ARCO-Association for Rural Cooperation

Association for Rural Cooperation (ARCO)

ARCO, founded in 1996, is a Bangladeshi NGO dedicated to empowering marginalized Adibashi and Dalit communities. Originating from emergency relief, it now focuses on leadership development, rights advocacy, livelihood promotion, vocational training, climate adaptation, gender equality, disaster resilience, and microfinance. Its mission is to ensure socio-economic inclusion and a society free from hunger and poverty.

Our Vision

Developing a society free from hunger and poverty, where the people's rights are heighted.

Our Mission

Empowerment of the deprived and most disadvantaged poor communities, especially the women and children.

Our Goal

Improve the quality of life of the poor, hardcore poor, women, children, indigenous and disabled people of the society.

Fundamental Principles

Transparency and accountability, Autonomy, Non-discrimination, and Gender Equality.

Objectives

To increase the accessibility of hardcore poor, disadvantaged, women and children in mainstream programs.
To ensure the basic rights of the people.
To undertake and implement suitable projects for poor people.
To increase the capacity of women by increasing their skills.
To ensure the child's survival, safety, development and participation rights.
Taking steps to help prevent HIV / AIDS and other diseases.

Strategies

Development of leadership, institutional capacity for claiming rights and entitlements.
Promotion of education, health and sanitation.
Promotion of livelihoods and economic status.
Extension and transformation of information and technology.
Sustainable agriculture, food security and resource management.