Proshika
{{Short description|Organisation based in Bangladesh}}
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|founded_date = 1976
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|location = Bangladesh
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|focus = Economic self-reliance
|method = Training, technical assistance, micro-credit, literacy, advocacy
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|homepage = {{URL|www.proshika.org}}
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File:Proshika.JPG]]Proshika (Proshika Centre for Human Development) is a Bangladesh-based organization. It was founded in 1976 by Dr. Qazi Faruque Ahmed. Proshika promotes self-reliance among the poor through a network of local organizations.{{citation
|author=Shamsul Huda
|chapter=Proshika
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Proshika
|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}} Major emphasis is placed on Micro-finance, agriculture, forestry, health education, disaster management, advocacy, and literacy.{{citation |title=Proshika Manobik Unnayan Kendra (Bangladesh) - Qazi Khaze Alam |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/AC772E/ac772e03.htm |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}} 12 million people have been trained by Proshika.
History
Dr. Qazi Faruque Ahmed established Proshika in 1977 to train, educate, promote micro-finance to improve economy and increase social empowerment. Muhammad Yahiya, one of the founders of Proshika, later left the NGO to establish Centre for Development Innovation and Practices.{{Cite news |title=A son of the soil |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/views/a-son-of-the-soil-1598636601 |access-date=2023-01-14 |work=The Financial Express (Bangladesh) |language=en}} The name comes from the Bengali words for training (proshikkhan), education (shikkha), and work (kaj). Its headquarters in Mirpur were designed by Mubasshar Hussain.{{Cite news |title=Family to hand over architect Mubasshar Hussain's body to BSMMU today |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/190761/family-to-hand-over-architect-mubasshar-hussains-body-to-bsmmu-today |access-date=2023-01-14 |work=New Age (Bangladesh) |language=en}} The NGO had a 30-member general body which elects a nine-member governing body.
On 19 April 2004, Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal, the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, laid siege to Proshika headquarters demanding that the government cancel their NGO registration. They were led by S. A. Khaleque, the local member of parliament and Ahsanullah Hassan, Mirpur Ward six Commissioner.{{Cite news |title=Proshika HQ under Jubo Dal siege|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/04/19/d40419012121.htm|access-date=2021-04-18|work=The Daily Star}} The next day workers of Proshika were arrested.
Empowerment through Law of the Common People organized a Human Rights school for law school students from Bangladesh, India, and Nepal at the Proshika HRDC, Koitta, Manikganj District.{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Shanto Deb |date=2023-01-12 |title=Human Rights Summer School: An unconventional legal education model |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/human-rights-summer-school-unconventional-legal-education-model-3219916 |access-date=2023-01-14 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
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