Human Development and Research Organisation (HDRO)

Contact data:	No 47/48 Rahmatpur Colony PO Natun Bazar Chandpur Bangladesh Tel: 00 88 0841 65471 Fax: 00 88 0290 07145 Email: sat-net@bttb.net.bd
Year established:	1994
No. Staff:	21
Main contact:	Dr MD Mashiur Rahman (satt-net@bttb.net.bd)
Membership No:	1363

Organisation aims and activities: To help poor and disabled children; to educate poor children of rural and urban areas and on the streets; to provide health care, education, nutrition, assistance, treatment and rehabilitation to those children.

Further details: HDRO has been actively working on awareness of causes and preventions of disabilities, early detection and intervention, and trying to integrate disability as a cross-cutting development issue. HDRO has been working for advocacy and lobbying for rights of people with disabilities in Bangladesh. It runs a rehabilitation programme for people with disabilities. It presently supports 125 children with disabilities, provides immunisation support to 3925 children, and provides basic education serives to 300 children in ten education centres in rural areas of the Chandpur district.

Operational level: Community-based

Works with age groups : Children 5 - 15

Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation

Organisation mandate: Lobby governments and the United Nations, Provide training or education on child rights, Research child rights, Undertake legal casework on behalf of children, Work directly with children, Work in partnership with organisations, Work with media and press

Areas of expertise: Children and the media, Children living with HIV/AIDS, Children with disabilities, Children working and living on the street, Economic rights, Education and cultural rights, Family and alternative care, Health and welfare, Refugee and unaccompanied children, Sexual exploitation and abuse

Countries in which this organisation works: Bangladesh

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