Bandhu Social Welfare Society started its journey in 1996 with a mission to address the health care needs and human rights issues of sexual minority populations for achieving a vision of a Bangladesh where every person, irrespective of their gender and sexuality, is able to lead a quality life with dignity, human rights and social justice.
Today after 20 years, Bandhu is sincerely continuing to serve the communities with undivided commitment and is paving the way for obtaining their social justice, equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
Bandhu operates within its own strategic plan designed for every five year. The principles, activities and approaches of the Strategic Plan correspond to national priorities for health care interventions and directly linked with current National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS response. Bandhu’s activities have significantly contributed to attaining Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by the government, particularly Goals 1, 3 and 6.
The 4th Strategic Plan (2017-2021) of the organization is also developed to ensure that its program interventions on health and health rights, implemented through 36 well-equipped field health centers in 22 districts and 25 partner CBOs across the country, can add significant value to national response on health for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) particularly 1, 3, 5, 16 and 17.
Bandhu’s 4th Strategic Plan (2017-2021) revolves on a Theory of Change considering the facts that gender and sexual minority communities need
(i) access to comprehensive and high quality health care services
(ii) access to social entitlements and social protection services; and
(iii) to live in an environment where their human rights are protected in order to have a minimum acceptable quality of life with dignity and respect like any other human beings.
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