Ethnic Community Development Organization (ECDO)

ECDO is a non-government and not-for-profit voluntary organization working for the development of different indigenous communities in Sylhet Division, the northeastern corner of Bangladesh.Our philosophy is to utilize high-quality academic research as well as regular open-forum discussions within communities to understand the situation and needs of indigenous people. ECDO always uses participatory approach to ensure a sense of community empowerment, ownership, and long-term sustainability of the projects. From its inception, ECDO has formed its mission and vision by considering the opinions and needs of the indigenous people themselves. ECDO’s mission is to assist indigenous communities who are deprived of rights and opportunities for a positive and sustainable change by implementing both service delivery and rights based approaches. ECDO implements its activities in a fully participatory and bottom-up approach with an emphasis on empowerment from within indigenous communities. ECDO envisages a society where empowered, educated, aware and culturally diverse indigenous groups are able to ensure their own human development that would be free from discrimination, poverty and exploitation.