Aiming Change for Tomorrow (ACT)

In 2011, a group of development practitioners and professionals envisaged that there is an ample need of an organization which can serve as a catalyst for change process by engaging the civil society organizations, public sector service providers and disadvantaged groups of communities at large with a motive of better tomorrow for all. It contributes to the efforts of pooling the resources, specialization and strengthening the integration of development initiatives within same proximity. This situation persuaded the founding members of Aiming Change for Tomorrow (ACT) to develop an organization which can provide space to all actors, particularly local community based organizations, public sector departments and not for profit apex-organizations, both national and international, to bridge the gap of coordination, collaboration and mutual cooperation by building consortiums for a particular geographical area with a comprehensive development frame work.

The proposed development framework addresses poverty as a complex and interlinked set of issues, mitigate the sufferings of people facing disasters/conflicts, ensure that children are protected from all types of neglect, abuse and exploitation, empower women by enlarging their choices, contribute in addressing the challenges of youth development & unemployment, contribute in improving environment & climate change scenario, work on social cohesion, generate evidence based research and build constituencies for advocacy work. It will also contribute in strengthening the institutional and organizational development of local NGOs and community based organization (CBOs) at grass roots level.

Vision
Aiming for a tomorrow where everyone has opportunities.

Mission
Empowering communities to recover, progress and advance by building peoples’ engagement, capacity and partnership focusing women and children for a better tomorrow.

Objective
Grassroots institutional development and networking with local civil society groups and organizations;
Sustainable economic development that integrates livelihoods, education, health, infrastructure, environment, youth development, social cohesion and local leadership management;
Child development that integrates child rights, protection and improvement of service provision to reduce neglect, abuse and exploitation;
Partnerships with civil society and public sector organizations that promote harmony and cohesion amongst development partners, integration of development initiatives and accountability;
Policy advocacy that integrates evidence based research on socio-economic and political issues which are directly related to sustainable development of marginalized communities especially women and children;
Emergency relief services and recovery and rehabilitation initiatives that assist people affected by conflict or disaster