We seek an equitable society free from all discriminations.
Who We Are
What We Do
Where We Work
Vision & Mission
Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) was established in 1988 with an aim of supporting poor and marginalized people affected by the devastating flood and gradually moving towards achieving a broader vision of achieving sustainable, secured and resilient livelihood of these poor and marginalized people through improving their overall sustainable development. For the last more than three and half decades of development journey, ESDO has set an outstanding example on sustainable development model for the under privileged communities of Bangladesh. ESDO has been working in the mostly unserved and underserved locations of the country; nurturing community focused participatory approach and people’s ownership. As a result, an enabling environment has already established within the ESDO’s working area. We have made notable achievements in livelihood improvement, food security and nutrition, education, women empowerment, health, promotion of children rights, adolescents and youth engagement, and rights for ethnic minorities. During this long span, we have adapted with the changing situation and provided the most time-bound effective services especially to the poor and disadvantaged people.
Considering the government development policies, we are currently implementing a considerable number of projects and programs including micro-finance program through a community focused and people centered approach to accomplish government’s development agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN as a whole. ESDO is one of the most dynamic organizations expanding its development interventions across 397 upazila under 53 districts of Bangladesh covering over 12 million poor and vulnerable people.
Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) continuous its mended for the holistic development of rural populations in the areas of livelihood, skill development, health, education, water and sanitation, nutrition, mother and child health care services, kitchen gardening, growth monitoring, immunizations, arsenic mitigation and the developing needs of marginalized people of Bangladesh from its inception 1988. At the same time, ESDO has been continuing microcredit, social development, food security, disaster management, agricultural development, livestock, fisheries, water resources management, hazardous child labor reduction, counter-trafficking intervention, human rights, adult education, child education, skill development activities for ensuring equitable society free from poverty in ESDOs working area.
ESDO managed the mentioned programs in 4032 Unions, 162 Municipality, 397 Upazila under 53 districts & 7 City Corporation, 8 Division of Bangladesh, directly reaching more than 12 million poor and vulnerable people. Different need-based programs are aimed to enhancing the capabilities of deprived people in terms of social development, disaster facing, food security, agriculture, gender, nutrition, microfinance, health, environment, rights and governance, education and human development, and with empowering them to solve the problems that affect their lives and to cooperate to resisting oppression and exploitation. The undertaking of such self-initiated and autonomous actions is an important achievement in a context where the deprived people are dependent for their livelihood and social security.
Reduction in income poverty and human poverty of the people in our working area through undertaking massive integrated development programs for the poor and marginalized community through service delivery and rights-based approach. This includes programs on income generation, improved education, nutrition and health improvement, human rights and good governance. We integrate gender and environmental protection & regeneration as crosscutting subjects across all the programs. We believe in equity, are actively promoting human rights, dignity, and gender equality through building people's social, economic, political, and human capacity. Women in general and children are central to our activities. We seek to ensure quality of services through continuous strengthening of our organizational capacity. Extending our services to the ultra-poor is our main manifesto.
