ActionAid Bangladesh

What ActionAid Bangladesh does

ActionAid Bangladesh is a non-governmental, non-profit humanitarian and development organization that has operated in Bangladesh since 1983 as a member of the ActionAid International federation. Headquartered in Dhaka (Gulshan-1) with a residential facility in Mohammadpur and field operations spanning 45+ Local Rights Programmes across districts including Cox's Bazar, Patuakhali, Bagerhat, Sunamganj, Ghoraghat, Mirpur, Lalmonirhat, Shyamnagar, Faridpur, and Thanchi, the organization delivers programs in four core areas: women's rights and gender equity, resilience and climate justice, democratic governance, and youth empowerment. Signature programs include the Happy Home residential initiative for 150 street girls, the Child Sponsorship Programme linking sponsors to thousands of children, the FGG III green-energy and sustainable value-chain project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the SHOMBHABANA Project on child marriage prevention, and the Rohingya Response Programme in Cox's Bazar camps serving 101,090 refugees.

The organization operates through community-based delivery models rather than proprietary technology platforms. Its infrastructure includes Child Development Centres (Shishu Bikash Kendra), Child Forums, Community Journalist Groups, and partner-NGO networks (e.g., JJS, Shapla Mohila Sangshta, Bright Bangladesh Forum, Asfak Siraj Bandhan). Specialized methodologies include a Nature-based Solutions scheme implemented with the World Food Programme and a Women's Resilience Index benchmarking tool developed with the Economist Intelligence Unit. Marketing and fundraising channels combine a digital donation platform (Support A Child, Happy Homes, Emergency Response), a YouTube and Facebook presence, monthly newsletters, annual reports and publications, major campaign events (International Women's Day, Global Climate Strike, International Water Conference), and media partnerships such as with Prothom Alo. Total reported reach across all programs is 1,076,958 beneficiaries, including 476,039 children and 12,695 women engaged in livelihood activities, with 38 million in digital media outreach.

Revenue is generated entirely through charitable means: recurring child sponsorship contributions, institutional grants from government donors (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, AECID, Canadian High Commission), multilateral agencies (UNHCR, WFP, UNFPA), and individual donations via website and events. The organization is led by Country Director Farah Kabir and governed by an Executive Board. ActionAid Bangladesh is a private, non-listed entity without subsidiaries, patents, or equity funding; it is not publicly traded and does not disclose audited financials in the available data.

Name

ActionAid Bangladesh

Legal name

ActionAid Bangladesh

Website

https://actionaidbd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ActionAid Bangladesh, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Dhaka, is a non-profit INGO delivering women's rights, climate justice, child rights, and humanitarian programs across 45+ Local Rights Programmes in Bangladesh, including Rohingya refugee response and residential care for street children, funded by donations and institutional grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian and Development Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH), NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC), International & Global Public Health Aid Administration (Government Donors) (HLAJALAO)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Development programs
• Gender equity advocacy
• Climate justice initiatives
• Child sponsorship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Dhaka

HQ country

Bangladesh

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Primary revenue source from individual donors, supporters, and institutional funders. Website-based donation options include Support A Child sponsorship, Happy Homes contributions, and Emergency Response fund.
2. Institutional Grants and Donor Funding: Funding from governments, foundations, and multilateral organizations including Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, AECID (Spanish development cooperation), WFP, UNHCR, UNFPA, and others for specific humanitarian and development projects.
3. Child Sponsorship Program Revenue: Recurring support from sponsors enabling education, shelter, food, clothing, medical care, and vocational training for street children, particularly girls in Dhaka.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ActionAid Bangladesh is a nonprofit international non-governmental organization that delivers community-based humanitarian and development programs in Bangladesh, including residential child care (Happy Home), child sponsorship, women's rights and gender equity programming, climate resilience and disaster response, youth empowerment, and Rohingya refugee assistance. Programs are funded through individual donations, sponsorships, and institutional grants from governments and multilateral agencies, and are delivered through 45+ Local Rights Programmes, residential centres, and partner organizations.

Product overview

ActionAid Bangladesh is a non-governmental organization focused on development and humanitarian work rather than a commercial technology product company. The organization offers a portfolio of programs and services including: Happy Home (a residential child care program), FGG III (green energy project), Women-led Solutions to Food Insecurity (climate resilience agriculture project), and thematic programs covering Women's Rights, Climate Justice, Youth Leadership, Child Rights, Humanitarian Response, and Rohingya Response. These are development programs and social initiatives, not technology products or software platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Happy Home: A residential program for girls who have previously lived in vulnerable conditions, providing safety, education, and life skills support. Established in 2006 to address the needs of Dhaka's underprivileged street children.

Products and services

• Happy Home Residential program providing shelter, food, clothing, education, vocational training, medical care, and psychosocial support for girls aged 7-18 who have been living on the streets of Dhaka. The program aims to reintegrate girls into society with dignity and develop them as future leaders.
• Child Sponsorship and Child Rights Programme Program connecting children with sponsors while ActionAid and partners facilitate the relationship, focusing on child rights, education, protection, and development. Sponsors provide recurring contributions supporting education, shelter, food, clothing, and skills development for children in Bangladesh.
• Women's Rights and Gender Equity Programme Program ensuring safety, voice, and economic freedom for women and girls across Bangladesh, working to end violence, discrimination, and gender-based barriers to participation. Activities include advocacy, economic empowerment, and protection from gender-based violence.
• Resilience and Climate Justice Programme Program helping communities prepare, respond, and rebuild from floods, cyclones, and climate shocks with dignity and long-term resilience, particularly active in climate-vulnerable coastal regions of Bangladesh.
• Youth and Just Society Programme Program empowering youth to lead, advocate, and build a just society, treating young people as powerful agents of change through leadership development, climate activism, skills training, and employment support.
• Humanitarian Programme Emergency response program providing rapid intervention during floods, cyclones, and humanitarian crises, with long-term recovery and resilience building. Particularly active in climate-vulnerable coastal regions and in the Rohingya refugee response in Cox's Bazar, supporting women-led initiatives, safe spaces, and essential services.
• Rohingya Response Programme Programme providing emergency relief, livelihood support, and long-term resilience-building programs for communities affected by displacement in Cox's Bazar, with particular focus on Rohingya refugees, women-led initiatives, safe spaces, and essential services.
• FGG III (Fair, Green and Global III) Project Project promoting green energy through enhancement of just and sustainable value chain, funded by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with focus on energy transition advocacy and climate justice in Matarbari-Moheshkhali, Payra-Kalapara, and Rampal-Bagerhat areas.
• Women-led Solutions to Food Insecurity and Livelihood in Face of Climate Change Project facilitating building transformation capacity at community level led by women, particularly young women, to address food insecurity associated with climate change impacts through Climate Resilience Sustainable Agriculture (CRSA) and nature-based solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,076,958 total beneficiaries reached across all programs
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• World Food Programme (WFP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperating partner implementing Natural Resource Management (NRM) project with WFP, supporting displaced individuals through nature-based solutions and sustainable livelihood programs in Rohingya camps.
• UNHCRcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting humanitarian programs in Cox's Bazar with focus on Rohingya refugees, particularly women-led initiatives, safe spaces, and essential services.
• UNFPA BangladeshmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical support provider for SHOMBHABANA Project on preventing child marriage; supported journalist workshops on Gender Based Violence coverage in Cox's Bazar.
• BGMEAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for sustainable transformation in the ready-made garment industry, addressing workers' rights and environmental sustainability.
• UEFA Foundation for ChildrenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting sport for development and peace initiatives in Cox's Bazar camps and host communities, enabling inclusive sports activities for youth, women, and persons with disabilities.
• Prothom AlomajorGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor media partner for joint events including International Women's Day celebrations and dialogues on women's political participation and leadership.
• SANEM (South Asian Network on Economic Modeling)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on youth survey 'Tracking Perceptions on Reforms, Skills, Jobs and Education' providing research insights on youth perspectives ahead of elections.
• International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-producer of Civil Society Response to Bangladesh Climate Budget Report; research and training center on climate change based at Independent University Bangladesh.
• Action on Climate Today (ACT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFive-year UK DFID-funded initiative working with governments in South Asia on climate resilience; co-produced Climate Budget Report response.
• Alliance Française de DhakaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue partner for 'Art for Hope' exhibition showcasing children's artwork from Happy Home and Shishu Bikash Kendra programs.
• JJS (Jatiya Janakallyan Shangstha)majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementing partner for SHOMBHABANA Project on child marriage prevention, delivering Value Clarification Sessions in Rampal Upazila.
• Shapla Mohila SangshtamajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal partner for LEADR Project in Faridpur; collaboration on Child Development Centre construction for children of sex workers.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BRAC: The largest development NGO in Bangladesh, operating community-based programs across women's empowerment, education, climate resilience, and humanitarian response. Most direct peer given overlapping mission, geographic footprint, and beneficiary segments in Bangladesh.
• Oxfam in Bangladesh: INGO addressing poverty, gender inequality, and humanitarian response in Bangladesh. Comparable federation structure (Oxfam International), humanitarian advocacy voice, and Rohingya response operations.
• World Vision Bangladesh: Child-focused INGO with sponsorship model, humanitarian response, and community development programs in Bangladesh. Direct peer on child sponsorship, refugee response, and community-area development approach.
• CARE Bangladesh: INGO operating across women's empowerment, humanitarian response, and climate resilience in Bangladesh, with strong presence in Rohingya response. Direct peer on women's rights programming and donor-funded project structure.
• Save the Children Bangladesh: Major international NGO focused on child rights, education, and child protection in Bangladesh, including Rohingya response in Cox's Bazar. Highly comparable institutional donor mix, child sponsorship model, and program portfolio.
• Concern Worldwide Bangladesh: INGO working on livelihoods, health, and humanitarian response in Bangladesh including Rohingya crisis. Comparable donor-funded project model and focus on extreme poverty and climate vulnerability.
• Plan International Bangladesh: INGO focused on children's rights, gender equality, and youth empowerment in Bangladesh, including sponsorship-based funding. Closely comparable programmatic focus on child rights, child sponsorship, and adolescent girls.

Broad incumbents

• BRAC International: International arm of BRAC operating across multiple developing countries. Comparable as a large, multi-country Southern-led development organization with similar women's empowerment and livelihoods programming.
• ActionAid International (Federation): Parent federation operating in 45 countries; while not a peer in the competitive sense, it is the closest structural benchmark for governance, funding model, and programmatic focus given ActionAid Bangladesh is a member.

Emerging players

• Solidarités International Bangladesh: INGO focused on water, sanitation, and humanitarian response in crisis-affected areas including Bangladesh. Overlaps with ActionAid Bangladesh's humanitarian and water-related programming (e.g., International Water Conference).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/actionaidbangladesh
• Facebookfacebook.com/actionaidbangladesh
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/actionaid-bangladesh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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