Northern Development Foundation (NDF) is a Non-Government, Non-Political, Non-Profit making, Non-Religious humanitarian organization established in December 2009 with the initiatives and sincere efforts of some young social reformers. The aim of the organization is to develop the socioeconomic status of the poorest through building capacities, knowledge, skill and participations in social and development works. The organization is working with the people who are deprived from their due rights and cannot raise their voice in the existing community. NDF works in integrated and participatory development approach.
At present NDF has been implementing various development works in 4 unions of Gaibandha Sadar Upazila. Capacity Building, Training & Education, Income & Employment Generation, Health & Sanitation, Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management are the core programme of this organization.
Basically Gaibandha is very much prone to disaster and poverty. Three are three big rivers; the Bramhaputra, Jamuna, Teesta and their big and small tributaries have been flowing over this district that create sudden and forceful flooding and river erosion almost every year. Monga (seasonal food crisis) is another phenomenon for the people of this district that exposes extra burden to the community people. There are 118 chars (Sandy Island) in Gaibandha. The people who live in the chars have to survive themselves fighting with devastating flood, river erosion, cold wave, drought, tornado, monga (seasonal food crisis) and inverse natural calamities. In addition, they have been deprived from basic rights as well as many other facilities from government due to communication difficulties. NDF is working with such helpless group from last two years to bring positive changes in their life. The most priority based development issues that NDF is implementing are; poverty eradication, women empowerment, gender equality, health and sanitation, human rights, disaster risk reduction, improvement of destitute, and employment creation etc.
