Caritas Bangladesh
humanitarian · Dhaka
· verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)
Profile
- Chief executive
- Francis Atul Sarker (Executive Director)
- Founded
- 1967
- Regulator
- NGO Affairs Bureau
- MRA-licensed
- n/a
- Active members
- n/a
- Loan portfolio
- n/a
- Staff
- n/a
- Coverage
- eight regional/diocesan offices: Barishal, Chattogram, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Sylhet
Deepening micro-enterprise financing, primary healthcare access, and disaster risk financing across vulnerable upazilas.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-25 regulatory Caritas Bangladesh filed annual operational and financial compliance reporting with Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA). ↗
- 2026-07-16 programme_launch Expanded ultra-poor graduation and women entrepreneur microcredit credit facility across rural districts. ↗
- 2026-08-11 expansion Inaugurated community climate resilience and primary healthcare outreach centers. ↗
Provenance & notes
Member of Caritas Internationalis. Registered under the NGO Affairs Bureau on 22 April 1981 per Wikipedia. Executive Director Francis Atul Sarker appointed effective 24 June 2016; not independently confirmed as still in post in 2026, so no recent-activity entry made. James Romen Boiragi is President (governing board), distinct from the ED post.