Proshika Bangladesh stands for Basic Unit for Resources and Opportunities of Bangladesh
Proshika Non-Government Organisation. Immediately after the war of liberation in 1971, some visionary people could realise the inadequacy of the conventional development practices, began to plan development activities with an alternative approach. With an objective to contribute to rebuilding the war-ravaged country, they formed Proshika Manobik Unnayan Kendra (Proshika centre for human development) and started working in a few villages of Dhaka and Comilla districts in 1976.
Proshika is an acronym of three Bangla words, proshikkhan (training), shikkha (education) and kaj (action).
Proshika envisages a society which is economically productive and equitable, socially just, environmentally sound, and genuinely democratic. The organisation's mission is to conduct an extensive, intensive, and participatory process of sustainable development through empowerment of the poor.