• Approval of project proposals, including any revisions
• Annual fund clearance based on approved projects
• Review and approval of annual audit reports and final project reports, conducted by auditors from the NGOAB-approved panel
• Monitoring and supervision of foreign-funded project activities at local, regional, and central levels
• Issuance of work permits for expatriates employed by NGOs
• Requirement of certification from local government authorities upon completion of project activities in respective areas
• Compliance with any additional requirements as determined by NGOAB

BPKS creator, Mr. Abdus Sattar Dulal, was born in a respected family in 1960 in Bangladesh. At the age of fifteen, he fell from a tree in a life-threatening accident. By the grace of God, he survived, though he remained in a coma for 42 days and took seven long years to fully recover. Since then, he has lived with a physical disability and uses a wheelchair for mobility. Throughout his ordeal, his mother, Ms Noor Nahar, prayed tirelessly for her son, often saying, “May Allah make a way for my helpless child.” Today, her prayers are reflected in Dulal’s remarkable journey. Mr. Dulal has risen to become a respected global leader and a powerful voice among the world’s 1.3 billion people with disabilities.

1. BPKS received an award from the United States Department of State in 2013.
2. BPKS has earned wide recognition from major national and international institutions, including the Government of Bangladesh, the European Union (EU), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Over the years, it has become a respected and influential model organization for people with disabilities (PwDs) both nationally and internationally.
3. BPKS has received numerous recognitions from organizations such as ICACBR, Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI), the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), JANIPOP, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Don Bosco Catholic Mission, Workability Asia, the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (IF-SBH), and various universities.
4. The founder and leadership of BPKS have collaborated with a wide range of national and international organizations, including DPI, the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD), the International Disability Forum (IDF), ICACBR, the European Disability Forum (EDF), the United Nations (UN), WHO, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the European Union (EU), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank (WB), World Vision International, AusAID, Humanity & Inclusion (HI), Oxfam, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Republican Institute (IRI), ActionAid, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), IF-SBH, and various diplomatic missions—through partnerships, consultations, technical support, and knowledge sharing.
5. BPKS has successfully implemented approximately 25 projects, funded by partners from the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, the United States, Australia, and Canada, with a total value of approximately USD 15 million.
6. The founder of BPKS, Mr. Abdus Sattar Dulal, a globally respected disability rights leader, was recognized as a UN Disability Rights Champion for his significant contributions to advancing the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. He has addressed thousands of audiences in 71 countries and has played a key role in shaping numerous national and international policies and frameworks, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
7. BPKS representatives participated in the 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF in Washington, DC.
8. BPKS leadership is member of the Steering Committee on Protection of Rights and Services for Persons with Disabilities that is chaired by Honorable Prime Minister. The committer form on dated 12 May 2026.

The Board is elected every three years through a transparent process conducted by a five-member independent Election Commission.

BPKS came into being in 1985 as an initiative of Mr. Abdus Sattar Dulal, the current chief executive officer (Executive Director) of BPKS. It is registered with the Bangladesh Government as a voluntary not-for-profit pioneer national organization of persons with disabilities (OPD) of all types of PwDs. BPKS is a fundamental organization of people with disabilities (PwDs), fully governed and led by themselves, which ensures the safeguarding of their ownership, effective representation, non-influenced decisions, democratic principles, and recognition of OPDs. BPKS is working to fulfill the aspirations of PwDs, including their equal rights and opportunities and to actualize the development process for all. BPKS is a unique role model organization (OPD) that many individuals and organizations follow. So, they can play a responsible role and contribute to nation-building activities as equal citizens. BPKS is a well-reputed OPD internationally and is known by most international actors, including the United Nations.

BPKS appreciates its supporters, such as Brot für die Welt, Germany, BPKS members, governments, donors, UN, development partners and national and international human rights networking organizations for continuing their cooperation with the BPKS mission.

• Member Secretary role to NC and NEC
• Raise funds and ensure deposit in a Bank Account
• Human resource management
• Approve income and expenditure documents.
• Preserve all relevant documents, deeds and files.
• Call all constitutional meetings and prepare the agenda-wise documents.
• Update the status of the BPKS-to-BPKS Chairman
• Implement the NC and NEC meeting’s decisions.
• Initiate to formulate the relevant policies and guideline

Persons with Disabilities’ Self-Initiative to Development (PSID) is a consumer (disabled people) driven, rights-based, holistic focused development approach that empowers persons with all types of disabilities and lifts them as the center of the development with the responsibility of their initiation, participation and ownership that ensures the society is for all which exist at any situation or status. The philosophy of PSID is based on the belief that the successes of persons with disabilities influence and enhance the entire community and indeed actualize and accelerate the overall development of the nation and contribute to all. It is equally accessible for any citizens, adaptable, sustainable and peaceful, regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, gender or socio-economic status. In the PSID, persons with disabilities can effectively contribute by maximizing their potential and enriching their overall process when able to enjoy the same opportunities as other citizens of a nation, from the grassroots to the national level. PSID recognizes that disability issues are preventable, persons with disabilities (PwDs) issues are rights, equalities, understanding, obligations, respect, acceptance, participation, leadership, sustainability, ownership, development and contributory issues. The success of persons with disabilities contributes to accelerating the peace and overall development of a nation. Through a democratic process, persons with disabilities are directly responsible for the planning, decision-making, implementation, and management of their programs and organizations from the grassroots to the national level. PSID actions achieve a barrier-free resilience society for all including children with disabilities, women with disabilities that helps to build the capacity of persons with disabilities to become innovators able to fully enjoy their human rights while also ensuring that their primary needs are met. PSID believes that disability prevention, ensuring disabled persons’ rights-based and peacebuilding actions, capacity building of their organizations, collaboration and other issues mentioned are lifelong efforts. It needs continued investment based on the response of PwDs, so that by acceptance of all citizens, the country will be more safeguarded with peace and beauty. It has proven to be adaptable, it is cost-effective, as it produced more results compared with cost and that allows for high returns on investment to both economic and social benefits for individuals, their families and their nation.

PSID was created from conclusions made by the decade of life experience of Abdus Sattar Dulal, Founder of Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Somity (BPKS), established as a National Resource Organization of persons with disabilities in Bangladesh. After a decade of organizational experience, Mr. Dulal found that traditional charitable, medical service delivery or asking such as based on someone’s request, insistence, or recommendation models were not effective, holistic, or sustainable for PwDs. BPKS promotes the PSID approach with the vision of a barrier-free, rights-based world for all where persons with disabilities can improve their lives, be active members of their society and contribute to national development.

The effectiveness of the PSID approach is attributed to its three main nexus and synergy, that is, three main concepts that are identified as being consumer/PwDs-driven, rights-based and holistic, leading to the implementation of three strategies to obtain the desired results.

PSID Conceptual Frame:

PSID offers a practical approach to the development of PwDs with proven results. The nexus and synergy of its three main concepts lead to the implementation of three strategies to obtain the three desired results. Because of its guiding principles, it is systematic in nature and replicated to produce similar outcomes in different locations. Details of the conceptual frame are available on request.

1. BPKS directly implements PSID activities, its own innovative approach to empowerment and sustainable development of all types of persons with disabilities at all levels, including grassroots.
2. BPKS works for the development, empowerment and leadership of all types of persons with disabilities through their intellectual capacity building and partnerships with small organizations of persons with disabilities. In this case, BPKS facilitates these types of organizations by collecting funds for them, monitoring and evaluating their activities and BPKS is accountable to donor agencies.
3. BPKS advocates at various levels to eliminate discrimination in the country’s policies, procedures and plans for all types of persons with disabilities, through which participation of disabled citizens of the country and promotion of equality in public facilities.
4. BPKS implements specific activities focusing on one area, such as implementing the project on promotion of income, health or training, and hosting/organizing events, considering the financial situation.
5. BPKS consolidates/combines the 5 (five) working methods to change and improve the overall condition of disabled people in the country.

BPKS also holds membership with eight international networking and human rights organizations including Disabled Peoples’ International – DPI, International Abilympic Federation (IAF), Workability Asia and International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (IF-SBH).

BPKS works with those who are physically or mentally impaired, autism spectrum disorder, by birth or by diseases, accidents, medical malpractices, disasters, conflicts, war, or any reason, or whose behavior patterns/scales appear to be significantly different from those expected, for all such people. Those who are termed as people with disabilities, depending on their physical and mental conditions, specific types of disability, i.e., physical, hearing, vision, intellectual, speech, hearing-visual, multiple disabilities, or any other approved type of disability. The major beneficiaries of BPKS are:

Primary Beneficiaries: Children with Disabilities, Women and men with all types of disabilities, including Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, People living with mental health, people with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Secondary Beneficiaries: Parents and family members of PwDs, professionals, and different institutions, including Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), even though they may not be the primary target people of the actions of BPKS, BPKS considered them as secondary beneficiaries. Because BPKS actions improved the quality of life of PwDs, which indirectly improves the well-being of PwDs’ family members, the standard of living is improved as the well-being of individuals with disabilities and their families is interconnected.
Tertiary Beneficiaries: As PwDs become empowered to make a change in their own lives and the lives of the general people in the areas, the activities reach through awareness among other community people, a minimum of 50% population in its action areas is somewhat benefited. The community also benefits from the intervention through positive information on disabilities and development, prevention of disabilities and the positive impact PwDs make in improving the community. In addition, policy and decision-makers, civil society representatives, development partners and relevant international stakeholders and encouraged through their participation in the district and national-level activities of BPKS. PwDs become integrated into the community by undertaking actions that benefit not only themselves but also the whole community.

It also creates an image through media coverage at the national level by which millions of people hear about the actions and the actions also influence development and human rights promoters worldwide.

Since the introduction of BPKS, it has implemented the programs in 43 districts of Bangladesh, resulting in a demonstrable improvement in the lives of persons with disabilities, including Children with Disabilities and Women with Disabilities in Bangladesh and the world too. The following are the major achievements:

1. BPKS has its own “BPKS Complex (headquarters)” facilities in 60 decimals of land with 8-storied buildings that are secured by a boundary, an eco-friendly environment with capacity for office, conference, dining, training and accommodation. It also has 12 PSID Resource Centres in different districts. The total current value of the properties of BPKS is about USD 15 million.
2. BPKS contributes to improving the policies and changing the policies through its leadership engagement and membership in about 50 committees at the government level and about a thousand meetings with all the top political parties and leaders in the country, including presidents and prime ministers.
3. BPKS organized and sponsored 36 district-level congregations and 2 big at national congregations of PwDs with the participation of over 100,000 PwDs in each from across the country at Palton Moydan, Dhaka, dated 29th March 2006 and 2010.
4. BPKS promotes peace in society through peacebuilders advocating with disabilities in the eight divisions of Bangladesh.
5. BPKS supports the millions of PwDs through several interventions, such as empowering them with knowledge, confidence, leadership, and management skills. Provide employment support including 250,000 PwDs economically benefited, 750 accessible sanitary latrines and tube wells installs that are used by all, installation of 1200 houses, 60 thousand Children with Disabilities enrolled in education, thousands of PwDs and community people received health supports, PwDs received about 10 (ten) thousands assistive device, 550,500 stakeholders and professionals from different sectors including government officials, teachers, religious leaders, diplomats, journalists, development workers, community elites, service providers, PwDs/WwDs and others, benefited by participating in BPKS actions such as training, consultations, workshops, seminars, conferences, orientations and events on different issues and gaining knowledge and information.
6. BPKS develops Grassroots Therapy Providers (GTPs) to ensure accessible, affordable and quality therapy services at the grassroots level. It also organizes eye camps, mental health camps, intellectual camps, general health camps, ENT camps and audio tests and hearing aids with the provision of referral service and attachment of orthoses and prostheses. From these types of camps, more than half a million people benefited.
7. BPKS organized more than a thousand key policy events such as seminars, conferences, symposiums, dialogues, workshops, special events and public meetings, and advocacy meetings, including with universities, parliamentarians and policymakers, civil society forums, business communities, professionals and service providers, etc. In one such event organized by the Bangladesh Government and the BPKS, the Honourable Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia declared the law and policy for disabled people rights and development in 1994.
8. BPKS contributed to promoting different policies and accelerated the policies enforcement, like UNCRPD, SDG, PwDs Rights & Protection Act, 2013, PwDs National Policy 1995, National Plan 1996 and National Education Policy 2010, National Skills Development Policy 2011, National Consumer Policy, Agriculture policy, Health Policy, Children and Women Policy, etc.
9. BPKS promotes the partnership and capacity of 50 Organizations of PwDs (OPDs), including one National OPD network, and a woman with disabilities network and they also manage about 2000 grassroots small OPDs with 41 thousand members, including a minimum of 40% who are women with disabilities (WwDs). It facilitates OPDs across Bangladesh, which are increasingly acting as a safeguard of OPD principles and rights of PwDs in the country through an innovative program that is led by PwDs, a human rights-based and holistic development approach – PSID and they work collaboratively with different stakeholders including local government. It also facilitates with full support the establishment of 30 OPDs including the Women with Disabilities Development Foundation (WDDF) and NADPO. BPKS also facilitated to formulation of their 10-year strategic plan.
10. BPKS organized more than 100 national and international events where most participants are government, CSOs, OPDs, development partners, INGOs, donors and international network and human rights-promoting organizations such as DPI, WI, SADF, UNESCAP, APCD and several others.
11. The BPKS program is broadcast by more than 300 TV programs, mostly by BTV, ATN. 80% of the population is somewhat aware of the actions of BPKS on disability, PwDs rights, organization of PwDs and development. The perception regarding PwDs’ rights and development among the leaders, policymakers, development partners, professionals and general citizens improved their perceptions positively.
12. The founder of BPKS Mr. Abdus Sattar Dulal has had the distinct honor of sharing the stage with esteemed global leaders to deliver his speech, including the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and the President of Panama—a testament to the organization’s growing international recognition, credibility, and impact. Also delivered condolence speech at the national Mourning Meeting in Memory of Late Begum Khaleda Zia among few in presence of her family members, 16/1/2026 in south plaza of Bangladesh parliament. Begum Zia was exceptional leader, and she was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
13. BPKS is the key founding organizations of the Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) in Bangladesh.
14. BPKS works increasingly to mainstream the PwDs into different actions and, importantly, PwDs themselves came out by breaking their bounded situation and overcoming all their challenges.
15. BPKS, together with its European friends, established a charity in 2021 to raise funds for BPKS works, namely ACTability – Freunde von BPKS e. V. registered in German.
16. BPKS Consumer Ltd. was established that provide on-the-job training to Job seekers with disability. It also set up a demonstrable business that self-reliantly ensures reaching the unreached PwDs through sustainable employment opportunities in an environment that is accessible and friendly.

Climate-focused programs are initiated to address policy issues and implement projects, and emergency activities to change and contribute to mitigating the impacts of climate effects.

BPKS searching for technical and generous funding partners to implement its plans activities, promote the safeguard of the human rights principles for PwDs, employment, increase their access to opportunities, public service and humanitarian service, participate in their strengthened OPDs, promote non-discriminatory systems and understanding of various issues, promote a center of excellence of persons with disabilities, provide exemplary and technical support including resources and transfer knowledge to different stakeholders including PwDs and their capacity building.

We welcome all supporters and donors to visit us, consult with us and prepare a plan with us to contribute to the achievement of the goal of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Sustainable Development.