Supporting People and Rebuilding Communities 3.18

Who We Are
SPaRC is a women-led organisation working to improve the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable and voiceless.

Our Partners:
*South Asian Women's Fund
*WikiPeaceWomen and Peace Women Across the Globe.
*Mizel-Hozal
*TooGoon
*Project Dhee
*Boys of Bangladesh
*Ranga
*শক্তি- Shakhti

SPaRC works for :

* Women's rights and feminisms
*Children's rights
*Indigenous Peoples rights
*Youths capacity building
*Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
*Peace and Security

We try to provide :

*Counseling
*Medical expenses
*Educational expenses
*vocational training/ expenses
*cultural training/expenses


What we do :

*Support survivors of gender Based violence/violence against women
*Raise awareness on rights issue
*Conduct workshops/training/experience sharing
*Maintain collaboration with regional/national/international org and work with them
*Raise voice against any kinds of oppression on the area that we are working for


What we expect from our beneficiaries:
*He/She will have better understand of his/her rights
*He/She will work for the community and for a better world

We are seeking for :
*Volunteers
*any suggestions or advice
*Empathy
*Lots of Love
*Any kind of help to the survivors

We believe in:
*Feminism
*Courage is contagious
*Rights based approach in conducting any works
*Sharing is caring

Presently, we are working in Chittagong Hill Tracts with its core focus on women and girls who are survivors of sexual and/or physical violence, aims to strengthen and empower this group’s ability to both independently and collectively take necessary steps to recover and move on from their challenges, improve their lives and be heard.

SPaRC is committed to the tenets of gender equality, sustainable development, justice, peace, and both mental and physical health. SPARC is one part of a dynamic network of women and men across the globe, with friends of SPARC including researchers, feminists, journalist, psychologists and other medical professionals, photographers, academics, students and youth leaders, environmental activists, rights activists, and lawyers who are committed to the vision and mission of SPaRC.

SPaRC was informally founded in April, 2013, in the aftermath of the Savar garments factory tragedy in Dhaka which caused the deaths of more than one thousand people (mostly women). The organisation was born out of the empathy that a network of like-minded individuals was feeling in the wake of the devastating tragedy. Following successful fundraising efforts, the group made collective efforts to mitigate the suffering and empower the mostly female victims (and their dependents) of the Savar tragedy. Subsequently, three members of the group were inspired to move forward with the creation of a more structured organisation committed to the same ideals in their home region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, where too many women and girls are disempowered and voiceless.