsibilities.
Results: MACCA is result oriented. Whatever MACCA does, MACCA would like to see its results from the field.
