44 Years’ long Journey of PPSS

PALLI PROGOTI SHAHAYAK SAMITY (PPSS) is a rural Community Development Organization in Bangladesh. It works with and for the poorest and helpless sector of the community, particularly women, from 1979.  A worthy son of this soil and versatile genius Mr. Akber Kabir is the founder chairman and lifelong president of the Organization. PPSS activated aim and planning by strenuous effort and untiring present is confined to Faridpur, Rajbari, Madaripur, Gopalgonj, Narail, Magura, Manikganj, Dhaka, Narayanganj, Narsingdi district. It started work in 03(three) villages in 02(two) Union in the year 1979. At present, it has covered about 1,809 villages of 284 Union in 10 districts.

The object is to empower the poor,  the deprived, and suppressed people creating awareness, encouraging, curiosity, and the ability to question, building unity, and co-operation increasing income generation. Emphasis is given against trafficking in women, illiteracy, and air pollution. Economic emancipation, Sanitation, Helth Service, forestation to maintain ecological balance, Women’s empowerment to build up a gender-balanced society has been given top priority in our goal of objectives. The strategy is to organize optimist poor people into groups, each comprising 20 to 30 persons. The groups meet once a week when they discuss their problems, are helped to find solutions, undertake savings, and develop income-generating projects. During discussion to eradicate poverty, acceleration of employment and income generation activities to achieve economic emancipation are given preference. To create awareness to build up unity to develop a spirit of cooperation and to foster self-confidence and literacy and human rights too. To bring the poor community in a systematic infrastructural pavement we extend them full cooperation, good advice, looking forward with hopes and aspirations.