Date: 23 April 2013


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Subject: Introductory Letter for Assistance.

Dear Sir/Madam:

We are aware that you are an eminent donor agency and as well as donor involved in

various social activities. We want your extending hands and cooperation to implement

our under mentioned area of works of Shah Abdul Aziz Foundation. For your clear

understanding, we furnish below about the foundation and its mission, vision,

objectives, board of members/trustees and thematic areas in which the foundation

work with its slogan and vision “for the society, for the humanity”.

Shah Abdul Aziz Foundation is established on November 2011 that consists of 11

Founder Members who are very much capable, industrious, social, intellectual and

educated persons can play a vital role to work for the humanity and for the society.

The Executive Body of this foundation can motivate and aware the society in

different areas of works.

The Advisory Board is consists of 21 numbers of resource persons from different

parts of society, who cater us their intellectuality as when as needs to fill the

target of Mission, Aims and Vision favoring “for the society, for the humanity”. It

is our confident and aggressive movement to come together with the founder members

to execute goals for betterment of the society, development of the society for the

beneficent of poor, underprivileged and needy peoples. We wish, a least

responsibility will gear up to save a life with your best intellectual efforts to

terminate, eradicate and eliminate poverty and building capacity of life,

institution, individuals, and entrepreneurs.

Nomenclature:

This Foundation is nomenclature from the name Hazart Shah Sufi Abdul Aziz (RA), a

renowned hermit of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The Shrine of Hazrat Shah Sufi Abdul Aziz

is situated at Sk. Mujib Road, Agrabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh. The name of the

foundation is given in respect of His Holy Name. 

Mission:

Shah Abdul Aziz Foundation (SAAF) is a non-government, non-profit, non-political,

charity organization for the society, for the humanity. SAAF established to provide

financial and in kind supports for environment and natural resource management,

health, education, orphan, social service, human rights, sanitation and water,

gender, technology, income generating, scholarship, research, capacity building,

institution strengthening, microcredit youth, women, good governance projects for

underprivileged, poor and needy peoples to eradicate poverty from the society in

some particular regions of Bangladesh and other social service programs that improve

their lives. SAAF has a particular focus on serving the areas.

Vision:

Our vision is to "for the society, for the humanity"

Objectives:

- To establish promote and implement school, college, university, orphanage, mosque,

madrasha, hospital, charitable dispensary, vocational and technical institute,

writer's club, publishing house etc. both general and technical for the purpose of

diffusion of using knowledge among the people of target group.

- To undertake and carry humanitarian or charitable programs for the poor and under

privileged peoples and coordinate projects/schemes, promotion of self-reliance and

generation of awareness for improvement in the quality of life of the poor and to

provide relief to the people affected by natural disasters and assist in their

rehabilitation.

-To sponsor, support, conduct and arrange training programs, seminars, workshops,

symposium and meetings and to make awareness among general public, poor masses and

human society for the beneficial of target group.

-To arrange, research, manage, encourage, display of sculpture, paintings, museum,

liberal and fine arts, folklore, science and technology, medicine, law, engineering,

agriculture, archeology, historical and ethnological culture, mechanical,

agriculture, environment etc. through educational, social and cultural activities.

- To collaborate with other organizations, NPOs, NGOs, VOs, Institutions, bodies and

societies both in Bangladesh and abroad including relevant International Agencies.

Board of Founder/Trustee Members:

Chairperson- Mr. S. M. Shawkat Hossain, M. Com. Chittagong University, Businessmen &

Social Worker, -President: Khaja Ajmeri Kindergarten & High School, -President:

Khaja Ajmeri Education Society, -Vice President: Chattagram Samaj Kalyan Parishad,

-Life Member & Sr. Vice President: Diabetic Hospital, Chittagong, -Acting Secretary:

Nagar Baish Mahalla Committee, Chittagong, -Life Member: Anjumane Mufidul Islam

Bangladesh,-Life Member: Chattagram Maa O Shishu General Hospital, -Life Member: Red

Crescent Society

Co-Chairperson & Trustee President: Dr. Q. M. Ohidul Alam, MBBS, MD, PHD, Medicine &

Asthma Specialist, Columnist and Social Worker -President: BPMPA, Chittagong,

-Columnist of National Daily Newspapers, -Vice president: SAARC Asthma & Allergy

Association, -Joint Secretary: Pahartali Eye Hospital Management Committee, -Founder

Life Member: Chittagong College Ex-Students Association, General Secretary,

Sampreeti Forum- Chittagong College, -Vice President, Dr. Yunus Suridh, Chittagong

Secretary General: Muhammed Alee Mansur, M. Sc. (Zoology), MBA (International

Business), “International P2M Practitioner (IP2MP)”, Industrial Consultant, Service

Holder & Social Worker, -EC Member, Dr. Yunus Suridh, Chittagong, -Life Member:

Chattagram Maa- O- Shishu General Hospital, -Life Member: Bangladesh Zoological

Society, -Vice President: Sheikh Mujib Road Mahalla Committee,-Life Member: MBA

Association, Bangladesh (Chittagong Chapter), -EC Member: Engr. Khaleque-Prof. Mohd.

Khaled Foundation, -Life Member: Chittagong College Ex-Students Association -EC

Member: Kaldhara Parishad (Literature Organization), -Treasurer: Sampreeti Forum

Chittagong College, -Member: Chittagong Computer Council, -Life Member, Muslim

Education Society (MES).

Treasurer: Ziauddin Khaled Chowdhury, -Businessmen & Social Worker, -Donor Member,

Kattali Nurul Haque High School, -Divisional Vice Chairman, Bangladesh Manabadikar

Commission, -Chairman, South Asian Cultural Society, Life Member, Muslim Education

Society (MES), Bangladesh, -Life Member, Chittagong College Ex-Students Association,

-EC member, Sampreeti Forum Chittagong College, -EC Member, Dr. Yunus Suridh,

Chittagong

EC Members: 

Mohammad Shahidul Alam, -Businessmen, Social Worker, Ex-Councilor, West Bakalia

Ward, Chittagong City Corporation, -Ex-Chairman, Chittagong City Corporation

Education Standing Committee, -President, Yar Mohammad Primary School, -President,

Taslim Nasim Primary School, -Life Member, NATAB, -Life Member, Rogi Kalyan Samity,

-Life Member, Chittagong College Ex-Students Association, -EC member, Sampreeti

Forum-Chittagong College

Mohammad Harun, -Businessman, Al Kabir Group & Social Worker, -Life Member,

Bangladesh Hishab Biggan Samity, -Life Member, Govt. Commerce College Ex-Students

Association, -Life Member, Collegiate School, Chittagong, -Life Member, Chattagram

Maa O Shishu General Hospital, -Life Member, Rogi Kalyan Samity, -Member, Anjumane

Ittehad Bangladesh, Baitush Saraf, -Secretary, Amena Kabir Foundation, -Trustee,

Darus Shefa Clinic, -President, Al Kabir Alimul Quran Sunniya Madrasha, -Trustee

Finance, Chattagram Foundation Trust, -Adviser, Janata Sangha, Urkirchar, Raozan

Jashim Uddin Sikder, -Businessmen in Oman & Canada, Social Worker, -Member,

Bangladesh Association, Oman

Ahmedul Alam Chowdhury, -Businessmen & Social Worker, -Life Member, Chittagong

Diabetic Samity, -Life  Member, Chattagram Maa- O- Shishu General Hospital, -Life

and EC Member, Muslim Education Society, Chittagong, -Life Member, Old Placidians

Association, -Life member, Kadam Mubarak Muslim Yatimkhana, -Ex-President,

Patharghata Menka Govt. Primary School

Nur Nahar Begum, -Member, Chittagong Bar Council, -Member- Chittagong District Tax

Bar, -Member- High Court Bar, -Life Member- Bangladesh Kidney Foundation, -Life

Member- Muslim Education Society, -Life Member- Samaj Samikkha Sanga, -Life Member-

Chittagong University Old Students Association, -Jr. Vice President- Apex Club of

Karnaphuli, Chittagong, -Vice President – Bangladesh Teachers Association, -EC

Member- Sampreeti Forum- Chittagong College

Khurshid Rokeya, -General Secretary, Anticorruption Preventive Committee, -Executive

Member, Chandanaish Samity, -Life Member, Chittagong College Ex-Students

Association, -Member, Forums for Peoples Voice, Bangladesh, -Life Member, Muslim

Education Society (MES)

Advocate Nishat Sultana, Lawyer & Social Worker, -Life Member, Bangladesh National

Women’s Association, -Member, Bangladesh Legal Aid Services (BLAST), -Member, Rotary

Club of Islamabad, -Ex-AGM & Cultural Secretary, Chittagong District Bar

Association, Chairman, Ainjibi Shilpi Sangstha, Enlisted Artist- BTV and Bangladesh

Betar 

Thematic Areas:

 

        Advocacy/ Research 

        Agriculture/Food

        Arts/ Culture 

        Children

        Communications/ Media

        Democracy 

        Drug Abuse

        Disaster Management 

        Economy 

        Education

        Emergency Relief

        Energy 

        Environmental

        Forestry 

        Gender

        Girl Child

        Good Governance

        Health 

        Housing

        Human Rights

        Humanitarian Relief

        Industrial Relations/Labour

        Information Dissemination 

        Information Technology

        Infrastructure Development

        Institution Strengthening

        Legal Aid

        Microcredit/Microfinance

        Poverty Alleviation 

        Rape and Violence

        Religion

        Reproductive Health 

        Rural Development

        Sports & Recreation

        Trafficking & Migrants

        Technical & Vocational Training

        Water Supply & Sanitation 

        Women

        Youth

 

For your kind information, initially we have taken 21 projects in the year 2012 such

as blanket distribution among the street peoples, mosquito net distributions among

the slum areas of Chittagong, Sewing Machines and goat distribution programs to

widows, school materials and other in kind support projects by our own efforts

besides income generating pilot projects. Some of our projects are finished in

meantime from which more than 500 peoples are benefited.

Upcoming Projects:

An International Standard Technical and Nursing Institute for women and a

Specialized Hospital will be our long term project besides our regular pilot

projects.

Bio-Gas Project

We are planning to initiate Bio-Gas project in rural areas to produce bio-gas and

energy. Bio-gas and natural fertilizer can be produced from the cow dung. This

bio-gas will be used in the firm instead of using normal electricity. Extra gas can

also be supplied to nearby household usage and sell to others.

Multimedia-based training program for Rural Women

Since inception of the project we received a huge response from the women and the

project is successful. As most of the women are not educated and they do not have

much training and experience how to better maintain cows, time for vaccination, cow

food and market access. Although Bangladesh government has such agricultural

development office but they do not have much equipment and other resources. 

If we could have multimedia training equipment we would be able to develop content

and materials and help training for women in the rural areas. It is always difficult

to have experts in the rural areas. So, if we could have multimedia equipment we

would be able to record and play for training purposes in the villages. 

These multimedia equipment i.e. CDs, DVDs, web based content will help to provide

better knowledge and training about cow rising. We would also be able to educate

them about the value of education for their children; remind about their new born

babies get free immunization injection which will ensure healthy children; and other

issues which will help them for better life.

Agricultural Technology for Rural Farmers

We are also planning to initiate project which will help rural poor farmers to use

technology for land cultivation and harvesting crops with greater ease and less

expenses.We are planning to buy new technology and lend poor farmers with cheap

rate. 

Institute of Manufacturing Technology 

We have taken initiative to set up an Institute of Manufacturing Technology to train

up poor youth from the rural and remote corner of Bangladesh to get overseas jobs

which will enhance foreign remittance to the Country. The Institute will tie-up with

different overseas employers for placement and even the trainer will do job in local

manufacturing institute. A Pre-feasibility is going to prepare shortly mentioning

detail curriculum. 

In view of the above, we would appreciate your extending hands to circulate our

requests to the donors and donor agencies in your country and we would like to

implement spontaneously different thematic area works mentioned as stated above with

your kind cooperation other than the continuous pilot projects initiated by us.

Thanking you and your few times can stimulate the development of the society as well

as country that we all have a least responsibility as human being to the vision “for

the society, for the humanity”.

Thanking you,

Best regards,

Muhammed Alee Mansur

CEO

Shah Abdul Aziz Foundation

Registered Office:

1704 Sk Mujib Road, Agrabad, Chittagong 4100

Bangladesh

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.saafbd.org

Cell: +880-1817582857

Encl: Foundation Profile