WELCOME TO ALO

Assistance for the Livelihood of the Origins (ALO) started its development intervention to uphold the rights of the poor and underprivileged in 1999 from Khagrachari Sadar Upazila through Non-Formal Primary Education Program (NFPE) with the support of BRAC under Khagrachari Hill district. ALO, which means ‘Light’, in Bangla language, is a people centered organization using a rights based approach to alleviate poverty, diversify livelihood opportunities and empower poor communities throughout the southeast region and gradually expanding to other parts of the country. ALO is working with the support of different Donors, Partners and Government agencies for last 21 years in the most inaccessible and vulnerable area of Khagrachari Hill Districts and Covered also sometimes 3 hill districts (Bandarban, Khagrachari and Rangamati).Through a network of 3 project offices, one training center with well-developed communications and operating procedures, and 23 experienced and highly qualified staff and 7 dedicated volunteer (can be deployed anytime) are actively working to improve the socioeconomic condition of the community. ALO has strong credibility among communities and with the Government of Bangladesh authority, also secure a lead role in civil society organizations in Khagrachari Hill District. ALO attempts to maintain professional and good financial systems to track all budgets; a fully staffed internal audit committee; and possesses a strong Monitoring and Evaluation system of collecting demographic information on all project beneficiaries, as well as their participation in project activities.

Arun Kanti Chakma ED, ALO

Message from Executive Director

Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is home to 12 ethnic communities and distinct from other parts of the country due to its hilly geographic and socioeconomic conditions. The area covers one tenth of the total area of the country with 1.5 million populations, but one of the deprived regions in the country in all development indicators. ALO, which means ‘Light’, in Bangla language, emerged in CHT to alleviate poverty, diversify livelihood opportunities and empower poor communities. ALO is a pioneer development and a people centered organization in CHT working at Khagrachari Hill District since 1999 and gradually expanding its development activities other parts of the country.

Since establishment, ALO has created an enabling environment for the underprivileged people through interventions of different development initiatives which includes food security, agriculture, education, health, water and sanitation, environment protection, and emergency and disaster risk reduction, financial access to small scale entrepreneurs/poor, good governance, human and women rights, access to market and value chains and so on.

This year ALO marked on 21 years of development journey in the most inaccessible and vulnerable areas within 3 hill districts (Bandarban, Khagrachari and Rangamati). There are still many places in the Chittagong Hill Tracts where development activities have not reached and have opportunity to work larger scale development activities. ALO intends to cover all those un-serve and under-development areas for the well-being of the community and contribute to establish a hunger free society.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all our communities, stakeholders in particular government institutions, development partners/donors for their cooperation, support and active participation in the interventions of ALO. The ALO would not have been able to achieve its goal without their spontaneous support. I do hope development partners; government and non-government stakeholders will come forward to achieve the ALO objectives, vision and mission as well as contribute to national plans, strategy and goals.

ALO In the Khagrachari

We are in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

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Training Program

ALO EVENTS

Training Program

Training on repairing and maintenance of Community Properties/Assets for YOUTH under Sustainable management of Community Development for CHT project. Funded by ADB and supported by UNDP