Light House

Light House is a well reputed non-profit voluntary development organization working for the development of rural and urban asset less poor, marginalized and high risk population particularly the landless, homeless, sex worker, drug users both injecting and heroin smokers, men who have sex with men (MSM) and Hijra with transgender, distressed, school dropouts, child labor, adibashi and other disadvantaged adults and children in Bangladesh.

It is a leading Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Bangladesh that was founded in 1988 following devastating and gigantic Flood. Feeling concern, a group of young and energetic men joined together to work for the flood victims. One of those founder members, Md Harun-or-Rashid is now the Chief Executive of Light House. Gradually it becomes able to achieve people’s trusteeship, transparency within the working areas keeping up better relationship with civil society, district and upazila level administration and local government. At present, Light House is working in 24 districts of 5 divisions of Bangladesh.

LIGHT HOUSE VISION

To emerge as a leading national NGO with special expertise in HIV prevention, ensuring good governance and poverty alleviation with increased funding coming from our own sources

MOTTO of LIGHT HOUSE

Light House’s motto is PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST

LIGHT HOUSE MISSION

Light House’s mission is to work in partnership with other development national and international organizations, civil society and Government to ensure equal access to basic human rights, social security and good governance for the whole community, particularly the most vulnerable, socially disadvantage and most at risk group peoples. Light House believes in making a difference through accountability, peace, harmony, gender equity and participation.

Broad objectives of Light House

Light House is committed to strengthening local justice systems including access to justice of marginal population. The organization too pursues the need to improving and developing its services to empower our target groups .We are also committed to working towards the fight against HIV/AIDS to prevent the epidemic in Bangladesh.