Community Development Association (CDA)

Community Development Association (CDA) is a highly secular, non-partisan-non-Government Development Organization (NGDO) established in the year 1985-1986 in North Western Part of  Bangladesh CDA gradually has been shifted its strategic position from charity to a Right based Organization now facilitating among the poorest, landless and marginal farmers along with the plain land indigenous people (IP) including the differently able men, women &youth with a view to empower, ensure and secure access to land Rights from its inception. Initially, CDA entered voluntarily in the rural poor communities in the remotest villages in greater Dinajpur district the then and it was committed to organize the rural landless poor with the concept of Integrated Community Development Program(ICDP) and tried to unite them in several small groups at their doorsteps in several villages from 1985-86 to 1988 -89 in association with OXFAM-GB &CAFOD-APHD-Hongkong.

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Vision

A People Centered Democratic & Just Society where poverty is eradicated, ecological balance is maintained and the rights and dignity of all individuals are respected.



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Mission

CDA's mission is to empower communities through self-help people's organizations building, promoting gender equality, advocating for pro-people policy reformulation and formulation, and fostering sustainable development. CDA aims to create an enabling environment for behind communities to thrive, strengthening their capacities and ensuring their active participation in decision-making processes.

Approach

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PARTICIPATORY
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BOTTOM UP DECITION MAKING
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ESC,Civil, Political & HR
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Learning by doing
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Networking & Linkages

Values

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Living with People
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MUTUAL RESPECT​
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ACCOUNTABILITY​
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PROFESSIONALISM
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TEAM WORK​

Strategies of CDA

Self-help Institutions Building

Empowerment and Capacity Building

Social Inclusion and Gender Equality

Advocacy and Policy Reform

Livelihood Enhancement

Environmental Sustainability

Partnerships and Collaboration

CDA's Contribute to SDG

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What We Do

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Institution Building
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Land Right
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Agrarian Reform
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Climate / Ecology
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Women Empowerment
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Youth Empowerment
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Empowerment of IPs/Ethnic Minorities/DA
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Sustainable livelihood

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