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From Idea to Institution

Projects

While NUK's programs describe the ongoing areas of work the organisation maintains, projects are the specific, time-bound efforts โ€” often with a clear starting problem, build phase, and measurable outcome โ€” that built and continue to expand those programs. Below are some of NUK's flagship projects.

Health Infrastructure

Health

Establishing Kishoreganj Eye Hospital

Building dedicated cataract surgery and outreach screening capacity where almost none existed.

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Health

Founding Egarosindur Community Hospital

Converting 1998 disaster relief into a permanent maternal and child health institution.

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Health

Launching the Savar Upazila Eye Hospital

Extending NUK's eye care model to a dense migrant garment-worker community.

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Labour Rights & Compliance

Labour Rights

Anowara Group Social Compliance Project

A decades-long factory partnership raising standards to international buyer requirements.

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Labour Rights

Founding the Social Compliance Initiative Bangladesh

Scaling factory-level compliance lessons into a sector-wide coalition.

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Youth & Sport

Youth & Sport

Sport for Girls: Research to Policy

How stakeholder research produced national gender training policy for sports federations.

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Youth & Sport

Bicycles for Girls' Empowerment

Independent mobility supporting safer, more consistent school attendance.

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Youth & Sport

Self-Defence Training for Young Women

Karate-based training building confidence and public-space safety skills.

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Governance & Civic Participation

Governance

Union Parishad Leadership Training

Equipping newly elected women councillors with budget literacy and procedure skills.

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Civic Participation

Voter Registration for Migrant Garment Workers

Closing the registration gap for workers living far from their home district.

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Poverty Alleviation & Legal Aid

Poverty Alleviation

Micro-Credit Expansion in Kishoreganj

Extending credit and health linkage to unions beyond the existing hospital catchment.

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Legal Aid

Adolescent Rights School Outreach

Reaching girls before key decision points around early marriage arise.

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