Community-led development for a stronger and more inclusive future
TUS works with communities, local institutions and development partners to advance dignity, opportunity, resilience and accountable development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Rooted in communities, committed to sustainable change
Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha (TUS) is an organization for community development based in Chittagong Hill Tracts which was established on 15 March in 1997 by a group of dedicated social activists. From the beginning we have aimed to empower grassroots communities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), so they can take action on the social and economic challenges they face. Since our establishment, we have led the mission successfully more than one decade as a non-governmental, non-profit and non-political organization. We are now a leading local NGO in Khagrachari District, and have experience in undertaking a range of short and long-term projects on livelihoods, environment, biodiversity, traditional knowledge, water and sanitation, hygiene education practices, primary health care, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR), good governance, and education issues.
Development work measured through people and action
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Our Programs
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Livelihood
Through CEP, TUS supports the formation and running of 144 ‘Para Development Committees’ (PDCs), village-based organisations responsible for leading development activities in their communities. In 33 villages, TUS also works with ‘Para Nari Development Groups’, development committees run
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In each of the 52 villages in which we work, we have mobilised communities to form ‘Village Development Working Groups’ (VDWG), responsible for identifying community water and sanitation needs, carrying out awareness-raising activities, and installing new
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TUS worked together with local communities in Matiranga, in an area mostly unreached by government healthcare facilities. TUS worked with the communities to raise awareness about primary health, including malaria and other common diseases, and reduce the incidence of malaria through...
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Ethnic communities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have little access to information on public services provided by local government institutions and departments, and by NGOs. This negatively affects their livelihood and survival, and impedes their participation in democratic governance
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