Concern Services for Disabled (CSD)

Advancing the rights of persons with disabilities

Our Mission

Concern Services for Disabled (CSD) has come into being for materializing the dream of -- man for man and life for the sake of life. CSD is greatly inspired by the saying of Neil Armstrong the space conqueror. He said “A single step for man, a giant step for mankind”. One single step of each man taken together becomes the giant leap for the whole mankind.

Our Vision

CSD’s vision is to be the leading rehabilitation and welfare organization of the disables and autisms to enable them to be the part of the main stream in developing the nation and establish their rights, so that the distressed and deprived disables and autistics can lead a tolerably easy life and achieve easy self-dependency.

About Us

‘Concern Services for Disabled’ CSD is a philanthropic organization founded in 1998 with (late) Mr. Iqbal Khan (disabled by diabetes) once known Footballer, and Poet & Journalist Mr. Arun Dasgupta along with the promising Cricketer Mr. Biswajit Gupta Bisu (disabled by a tragic train accident). Mr. Iqbal Khan and Mr. Arun Dasgupta closely worked with Mr. Biswajit; giving his thoughts and aim a permanent structure through establishing CSD. The name ‘Concern Services for Disabled’ in short CSD was given by Professor Dr. Tofail Ahmed who is the Professor of Public Administration, Chittagong University as well as the Member of CSD’s Advisory Board. The key persons for whom CSD came into establishment are Professor Mohammed Khaled (Late), Professor Dr. Anupam Sen, Professor Dr. Jamal Nazrul Islam (late) and Professor Shayesta Khan. Their overall guidance and assistance and involvement with CSD gave the true base to the organization. After the name being determined, it was then Mr. Iqbal Khan who took the oath as the President and Mr. Biswajit Gupta Bisu as the General Secretary. CSD got into establishment in the year 1998 officially at Guptapara, Nandirhat, Chittagong.

Services

CSD has gone through and still providing services for the various primary projects to establish disables’ right, care and welfare and to bring them in the main stream of national development. The services CSD provides are:

CSD has done the procurement of land through purchase, lease, donation etc. and established the permanent structure at its Second Unit (Dighinala, CHT).

CSD provides food, residential facilities, educational, medical expenses, computer training as well as sewing training to 20 disables under its project.

CSD provide training on Art and Music preferably to the disable children, as well as others including the underprivileged.

CSD goes through the individual case-history and provide employment facilities to the disables, autistics and underprivileged after completion of their training and achieving skills at CSD. CSD provides the employment facilities with proper accessibilities at its own show-rooms and projects.

CSD participates in the support of the mass people during climatical disaster (cyclone, earthquakes, flood etc.) CSD also provides pure drinking water, clothes, rice, blankets during winter and performs other social activities.

CSD has merged in providing services and facilities not only to disables or autistics, but also to the really deserving underprivileged those who are living a extreme miserable life. These disables, autistics and the underprivileged are brought under the handloom, indigenous hand-loom, sewing and computer training for enabling them to be a competitor and self-dependent.

Who We Are

CSD’s Ongoing Projects and Units

Till-to-date, CSD is working by the donation of some local philanthropists. CSD is a non-profitable and voluntary organization and is whole heartedly devoted to its ongoing projects. The on-going projects of CSD consist of sewing training, computer training, handloom training, art, music and hostel for the trainees.

Computer Training Center

Sewing Training Center

Hostel Facility

Music School

Art School

Allotting Residential House for Disables & Autistics

Disability Equipment Supply

Pure Drinking Water Supply

Programs, workshops and seminars

Handloom Training and Production Centre

CSD’s Future Projects

Artificial Limb Center

Mother & Child Care Center

Physiotherapy Center

Ambulance Facility for the disables and mass people for 24 hours

Support During Natural Disasters

Old-home for the disables and underprivileged

School for the disables and underprivileged as well as for the mass people

Bio & agro project by the disables, autistics and underprivileged

Residential academic school with modern technology and vocational training

To provide shelter and skill the unsheltered disables and underprivileged for obtaining sustainability

Residential development, sanitation and water facilities in the remote areas for the disables and mass people

Sports and cultural center

Research Center for the development of the disables of the tribal, autistics, underprivileged and mass people

Setting up facility camp & training center in the remote areas of Khagrachari, Bandarban and Rangamati and at the Head office of CSD for the disables, autistics and underprivileged