By Rafiul Hassan (Bangladesh)

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), commonly referred to as the third sector or the development sector, or elsewhere referred to as CSOs, are well-known for their engagement in development, empowerment, and democratic practices. Many NGOs are actively working in Bangladesh to improvise the socio-economic condition here in the country. 

Therefore, the development partners and the academic world take an interest in NGOs' role in speeding political development in developing countries through the promotion of democratic practices and have great support for it. From this perspective, NGOs have played roles in the state mechanism preaching the concepts of good governance to ensure a just allocation of resources without the probability that corruption and anomalies would cause deprivation. Foreign NGOs have always been deeply involved in Bangladesh, especially the ones whose base is in India. Two of them are "Smile Foundation" and "BachpanBachaoAndolan."

The Smile Foundation has a dream of teaching disadvantaged children through free but high-quality education. They want to assist and enhance the living circumstances of the country's disadvantaged majority by offering both legal education and the medicines and treatments needed. The smile foundation's objective is to build a bridge for the underprivileged by integrating into our country's contemporary society and building a unified community. Smile Foundation has undertaken healthcare campaigns for individuals who cannot pay medical fees. Their first health campaign took place in the slum of Uttara on 25 September 2012, where they carried out free check-ups and provided medicines. 

In most Northern Bengal (Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Jamalpur, Rangpur, etc.), they have successfully given warm garments and blankets for the previous two months to different sections of Sylhet, Chittagong, Khulna, and it finishes today.

In 1980 Kailash Satyarthi created "BachpanBachaoAndolan" as a popular movement to establish a child-friendly society in which all children are free of exclusion and exploitation and get free education. 

Mr. Kailash Satyarthi is famous for his inclusion in the global socio-political agenda of child exploitation. In 1998, he developed and coordinated one of the most significant civil society initiatives, the Global March against Child Labor, crossing 103 nations totaling 80,000 kilometers and demanding the International Labor Law. This led to the adoption, in 1999, of ILO Convention 182 on the worst kinds of child labor, which became the quickest ratified convention in the history of the ILO.

Mr. Satyarthi established the Child Servitude Southern Asian Coalition for the Elimination of Child Labor and gave education and rehabilitation assistance to rescued children. 

The organization has been mainly involved in the policy advocacy for protecting the rights of the child with the aid of member partners in South Asia Satyarthi founded the Global Education Campaign and became President of the Organization upon its launch in 1999. Global Education Campaign is a worldwide NGO alliance that supports child and adult education via research and lobbying. It was established in 1999 to collaborate independently active NGOs in Bangladesh, Brazil, and South Africa. The alliance includes ActionAid, Oxfam, Education International, the Global March Against Child Labor.

Satyarthi established a network of non-profit organizations devoted to stopping the illicit child labor in the rug industry, Good-Weave International (formerly known as the Rug-mark), which provided: The first voluntary labeling. Monitoring; Certification system of rugs produced in Southeast Asia without using child labor. 

The latter organization conducted a campaign in Europe and the United States towards the end of the 80s and at the beginning of the 90s to boost consumers' awareness about responsibility for socially responsible consumption and trade among multinational businesses. 

The certification scheme was rebranded by Rug-mark International, and in 2009, the Good-Weave label was launched. The organization also rebranded Good-Weave International. The international network includes country-owned manufacturing offices in India, Nepal, Afghanistan, and the US, UK, and Germany consumer countries programs.

These two organizations have a sustainable development of the underprivileged ones in Bangladesh as a goal and aim shortly.

Founded in 2004 by Satyarthi to build a child-friendly environment, the Satyarthi Children's Foundation works with an integrated strategy to addressing the challenges facing children internationally. 

The Children's Foundation of Kailash Satyarthi (KSCF) is a world where all children are free, safe, healthy and educated. Under the auspices of its Founder & Chairman, Kailash Satyarthi, the Foundation works internationally to safeguard and end the rights of all children. 

The Foundation has been at the forefront of policy advocacy initiatives with legal professionals both in India and worldwide. These efforts have led to a range of breaches of national and international laws against child sexual abuse, trafficking of children for forced labor, and promoting human rights to freedom, safety, health, and education. 

The Foundation also takes an active part in engaging and supporting law enforcement organizations in training, sensitization, and capacity-building for the effectiveness of both national and international child-related legislation. The Foundation works actively to strengthen the ability of other parties, such as businesses, grassroots groups, and civil society, to release its real potential to contribute to the child-friendly world. 

The Foundation recognizes that young people are one of the leading and most significant drivers for good social development globally and successfully works with this cohort to safeguard all children's rights better. The Fund also acts as the global platform to recommend best practices for implementing child laws, develop policy/regulatory frameworks with the assistance of various State actors, conduct research that shows the best interests of children in shaping policy landscapes, and bridge a trust deficit between various stakeholders so that everyone can deal with them. Bangladesh also eager toto focus social development in West Bengal by allowing NGOs to operate there.