PATHWAY is a non-governmental, non-political, humanitarian and voluntary development organization that started its journey in 1992 in Dhaka district but its working area covers the whole country of Bangladesh at present. PATHWAY introduces innovative, alternative, adapted, and creative activities among the underprivileged and vulnerable people. PATHWAY is registered as a non-governmental development organization by various government ministries of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is our motherland but inequalities/disparities in development/ resources exist everywhere in the country. Due to various causes, we are still in a backward position compared to the development road map of the world. We have a large number of unskilled populations, illiteracy, less education, unemployment, poverty, financial inability, superstitious attitude, political unrest, flood, cyclone, disaster, tornado, and traditional technology. PATHWAY would like to bring a light of development with moral responsibilities to improve this underdeveloped nation into the development road map of the world. So, its activities include the underprivileged, the marginal, poor peasants, and disaster-affected vulnerable people. The NGO also assists these types of people by providing technical training, jobs, remuneration and incentives in some cases. The organization aims at taking steps to implement some research projects on education, social issues, climate change, environment, refugee, tribal and coastal people so that policymakers and concerned authorities may observe research data and realize the current situations regarding the issues.
PATHWAY works together with a number of experienced and skilled professionals. The team negotiates with community-based local institutions. Our main aim focuses on socio-economic conditions concerning awareness building, improvement of health, road safety, education, research and innovation, technical skills, disaster management and income-generating programs. PATHWAY has been building the empowerment of the local community in right based issues and development
concepts through which they may hold ownership of the projects in the future.
Our Objectives
❖ To undertake and carry on any humanitarian or charitable program for the poor and underprivileged people.
❖ To provide technical/vocational education/training to unskilled people.
❖ To establish and maintain technical/general education institutions/universities in order to enhance learning/skills to reduce/solve the unemployment problem of the country.
❖ To increase skills and empower the women/young girls by providing life-based training on handicrafts and cottage industries for employment in the long run.
❖ To build up a social movement about road safety, the NGO takes steps to provide training on driving, raise awareness among people, and inform rules/laws of road safety.
❖ To arrange waste management and healthy/sound environmental activities that help to create a pollution/risk-free society.
❖ To undertake rights-based development programs among the disadvantaged & troubled community.
❖ To arrange relief/assistance programs among the neglected, poor and vulnerable people during natural calamities such as flood, cyclone and earthquake.
❖ To provide awareness building of general people and skills/training on the environment and climate change, natural disaster and environment pollution.
❖ To take initiatives on tree plantation, forestry and social awareness against deforestation.
❖ To undertake health programs, free medical checkups, supply medicine free of cost, awareness building activities and conference/seminars on early marriage and family planning.
❖ To ensure gender equality in all the development aspects.
❖ To create job opportunities in the locality by self-employment, environment reconstruction, agriculture development and innovative income-generating activities.
❖ To undertake development programs among the aboriginal, ethnic, tribal and minor communities.
❖ To rehabilitate mentally and physically disabled people.
❖ To initiate various research projects on education, social issues, refugee, coastal/tribal people, climate change and environment, agriculture, policy and administration, etc. for the latest data that may help the concerned authorities/ government for further improvement in different fields.
Our Major Activities
PATHWAY initially started its activities in Dhaka city. With time, it has extended its activities all over the country. Its previous activities are prevalent in underdeveloped areas such as Kalapara Upazila (Kuakata, Dhankhali, etc.) in Barishal as well as Moulovibazar Sadar and Rajnagar upazilla. Besides, PATHWAY has been working tirelessly for the betterment of socio-economic conditions in Mirpur area as well.
VGD Program
PATHWAY has successfully implemented the VGD (Vulnerable Group Development) program initiated by the Department of Women Affairs in Moulovibazar Sadar and Rajnagar Upazilla. A total number of 2,824 people have been directly benefitted from this program by PATHWAY. VGD program is the biggest social security campaign initiated by the Government which conducts welfare activities for the development of the lifestyle of the marginal rural women of our country.
The government of our country currently has given opportunities to 10,000 women in different parts of the country. PATHWAY has played a pivotal role in the implementation of this project. Our volunteers have worked tirelessly throughout the year 2017-18 and provided financial assistance for 2,824 people by proving them with 30kg rice, a livelihood training program for earning and being self-reliant and creating opportunities for savings.
Road Safety Program
Road Safety has been the biggest program of PATHWAY which sensitizes the local community about traffic rules and road accidents through various programs. It has been providing free automobile training to the poor people, third gender, women for 4 years now.
The automobile training initiated and managed by PATHWAY aims at developing a group of drivers that can ensure safety through following traffic rules and regulations to the core. In this way PATHWAY dreams to create a safe, accident-free transportation system.
Automobile Driving Training School
PATHWAY Automobile Driving Training School has become one of the biggest achievements of the organization. This school has been renowned for providing free automobile training for underprivileged people. 
According to the annual report spanning from May 2019 to October 2020, a total number of 463 students have taken training from this institution. Among them, 358 are male, 85 are female and 20 are the third gender. Among them, 42 of them have done it free and many others with a significant amount of discount.
Free Friday Clinic
PATHWAY has been successfully conducting “Free Friday Clinic” program since 2019 in Mirpur.
A total number of 473 people have received preliminary medical treatment as well as specialized treatment based on their disease. The health program has been closed down due to the infectious nature of COVID-19.
EPI
PATHWAY has conducted the EPI (Expanded Program of Immunization) program. 
Every first and third Tuesday of a month the expert paramedic and volunteers of PATHWAY have initiated this program, providing the poor and marginalized community with free vaccinations.
Drug Eradication Program
PATHWAY has been an active organization on the war against drug abuse in the country. 
Numerous seminars have been arranged in PATHWAY premises as well as target areas of Mirpur to raise awareness among people. A play made by PATHWAY on the effects of drug abuse on a person and family members has been widely spread and recognized at many levels of society.
Leaflets and posters have been spread all over Dhaka city especially on offices, hospitals, and jails by the volunteers of the organization.
PATHWAY hopes to achieve a drug-free society in near future with the assistance of governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Education Support Activities
PATHWAY provides education materials in schools of poor children such as school bags, calculators, books, pens/ pencils. 
A total number of around 600 children in 20 different schools have been directly benefitted from it.
Iftar Program
PATHWAY has been initiating iftar programs during the whole month of the holy Ramadan. 
The activity is mainly based on the distribution of iftar packages among the marginalized and poor communities in Dhaka city.
Third Gender
PATHWAY has been working tirelessly to change the social stigma on people of the third gender. 
PATHWAY wants to develop them with skill training so that they can lead their life as self-reliant equal citizens in the society and not as burdens. PATHWAY has been arranging skill training such as driving training, boutique and beautician skills for a long time. A total number of 20 third-genders have received driving training whereas 12 have received boutique training and 9 in beautician training. PATHWAY hopes to continue this good work for the moral and socio-economic development of society.
Free Automobile Training Campaign
PATHWAY believes in the statement of the great Mahatma Gandhi that said “Be the change you want to see in the world”. To materialize that belief, PATHWAY started a free automobile training campaign in 2017. In this program, the poor and underprivileged people of the society are given free driving training lessons to ensure that they are expert drivers and initiate income-generating work. 
Women and the third-gender community are prioritized in this program. Since the beginning of this program, a total number of 458 people have received training on driving, most of them with a significant discount, about 80 of them for free. Among them 42 were women and 20 were people from third-gender communities. This program of PATHWAY believes in qualitative development on the skills and experience of drivers both to ensure road safety and create employment opportunities for families.
Road Safety Program
For the past decade, the death toll has continuously been on the rise in road accidents in Bangladesh. According to the statistical data collected in 2017, 2018 and 2019, there have been 3349, 3103 and 4702 accidents respectively. These accidents have resulted in the deaths of 5645, 4439 and 5227 people respectively (Source- The Daily Star, January 5, 2020). 2019 alone saw an alarming 51.53% rise in crashes and a 17.35% rise in deaths. Buses, trucks, and covered vans caused 39% of these accidents and 19% were caused by motorcycles.
PATHWAY has been working tirelessly on this social and national issue and trying to bring about a positive change in society by introducing a fresh group of drivers into the system with complete knowledge and experience of driving. The road safety program of PATHWAY mainly works on arranging seminars, workshops, awareness campaigns on bus stops, bus depots and main focal points on the city where they reach the maximum coverage of the people associated with driving. Besides distribution of leaflets, driving signal introduction, meetings with the automobile drivers’ association to ensure that only the drivers with proper knowledge are allowed to drive on the road are done regularly by PATHWAY. Besides, the research team of PATHWAY is currently working on effective and timely detection and confiscation of fitness fewer cars from the streets. 
PATHWAY has been recognized nationally for this effort for quite some time.
Drug Eradication Campaign
Drug abuse is a worldwide problem in recent times. In Bangladesh, the consumption and distribution of drugs have been on the rise in this century. The government of our country is adamant about creating a drug abuse-free society. PATHWAY is a firm believer in this policy has undertaken several activities in this regard. Under its drug eradication campaign, PATHWAY organizes seminars and mass gatherings every week in different parts of Dhaka, Moulovibazar, and Barishal to raise awareness among the people on the effects of drug abuse on social life as well as economical and physical deteriorations caused by it. 
A team comprising of 5 members works all around the week to identify local users and sending them to rehabilitation programs. Different seminars on the physical and psychological effects of drugs on family members, people using them, and society are organized in the PATHWAY head office are organized where the executive committee members speak with the young generation specifically vulnerable to drugs. PATHWAY aims to establish its rehabilitation facility shortly with help of like-minded people.
Cleaning Campaign
PATHWAY believes that a pollution-free and clean environment is vital for the improvement of the health of people and the betterment of the earth. For this reason, PATHWAY has been organizing weekly cleaning campaigns in different parts of Dhaka and Barisal.
PATHWAY primarily works on collecting waste from the streets and drains. PATHWAY also works on raising awareness on plastic pollution and the importance of recycling by arranging seminars and distributing leaflets among people. The program has a goal of arranging district-based cleaning campaigns and then categorizing the waste based on recyclables and non-recyclables. Moreover, PATHWAY hopes to organize and implement cleaning campaigns on tourist spots of Bangladesh such as Cox’s Bazar, Saint Martins, Sajek Valley, Banderbans, Kuakata, Lauachara, Hamham etc.
“Onnodan” Campaign
PATHWAY launched the Onnodan campaign during this Coronavirus pandemic situation. As we know, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the people of limited income and day laborers suffered the most due to lack of earning sources. Such people have been suffering from a shortage of food since the beginning of the pandemic. 
PATHWAY’s Onnodan Campaign is a passive approach where more privileged members of the society get to help the less privileged. During the first stage of the program, volunteers of PATHWAY placed 100 baskets in front of shops and markets with banners “Spare some food for the needy here, take if you need it”. The concept of this initiative is, if people want to help put some food in the basket, people who want can take it from it. It doesn’t require any additional maintenance and monitoring and people get the maximum benefit out of it which would not have happened had there been money involved in this program. The first phase of this project was appreciated by people from different parts of society. In the next steps, PATHWAY wants to distribute 1000 baskets in different bus terminals, bus stoppages, and Dhaka University. In the third phase, PATHWAY wants to spread this concept in Barisal and then all over the country. PATHWAY believes this campaign will be successful through the spontaneous participation of people of the country.
Social and Financial Development of Third Gender Citizens
PATHWAY has been working tirelessly for a long time to change the social stigma on people of the third gender. PATHWAY is providing third-gender people with skill training so that they can lead their life as self-reliant equal citizens in the society and not as burdens. 
PATHWAY has been arranging skill training such as driving training, boutique and beautician skills for a long time. This is a continuous project which has also been done this year. A total number of 11 third-genders have received driving training whereas 7 have received boutique training and 3 in beautician training.
EPI Program
PATHWAY has initiated the EPI (Expanded Program of Immunization) program this year keeping in mind the lack of necessary vaccinations for newborns in the underprivileged community of Bangladesh. Every year a lot of children suffer due to not getting these vaccinations in our country. As the child of today is destined to be the future for tomorrow, PATHWAY became a partner in this noble deed and applied for this program in Dhaka North City Corporation. 
Every month the first and third Tuesday the program is implemented in different parts of the city. Women and children are provided with free vaccinations. BCG, Pentavalent, PCV, OPV, MR, TT, Measles, etc. vaccinations are provided through this program.
COVID-19 Programs
Free Ambulance Service
PATHWAY has provided free ambulance service towards the Covid-19 affected people desperately in need. 
People who have been affected or have had symptoms have been taken to and from the hospital through specialized ambulance maintaining all the safety protocols by PATHWAY.
Coronavirus Dead Buried
PATHWAY has conducted the noble deed of burying those who died of the Covid-19 virus. People whose bodies would not be touched by anybody were taken to their final resting place by the volunteers of PATHWAY with necessary religious ceremonies. 
A total number of 34 bodies were buried by the volunteers of PATHWAY.
Corona Service Deal with BJC
PATHWAY has signed a commitment of service deal with BJC (Broadcast Journalist Center) to provide free of cost treatment plans following all the safety protocols in case any journalist associated with them gets affected in the line of duty during Covid-19.
A total number of 41 journalists have received treatment through this initiative of PATHWAY.
Distribution of Food
PATHWAY has been distributing food both packaged and cooked throughout the coronavirus pandemic to the underprivileged destitute across the country. 
A total of 35000 families have been provided with food during this program.
Management of Pathway
PATHWAY adopts a decentralized and participatory management system in program planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation. 
The general committee is the supreme authority which consists of 21 members. A seven members’ executive committee is elected for 2 (two)years through general councils for policy-making and executing the program, providing the guideline for the project implementation. All policies of the executive committee is the implementation by a modest staff/team headed by the executive director, who is responsible for overall program implementation and management. He is powered by both the general and executive committee as the contact person of the PATHWAY. The Executive Director is responsible for keeping in touch with donors, government/non-government organizations and office personnel. He has the right and power to undertake contractual activities with other donors or funding agencies.
Target Group of Pathway
- Landless, marginal people and farmers
- The disaster affected vulnerable people.
- Disadvantaged, risky communities and distressed people.
- Youth and adolescent.
- Destitute women and children.
- People in disability
- Indigenous, aboriginal, minority and ethnic groups
PATHWAY believes in a process-oriented development approach and leads towards sustainability of development. During program implementation, it stresses a non-directive bottom-up and peoples’ participatory approach. It adopts a working strategy for making the program socially accepted through people/members’ ownership/ participation of the programs.
