About Us

Caritas Bangladesh (CB) is a national voluntary development organization, established by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) to carry out activities promoting integrated social welfare and development. There is a General Body (GB) which formulates policies and governs CB. The Executive Board (EB) with the guidance of GB, executes Caritas programs/projects through the Executive Director supported by other Directors. Caritas was founded in 1967 as the eastern branch of Caritas Pakistan. Following the cyclone of November 1970 it was re-organized and became known as CORR (Christian Organization for Relief and Rehabilitation) and took on the character of a national organization on January 13, 1971. The name Caritas was re-introduced in 1976. CB is registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 No. 3760-B11 of 1972-73 dated 13.07.1972. It is also registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh having registration No. 009 dated 22.04.1981 under the Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Ordinance, 1978 and under the Micro Credit Regulatory Authority Act 2006 with the registration No. 00032-00286-00184, dated 16.03.2008. CB has its Central Office in Dhaka. There are eight Regional (or Diocesan) Offices in Barishal, Chattogram, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. In all these places CB is operational in Charity and compassion, Integrated Development, Disaster Management and Human Resource Development. CB is currently operating 89 projects covering 189 Upazilas focusing on six main priorities: i) Social Welfare for Vulnerable Communities (SWVC), ii) Education and Child Development, iii) Nutrition and Health Education, iv) Disaster Management, v) Ecological Conservation and Food Security (ECFS), and vi) Development of Indigenous Peoples.