Development Journey of NGF
NGF was established in 1987 with the leadership of Mr. Lutfor Rahman as a ‘not-for-profit’ management development organization, registered under different legal authority of Bangladesh Government.
The principal objective of NGF is to initiate and promote activities that help reduce poverty, with emphasis on employment generation.
Starting Year |
Name of the Programme/Projects |
Main Feature |
Supported By |
1987 |
Savings mobilization and credit support |
Group formation, Savings collection and loan support |
Own fund |
1990 |
Microcredit Programme Financing the poor and ultra poor people |
Group formation, Savings collection and loan support |
PKSF |
1999 |
Sundarban Bio-diversity Conservation Project (SBCP) |
Financing to ensure alternative employment opportunities for the forest users, fisherman community. |
PKSF-ADB |
2000 |
Socio-Economic Rehabilitation Loan Program (SRLP) |
Financing the disaster affected people who are unable to access finance |
PKSF-ADB |
2001 |
Microenterprise (ME) Loan |
Financing the progressive borrowers |
PKSF |
2004 |
Livelihood Restoration Project (LRP) |
Access loan for recovery from natural disaster |
PKSF & The World Bank |
2004 |
Ultra Poor Programme (UPP) |
Loan for the ultra poor people who are unable to access finance |
PKSF |
2005 |
Seasonal Loan (SL) Supporting the opportunities to strengthen livelihoods |
An initiatives to reduce seasonal hunger and use loan for productive perposes |
PKSF & The World Bank |
2007 |
Rehabilitation of SIDR-Affected Coastal Fishery, Small Business and Livestock Enterprise (RESCUE) |
Finance for recovery from disaster |
PKSF |
2007 |
Special Assistance for Housing of SIDR-Affected Borrowers (SAHOS) |
Finance for recovery from disaster |
PKSF |
2008 |
Agriculture Sector Microcredit (ASM) |
Helping farmers who secure the nation’s food |
PKSF |
2010 |
Enhancing Resources and Increasing Capacities of the Poor Households towards Elimination of their Poverty (ENRICH) |
Holistic family development approach to ensure better livelihood by creating additional income from their household that increase human and social dignity |
PKSF |
2010 |
Learning and Innovation Fund to Test New Ideas (LIFT) |
Financing to innovate new ideas |
PKSF & DFID |
2011 |
Finance for Enterprise Development and Employment Creation (FEDEC) Project |
Value Chain Development and capacitysupport for the micro-entrepreneurs and theirproducts |
PKSF-IFAD |
2013 |
Developing Inclusive Insurance Sector Project (DIISP) |
Insurance support for the poor |
PKSF |
2013 |
Community Climate Change Project (CCCP) |
Support to the poor to increase their resilience to climate change through civil society organizations |
PKSF-World Bank |
2014 |
Dike Greening Sub Project |
To strengthen organic shrimp culture by encouraging dike greening |
GIZ |
2013 |
Food Security Ujjibito Project |
Sustainable graduation from ultra poverty ofvulnerable and women-headed households |
EU, GoB &PKSF |
2013 |
Livestock Unit and Agriculture Unit |
Enhance technology-based sustainable livestock, crop and fish production for employment generation, poverty reduction and, for ensuring food and nutrition security of poor |
PKSF |
2015 |
Women Focused Golda Cultivation and strengthen market linkages |
Study, Market assessment, Capacity building both staffs and lead farmers, nursery development, demonstration and market linkage workshop |
EDGE-KATALYST |
2015 |
Vegetable based profitable cropping pattern |
Study, Market assessment, Capacity building both staffs and lead farmers, nursery development, demonstration and market linkage |
EDGE-KATALYST |
2015 |
PACE Project |
Crab culture and value chain development within the crab sub-sector in the coastal areas |
PKSF & IFAD |
2015 |
SEIP Project |
To develop demand driven workforce through skills development training and thereby placing them in more productive self and wage employment at home and abroad which will support to improve their livelihood. |
PKSF, GoB, ADB & SDC |