Ensure basic Health and Medicare services for the target (agreed) communities in need, within the specific operation locations, delivered through awareness rising, demand creation, institutional development, building of community capacity, linking with GO-NGO service delivery points.
Extend support to formal systems to promote quality primary education for children with special emphasis on girls, disabled and working children, and design and implement innovative occupational and functional education for adolescents and adults and expanding community education on health, nutrition, sanitation environment, rights and governance;
Counter poverty through creation of alternative income and employment opportunities, promotion of entrepreneurial initiatives and capital building, enhancement of occupational skills for production and values addition and extension of linkage and marketing supports enabling communities to take charge of their own socio-economic sustainability;
Build effective systems, mechanisms and facilities capacitating communities to respond to unforeseen needs and situations prior and during disasters (flood, cyclone, drought, fire, accidents, etc), provide basic information, supports and services for mitigation of sufferings and rehabilitation of life and living jointly with concerned stakeholders;

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HEED Bangladesh has been attaching high priority on good governance, accountability and transparency, operating according to the approved constitution of the organization. It has got four types of organizational structures. These are 1) General Body, 2) Executive Board, 3) General Administration and 4) Advisory Committee.

General Body:
The General Body is ornamented by a group of highly qualified and experienced professionals and dignitaries of the society. The HEED-Bangladesh Society of 20 members sits at least once in a general meeting annually in a transparent and democratic manner all the way. The HEED-Bangladesh Society approves the program activities and budget, income & expenditure, formulates organizational policies, elects the Executive Board and approves membership.

Executive Body:
The Executive Board of 10 members is elected by the members of the General Body in a democratic process for 3 Years. It is the supreme authority to frame policies and guidelines to run the organization. This is the supreme policy-making body of the organization for preparing policies and conducts the entire official administrative and planning for projects and programs. Generally the EC meets at least twice in a year. If it is required, it sits more than twice to solve the emergency issues of the organization.

History and Background of the Organization:

HEED Bangladesh (Health, Education and Economic Development) is a non-profit, non-political and non-governmental organization (NGO) committed to participate and promote national development through upgrading the socio-economic condition of the disadvantaged and underprivileged people in the society. The organization, as a national non-governmental organization (NGO), was formed in 1974, by national Christian leaders and several western partner organizations in response to the post war needs in Bangladesh. Since 1974, HEED Bangladesh has been working in the fields of health, education, agriculture, aquaculture, livestock, forestry, environment & natural resource management, bio-diversity conservation, disaster management, socio-economic development of marginalized and under privileged people, micro finance, nutrition & Hygiene education, water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, rural development, awareness raising, arsenic, women, street children, etc.