Our History
Established 1986 · Four decades of work with the marginal and poor of coastal and haor Bangladesh.
Background
How We Began
Population Crisis Control and Mass Education Committee (PCC & MEC) is a non-profit, non-political, and non-Government voluntary organization that came into being in 1985 under the leadership of renowned freedom fighter Mr. Mirza Taslim Hossain. After independence, he worked in the rural areas of Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira.
Fifteen years after independence, he and his fellow freedom fighters from Sector 9 were upset by the poverty, health, education and disaster conditions of the rural areas of their fighting constituencies. They left business to start a social movement to eradicate poverty, improve health, water and sanitation, enhance literacy, and help disaster victims in the coastal areas of Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat, Barguna, Patuakhali and Bhola.
The organization was first registered with the Department of Social Welfare in 1986. From 1986 to 1991, PCC & MEC worked with other national NGOs as a social mobilization partner of ODA. In 1991, it began receiving direct funding from ODA and registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau. The founder passed away on 14 August 2006 in a road accident, leaving a legacy for the next generation of social workers to carry forward.
1985 – 1994
Human Development
The organization focused on health, education, nutrition, agricultural support, and disaster relief service delivery to protect vulnerable men, women and children in rural and urban areas.
1995 – 2004
Capacity Building
Focus shifted to capacity building of the poor and marginal for human development — covering health, water and sanitation, technology transfer, education, nutrition, micro-credit, and disaster preparedness.
2005 – 2014
Livelihood Promotion
Livelihood promotion of the poor was added as an additional input for sustainable human development of the urban and rural poor.
2015 – 2024
Risk-Informed Human Development
The organization added risk-informed human development — climate change adaptation, adaptation technology innovation, innovative and inclusive financing, disaster risk reduction, humanitarian response, and protecting the human rights of the most vulnerable people.