Building a future for our people
Improving quality of life through quality economic development programmes, skill development programmes and social programmes
Explore Our Areas of Expertise
We offer seasonal agricultural loans to the farmers, and business loans to small traders and other poor people in the community. Additionally, we offer different capacity-building services for the farmers in collaboration with Friendship.
Seasonal agriculture loans
Business loans for small traders
Capacity-building services
Community empowerment
How APDS is transforming lives in Bangladesh’s char (river island) and coastal belt regions
APDS received a microfinance license from the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) and has since grown from its beginnings in Kurigram district to operating across five districts with 14 branches and a team of 70 staff.
Our Invaluable Support
towards a dream beyond a barebones existence
Where women lead, change tends to follow
Char and coastal belt areas in Bangladesh remain one of the most isolated, deprived and underdeveloped regions in the country. These areas comprise of 100 subdistricts in 32 districts, with a population of around 6 million. Some of the chars (river islands) have a degree of access to the mainland, but most of the char areas, especially in the coastal regions are characterised by extreme geographical seclusion.