Information of the Organization
Voluntary Association for Rural Development (VARD) is a national Non-Government Organization (NGO), established in January 20, 1988 with the initiative of founder and Executive Director and former UN volunteer Mr. Amranul Hoque Kamal. VARD runs major part of its integrated development activities in Sylhet division, northeast part of the country. VARD also implements development activities in Dhaka and Chittagong divisions. VARD regulates its project activities and maintain communication and liaison with donor agencies, concerned govt. departments and other related organizations from Head Office, Dhaka in the capital city of Bangladesh.
Legal status
To ensure legal validity, VARD has obtained the following registrations from the respective
Department of Government of Bangladesh (GOB):
(A) NGO Affairs Bureau (Foreign Donation)
Registration Number: 387 Dated: 13th December 1990
(Last renewal date: 15-12-2020 Valid unit: 14-12-2030 )
(B) Joint Stock Companies, Bangladesh
Societies ACT Registration Number. : S-2442 (35)/2000 Dated: 7th August 2000
(C) Department of Social Service
Registration Number: Syl-158/88 Dated: 17th November 1988
(D) Directorate of Family Planning
Registration Number : 28/94 Date: 3rd May 1994
Vision of VARD:
The vision of VARD is "an enlightened humanistic society with a sustainable basis for livelihood."
Mission of VARD:
VARD is committed to develop a self-reliant and socially competitive community of poor, women and children. We strive to accomplish this through poverty alleviation, health care, institution building, livelihood development and networking. Our actions are driven by the principles of equity, sustainability and environmental protection
Values of VARD:
The people of VARD have agreed on a set of values as guiding principles to establish a favorable internal environment and thus contribute to the defined mission.
- The staff member will practice mutual respect at work place
- VARD will evaluate its employees based on their performance
- Free sharing of experiences, view and information will create a sound basis for organization decisions
- Participatory practices and mutual cooperation will govern interpersonal behaviour
- Organizational rules and regulations will apply equally for all
- VARD will encourage self-initiative and sense of responsibility
- Self-criticism and honesty will be the cornerstones of staff behaviour
OBJECTIVES OF VARD :
B. To strengthen capacity of the community people in institution building & group savings, to take collective initiative to alleviate poverty of community people through income & employment generation.
C. To establish gender equity in the society and ensure the empowerment of women.
D.To drive away the illiteracy from the community through implementing education programs for the adult, adolescent and children.
E. To provide community and clinic based reproductive health care, child health care and nutrition services as well as raises awareness on primary health care, nutrition, sanitation and safe drinking water. To manage and prevent/control of STIs, RTIs, HIV/AIDs and communicable diseases.
F. To provide comprehensive eye care services and community-based rehabilitation with a sustainable basis.
G. To promote ecologically sound and sustainable agriculture, social-forestation, fisheries and livestock.
H. Establishment of own resources to increase income for the sustainability of the organization.
I. To organize and development network under the leading of VARD by uniting the local NGOs/CBOs those work at grass-root level in the development aspect in view of organizational capacity building as well as maximum utilization of available local resources.