Background
Actionist Foundation is a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting mental health awareness, well-being, and social equity in Bangladesh. The organization brings together students, youth, and professionals to foster open discussions, create awareness, and drive impact-driven change. With a deep commitment to bridging the gap between policy and execution, we work to ensure equitable opportunities for people from all spheres of life. Since 2019, it is committed to establishing impact-driven & lasting welfare in society by ensuring equitable opportunities for people from all spheres of life. Currently, the organization is actively working towards raising awareness regarding mental health, as people are slowly shifting their mindset about openly discussing, addressing and accepting the matter. The organization has brought together experts who are trying to caution people of mental well-being issues by expressing their valuable observations, facilitating discussion, providing rudimentary suggestions and generating directives through workshops, webinars and seminars. With the reported current increase of mental health issues especially among the youth population in the country, Actionist Foundation wants to drive a significant impact on the overall population of Bangladesh. By this time Actionist Foundation has identified several reasons that causes mental depression and illness of people which are planned to addressed as a priority basis.
Actionist Foundation aims to gather students and young professionals to gradually create a platform or forum for them to openly discuss mental well-being. We also aim to provide the opportunity for open communication among students, young professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, and the experts from different disciplines. Through this step we want to motivate students and young professionals; to manage the challenges in life and find mental models & guidelines to face them. Actionist foundation has already made notable progress with its previous works. It has successfully managed 21 Webinars, 10 Psychological First Aid Training, and 5 Self-care Training Sessions. Through its Flagship Project ‘Monodhoni’, it has provided Tele counselling Services to than 12,000+ people at free of cost during COVID-19 pandemic abiding by the motto ‘Every Mind is Important’ where the number is 21000+ till date. Through our upcoming programs, Actionist Foundation would like to bring our society’s leaders & icons to the foreground. As we move forward, Actionist Foundation is expanding its focus beyond mental health to drive systemic change in areas such as women’s empowerment, skill-based education, climate change, and policy implementation.
Vision and Mission
Vision: To ensure policy implementation through research, advocacy, and partnerships to drive evidence-based, sustainable social impact.
Mission: Our mission is to build a world where peace and justice are not just ideals but realities, by taking sustainable development initiatives. To empower communities and policymakers through rigorous research and collaborative action, driving evidence-based policy changes that connect academic expertise with real-world action to ensure lasting peace, well-being, and justice for all.
Values:
Actionist Foundation encourages the following values to be practiced both at the individual and organizational levels.
- Believe in Human Being
- Respect for human dignity
- Integrity and reliability in all operations
- Social Justice
- Equality and Equity
- Gender Mainstreaming
- Wholeness and Inclusiveness
Guiding Principles
- Utilization of local wisdom and resources.
- Encouragement of innovation and creativity.
- Prioritizing quality.
- Enhancing coordination and networking.
- Accepting challenges.
Issue of Interest
- Mental Health.
- Women Empowerment.
- Inclusiveness.
- Addressing Climate Change.
- Skill based Education.
- Productivity Enhancement.
- Research and Action.
- Policy Formulation, Implementation and Execution.
- Peace, Justice & Well-being.