Council of Minorities
Focus on Realizing the Rights of the Minorities and Indigenous Communities in Bangladesh
The Council of Minorities exists to advocate for the rights, representation, and well-being of marginalized and under represented communities. Through community engagement, policy advocacy, education, and cultural empowerment, the Council works to ensure equity, inclusion, and social justice for all minority groups. Our mission is to amplify voices, influence positive change, and foster a society where diversity is recognized as a strength.
Our Activities
Approximately four hundred thousand camp based Bihari Urdu Speaking Bangladeshis are living in 116 Camps in Bangladesh. They are Bangladeshi citizens according
National Minority Summit
Since 2011, CoM has been organizing the National Urdu-speaking Youth Leadership Summit by inviting sixty Urdu-speaking youth from all the camps in Bangladesh
Advocacy & Research
CoM has an advocacy unit focusing on the different issues related to access to justice, citizenship and civil documentation. CoM has
This project’s ultimate goal is to help the camp-dwelling Urdu-speaking community in Bangladesh secure their land rights and upgrade their housing and infrastructure. Starting
National Minority Summit
CoM is currently implementing a research project on minority profile mapping in twenty districts within the five divisions in Bangladesh. This project is supported by the
Education & Skill Support
With the support of The Ahmad Family Foundation a total number of 28 rickshaws and 18 vans have been distributed among the youth
Covid-19 Food and Vaccination Support
With the support of The Ahmad Family Foundation a total number of 28 rickshaws and 18 vans have been distributed among the youth of
Livelihood Support
With the support of The Ahmad Family Foundation a total number of 28 rickshaws and 18 vans have been distributed among the youth of the camp who used to earn their
Health, Wash & SRHR
With the support of The Ahmad Family Foundation a total number of 28 rickshaws and 18 vans have been distributed among the youth of the camp who used to earn their living
True empowerment begins when every voice is heard, every right is protected, and every individual has the opportunity to thrive
KHALID HUSSAIN , Founder & Executive Director - Council of Minorities
A story of overcoming from barriers
Tania Akter is an 8 years old girls child by born physically disabled a resident of Patgudam Camp Mymensign. She can’t sit, stand and move. Tanya’s father is unemployed and her mother is working as cook in a Madrasha and she earns very small amount as salary which is not enough to manage family expenses and for the treatment cost of Tania.
One day her mother attended a community group meeting organized by Paralegla Mr. Nesar Ahmed and after the meeting Tania’s mother requested to paralegal to arrange a wheelchair for Tania. Paralegal drafted a story of Tania and attached a picture and submitted to an NGO named “Human Rights and Advocacy Forum” in Mymensign.
The President of HRAF posted on his facebook and appeal to his friends and family members to provide a wheelchair to a physically challenge girl Tania. After posting the appeal post for the wheelchair a leady professor responded him and said to purchase a wheelchair for Tania and she (Professor) paid Taka 8,000/- USD 68 for the wheelchair.
Tania and his family are happy to get wheelchair and now paralegal is preparing documents of Tania for her birth certificate and after getting the birth certificate paralegal will apply for disable allowance for Tania in Social Welfare office.
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About Us
Council of Minorities (CoM) a local not-for-profit organization which has been registered under NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh Registration No.3469. It is concerned with A peaceful, poverty and violence-free world especially where minority, powerless and marginal, having the same opportunity to live with dignity and hope.
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