Background information

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Kapo Seba Sangha KSS is a community-based indigenous people’s non-political development organization was established on 22^nd February, 1996 by some dedicated, selfless and highly educated tribal social workers of Rangamati, Chittagong Hill Tracts, who wanted to bring positive change among the people of CHT region irrespective of race, caste, creed, gender and religion..

 There are eleven indigenous communities in the greater Chittagong Hill Tracts and possess distinctly different physical features from the Bengali people. It covers an area of 5093 square miles, mostly hilly and inaccessible. The very different geography, culture and social practice of this region compared with the rest of the country has clearly side lined it in terms of national development. Each group bears its specific racial background, language, heritage and culture. They are scattered all over the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

The greater Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is currently one of the poverty stricken areas of the country due to various reasons. The political instability is one of the important reasons and which not only significantly affected in peace and social harmony but also caused gender discrimination in social arbitration process and hampered the socio-economical development process. For that reason this region has had no exposure to any development activities and the majority of the CHT population continues to be very underprivileged and poor.

Since inception Kapo Seba Sangha KSS has been committed to work with and for the underprivileged people of the CHT to alleviate their poverty situation. During the 7 years of KSS's existence many development initiatives have been undertaken with good results.