Society for People’s Advancement (SPA) is a non-political, non-religious and not-for-profit Non-Government Organization (NGO)for social development in Bangladesh.

It was established in 1998 by few young energetic social elites with a mission to enable sustainable development through empowerment of the poor.

We are especially focused on empowering the very poor families with widows and children.  Through empowerment, the poor are organised and made aware of the real causes of their impoverishment, their material resources are mobilised, income and employment are increased, and capacities are developed to cope with natural disasters.

Empowerment makes the poor functionally literate, enables them to take better care of their health, get elected in local community institutions, and provides the poor with better access to common property resources.

SPA programmes include building organisations of the poor, training in skill development, children education, promotion of self-reliance through employment and income generating activities and provision of small grants in various forms such as cash, food, clothes, houses, medical care etc., small enterprise development, development support to communication, health education and infrastructure building, mother and child development.

Women make up roughly half of the population, and their needs, experiences, voices, and concerns need to be represented at decision making tables. We believe empowerment and economic inclusion of women creates opportunity for upward mobility in education, business etc. This provides expertise, income, and financial growth that would have otherwise not existed, were the woman to rely solely on her husband’s or family’s income.