About Suchana Samaj Unnyan Sangstha

Creating sustainable change for the disadvantaged and vulnerable.

Suchana Samaj Unnyan Sangstha (SSUS) is a non-governmental, non-political development organization founded in 1996 in Panchagarh, Bangladesh. We are dedicated to uplifting the lives of poor, marginalized, and vulnerable populations—particularly women, children, Indigenous people, and the elderly—through sustainable, rights-based development programs. With decades of experience, SSUS continues to work across education, health, agriculture, social empowerment, and climate resilience.

Suchana's Objective

Provide assistance for generating income /employment opportunities for the land-less and asset-less and empower the poor.

Provide assistance for generating income /employment opportunities for the land-less and asset-less and empower the poor.

Creating awareness for the improvement in the quality of life of the poor.

Creating awareness for the improvement in the quality of life of the poor.

Promote, support, and sponsor innovative programs and projects to develop an alternative development model.

Promote, support, and sponsor innovative programs and projects to develop an alternative development model.

Encourage savings habits and provide capital as loan/ credit for utilizing the economic opportunities as means of productive economic development.

Encourage savings habits and provide capital as loan/ credit for utilizing the economic opportunities as means of productive economic development.

Eradicate illiteracy; open the door of formal, informal, and basic education for the disadvantaged.

Eradicate illiteracy; open the door of formal, informal, and basic education for the disadvantaged.

Aware of the target people in respect of citizen's rights, child rights, women's rights, and legal rights.

Aware of the target people in respect of citizen's rights, child rights, women's rights, and legal rights.

Provide human and skill development training to the target people.

Provide human and skill development training to the target people.

Networking of those people and institutions working with the same goals and philosophy.

Networking of those people and institutions working with the same goals and philosophy.

Develop gender relations.

Develop gender relations.

Rehabilitate the disabled and marginalized community in order to bring the expected and socially basic development.

Rehabilitate the disabled and marginalized community in order to bring the expected and socially basic development.

To contribute to the sustainable livelihood improvements of the farming communities through conservation and sustainable use of agro-biodiversity.

To contribute to the sustainable livelihood improvements of the farming communities through conservation and sustainable use of agro-biodiversity.

To eradicate water-borne diseases and awareness increasing through education about health & hygienic.

To eradicate water-borne diseases and awareness increasing through education about health & hygienic.

 

Our Target Groups

  • Poor and landless families

  • Women and girls

  • Children and adolescents

  • Indigenous (Adibashi) communities

  • Elderly and differently-abled individuals


 Legal Identity and Accountability

  • Registered under the Department of Social Welfare (Reg. No. 1113, dated 01-12-1996)

  • Registered with NGO Affairs Bureau (Reg. No. 2954, valid until 2030)

  • Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA Reg. No. MRA-02373-04595-00267)

  • Women Affairs, PADOR, and other relevant departments

  • Regularly audited and accountable to donor and government bodies


Our Approach / Values

  • Community-led, participatory development

  • Rights-based and inclusive strategies

  • Transparency and accountability

  • Partnership with donors, government, and civil society

  • Focus on sustainability and long-term impact


Meet the Leadership

👤 Md. Safiqul Alam Dolon
Director & Chief Executive
📞 +880-01714-229034
📧 ssdobd@yahoo.com


Our Partners & Donors

  • PKSF

  • BRAC

  • Bangladesh NGO Foundation

  • Unitarian Service Committee of Canada

  • Ministry of Women & Children Affairs

  • CARE, WFP, EU, and more