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Christian Commission for the Development of Bangladesh
Formation1972
TypeNGO
HeadquartersMirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Location
  • 88, Senpara Parbatta, Mirpur – 10, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh
Official language Bengali, English
Key peopleJoyanta Adhikari
(Executive Director)
Websitehttp://www.ccdb-bd.org

Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) founded in 1973, immediately after the Bangladesh Liberation War, by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to succeed the Bangladesh Ecumenical Relief and Rehabilitation Services (BERRS). This national organization working under the banner of the National Council of Churches of Bangladesh (NCCB) was founded to aid in relief and rehabilitation leading to mid and long-term development activities. It is governed by an inter-faith body called the Commission. Its services are rendered in the spirit of inter-faith dimensions, irrespective of caste or creed, race or religion. These services are quite separate from evangelism.

Major activities

  • Rural development
  • People-managed savings and credit programmes
  • Work with ethnic/indigenous communities
  • Training traditional birth attendants
  • Women’s development programmes and gender awareness programmes
  • Enhancing human and organisational potential

Current Status

CCDB is addressing the needs for access to credit, training, and work through its People’s Participatory Rural Development (PPRD) in 22 districts. These are: Manikganj, Rajshahi, Narsingdi, Nawabganj, Naogaon, Natore, Pabna, Gopalganj, Barisal, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Bandarban, Rangamati, Faridpur, Jessore, Magura, Jhenaidah, Khulna, Sathkhira, Kushtia, Narail and Cox's Bazar. CCDB has provided necessary support 36 community development areas, 49 small organisations and 136,595 families, including 28,949 people helped through PPRD, 9,100 of them from the poorest sector of the communities.

CCDB is addressing the needs for access to credit, training, and work through PPRD, its core development program, as well as other programmes. These programmes are supported by 14 donor agencies from Europe, Australia and USA, with an annual contribution of approximately $3.5 million. The World Council of Churches (WCC), Geneva, co-ordinates a Round Table for CCDB. The budget of the organisation for 2000-2001 was Tk 188.395 million. Women's Small Local Organization Program (WSLO) has been particularly successful in mobilizing local and external donor agencies to support CCDB projects.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Shamsul Huda, CCDB, Banglapedia: The national encyclopedia of Bangladesh; Retrieved: 2007-12-11
  2. ^ People's Participatory Rural Development, Bangladesh, Church Word Service; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
  3. Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) Update, Global Ministries; Retrieved: 2007-12-16

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