Uttaran, which means ‘transition’, in Bangla language, is a people centred organisation using a rights based approach to alleviate poverty, diversify livelihood opportunities and empower poor communities throughout the southwest region and gradually expanding to other parts of Bangladesh. The core focus of Uttaran programs are human rights, land rights and agrarian reform, community based river basin management, sustainable water management, adaptation to climate change, ecological agriculture and food security.
Our vision & mission
Uttaran’s vision and mission reflects our aspiration to work in partnership with local communities and vulnerable individuals to reduce poverty and improve lives.
Vision: A society with gender, class and caste equality.
Mission: Equip the disadvantaged people with the tools needed to deal with their social, environmental, health, economic and cultural issues and concerns.
Goals
We develop our strategies in partnership with local communities and marginalized groups. This people centered approach is vital to making sure that we are able to fulfill our goals.
- Eradicate poverty by creating enabling environment for income, asset base for the poor
- Promote environment friendly sustainable agricultural practices
- Ensure education, health services to the underprivileged and extreme poor
- Ensure people’s participation and good governance
- Ensure quality of life in time of natural and artificially created disaster
- Promote equality, human rights and social justice
Strategies
- Organization and capacity building for the poor
- Ensure sustainable livelihood practices for women and poor
- Ensure women and poor’s entitlement to social services (education, health, safety net)
- Raising voice, influence and agency of poor through advocacy, campaigns, lobbying and networking
- Mainstreaming of rights, gender and inclusion issues
- Building pro poor partnership
- Result Based Management (RBM) practices
Values
- Accountability and transparency
- Non-discrimination and mutual respect
- Gender equality
- Commitment
- Team spirit
- Creativity
- Conservation of resource
Members:
Resources
Displaying 21 - 25 of 52Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Legal Support
In the fifth of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran provides a description of the legal support and assistance Uttaran provides to local people.
The content of the booklet is as follows:
Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Public Awareness Raising Activities
In the fourth of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, their work and strategy to raise awarenss on land tenure issues is descibred. The NGO wishes to raise awareness firstly about the procedure of the Digital Land Record and Survey in areas of Bangladesh and secondly, about the NGO's inteded impact in relation to the public's land ownership and rights.
The content of the booklet is as follows:
Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Bhumi Committee
In the third of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, the Bhumi Committee is described. The Bhumi (literally meaning ‘land’) commitees want to help the poor, landless people establish their rights over khasland. This booklet describes their history and the work they do.
The content of the booklet is as follows:
1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. The roots of the Bhumi Committee
4. Structure and guidelines of the Bhumi Committee
5. The Bhumi Committee in practice.
Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: Primary Organisation and GUF Formation
In the second of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, the work of the NGO is further explained, including their mentoring program to 'primary organisations' as well as the concept and purpose of the Gono Unnayan Federation (the 'public development federation').
The content of the booklet is as follows:
Uttaran Land Governance Booklet: History
In the first of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, the history of land and waterbody governance in Bangladesh is explained.
The contents of this booklet is as follows:
1. Introduction
2. History of Land Management in Bangladesh
3. History of Uttaran
4. Uttaran Land Projects
5. Timeline
6. Testimonials.
Download the full booklet here