City Desk :
The helpless people can avail various types of assistance from Alhaj Ahed Ali Biswas Manob Kollan Trust or AB Trust which has been working for helpless people in rural areas of the country. The AB Trust based in Pabna, a non-government voluntary philanthropist organization was founded by some volunteers has been expanding its various types of charity activities day by day to stand by people.
The voluntary organization which was founded in 1988 has been working for social and economic development of marginal and under privileged people in the rural Bangladesh. In course of time, activities of the AB Trust have been expanded since 2001 manifold as the organization has been running various programmes for poverty alleviation and resolving unemployment.
The organization has already run activities including repairing roads and paths on its own initiative, tree plantation, setting up tubewell at the premises of poor people for safe drinking water, construction of infrastructure for rehabilitation of flood affected people and poor people.
It is also regularly distributing rickshaw-vans for poor unemployed people, construction of prayer houses, employment of poor people, and sets up libraries in the rural areas.
At the same time, the AB Trust also works for gender equality, education, women empowerment, welfare of the workers, health and sanitation activities and working for environment protection and agricultural development and for the rehabilitation of the physically disabled persons.