Vision:

ARBAN envisions a just society based on social justice, human dignity, equity, equality, democratic and secular values free from exploitation, poverty, disparities, misrule, corruption, and gender inequalities leading to freedom and emancipation of disadvantaged powerless people irrespective of caste, creed, and religious beliefs.

Mission:

ARBAN is committed to work with the disadvantaged and powerless people for their socio-economic, cultural, and political empowerment by promoting and practicing democratic values and participatory process at all levels to the realization of the basic needs and environmentally sustainable development, establishment of fundamental human rights and equity and equality of women and men in the society.

Goals:

ARBAN will dedicate its resources for the empowerment and emancipation of the disadvantaged women, men, adolescents and children by raising their critical consciousness, releasing their creative potentials and building people’s organization to improve their socio-economic status enabling establishment of genuine democracy and good governance.

Objectives:

The broad objective of ARBAN is to arouse and advance awareness and awakening of the poor and powerless people on socio-economic, political, human, women and children’s rights, health, ecology, environment, peace, democracy, governance, and consumer’s issues through dialogical process leading to collective actions for their self-determination.

Core values:

1. Service to suffering humanity.
2. Splendid behavior, patience, tolerance, cooperation, sympathy & benevolence.
3. Gender Equity & Empowerment of women.
4. Practice of participatory decision making process & real democracy at all levels.
5. Work with the poor & powerless people irrespective of religion, cast & creed.
6. Willingness to learn & learning from errors/mistakes/experience.
7. Accountability and transparency at all levels.
8. Respects, regards & love for women, children, senior citizens, handicaps, poor & powerless people.
9. Respects, regards & love for all religion.
10. Belief in deeds not words.
11. Promotion of secularism, democracy & spirit of the war of liberation.
12. Promotion & practice of progressive, secular & liberating cultural activities.
13. Protection of bio-diversity, environment and ecology.
14. Protection of air, soil, water, forests, hills and mountains from pollution, degradation & depletion.
15. Campaign against culture of consumerism, market economy, globalization & liberalization.
16. Protection & promotion of interests of women, laborers, workers & the common people including the indigenous & hill people against market economy, globalization & liberalization.
17. Promotion, protection & enforcement of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights-UDHR, rights of Women & Children including the constitutional rights of the people.
18. Promotion, Protection & preservation of the rights of the indigenous & hill people including the rights of the minority.
19. Demonstration of commitment, responsibility, honesty, integrity and sincerity of staff members at all levels of the organization.
20. Employment, transfers, promotions, salaries & benefits of staff members on the basis of merit, experience, competence, honesty, integrity & commitment.
21. Upholding the interest of the poor & powerless people & organization above personal interests.

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