Disable Development & Educational Foundation (DDEF)

About us

Disable Development and Educational Foundation (DDEF) was established on 1st January 2001 with an effort to spread the light of socio-economic development to all levels of society and to create a self-reliant and well-educated society for the development of disabled people. It is a socio-structural non-political voluntary organization

Mission
• To develop the under privileged poor vulnerable persons with the disabilities especially autistic, vulnerable women and distresses children in grass root level in Bangladesh.
• To change the social and economic situation of undeserved and un-served people in the country creating and sound and peaceful development environment.
• To provide necessary moral and material support to the poor and needy and building their capacity to live with dignity of Allah.
• To reduce poverty among the community people undertaking felt need based and right programs having direct participation of related stakeholders and rehabilitation of person with disabilities.

Vision
DDEF seeks to attain the divine pleasure and satisfaction by means of serving creation with special reference to the suffering humanity irrespective of race, color, ethnicity and other identities. DDEF dreams of a society free from injustice, deprivation, discrimination and other forms of social evils and improve living standard of the less fortunate poor and needy person with disability, vulnerable women and distresses children.

Objectives:
• To reduce water-born diseases and child mortality through safe water supply, increasing sanitation & hygiene practices in rural and slum area.
• To provide special assistance to orphans, widows, refugees and destitute section for their self-reliance and empowerment.
• Mass Education for Non-Formal Primary Education (NFPE) to reduce illiteracy among the target peoples.
• Mass Awareness program on democracy practice and rights, implementation of disability school, good governance, livestock development to contribute national economy.
• For mother and child health care, an HIV/Aids protection program providing necessary training motivation and necessary health service. Integrated agriculture development program to assist the poor farmers
• WATSAN Program to ensure safe water and 100% Hygienic latrine among the target community peoples. Social Forestry program to assist to maintain ecological balance and to save biodiversity.
• To assist toward livelihood and food security create the provision of self-employment among the target peoples. Protection and preservation of human rights specially women child rights. Small business Development among of the poor.
• Women development.
• Disaster management and climate change activities; To increase disaster awareness and preparedness at the disaster-prone area, reduce suffering of disaster victims and help them to recover normal life with emergency relief and rehabilitation.

Programs and projects:
• Educational program: Feeder School (non-formal primary education is offered to the drop-outs from rural poor families at rural education centers); Scholarship Program; Destitute Children Education Program
• Healthcare Program: The main objectives of this program are to provide health awareness through holding health sessions, to provide medical prescription through qualified physician, to provide diagnosis service, physiotherapy, nutrition and life saving medicines free of cost.
• Cleft Lip Plate Operation Program
• Winter Clothes Distribution Program
• Agro Based Program
• Eye Camp
• Orphan Support Program
• Vocational Training Program
• Micro credit programme
• Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Program

Dr. Md Rezaul Kabir is the Executive Director of Disable Development and Educational Foundation (DDEF).

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.