About Us |
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| Organizational background |
MASJID COUNCIL is a faith based development, humanitarian and campaigning organization working for human security, sustainable and integrated development, peace and communal harmony. It 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 the core values of Islam, it strives for creating an egalitarian society free from poverty and injustice.
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Registered with the Registrar of the Joint Stock Companies and Firms of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh under Societies Act, Masjid Council started its interventions in 1999. It also obtained registration from the Directorate of Social Services and NGO Affairs Bureau of the Government. It has a countrywide interfaith linkage with trained Imams and leaders and followers of different religions. Its organizational capacity and strong linkages around the country has placed it 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 the culture and traditional practices of the society
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Vision |
It strives for a caring society through
promoting the values of justice, cooperation
and dialogue. |
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Mission
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Masjid Council is dedicated to promoting sustainable and integrated development and social
harmony to overcome people’s vulnerability and sufferings irrespective of their religion, race,
ethnicity or gender and promote the culture of peace and cooperation in the society. |
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Working approach |
» Institution building
Building institutions for the poor to help
them to mobilize their own resources and
enable them to gain access to resources
to ensure their sustainable livelihood.
» Capacity building and creating
opportunities
Improving skill and capacities through
education and different need based skill
development trainings aiming to create
new opportunities of income for the target
communities.
» Raising social cohesion and practice of
ethical values
Motivating people to practice ethical
values to promote the culture of trust,
cooperation and sympathy in the society
and make people sensible in using
resources so as to protect natural
environment.
» Promoting complementary partnership
Focusing on complementary partnership
with individuals, agencies, and
government institutions to create synergic
impact of development efforts to
accelerate the pace of development to
overcome the challenges that the people
in general and the poor in particular are
exposed to. |
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Working values |
» Equality and Equity
It believes that all people are equal as
human beings and its work contributes to
ensuring principles of equity and
elimination of root causes of injustice and
inequality.
» Access and Inclusion
It believes in inclusion and access for all
regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, social
status, or gender in development actions.
» Peace, Tolerance and Communal Harmony
It strives to promote peace, tolerance and
communal harmony through its work.
» Social Rights and Responsibilities
It believes in shared social rights and
responsibilities and creates options for
people to have the rights and perform the
responsibilities.
» Results
It is result oriented. Whatever it does, it
likes to see its results from the ground. |
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