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PRANTIK WELFARE TRUST

It stands for charitable services and mental-moral upliftment

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Donation for Education & Tecnical Training

It provides financial assistance to needy students for being self-relient.

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Donation for Medial Treatment

Medical Assistance is rendered to needy persons

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Donation for Relief & Rehabilitation

It stands beside calamity-hit persons

INTRODUCTION: Suffering in any form is the most painful and unwelcome aspect of everybody’s life-cycle. When it is experienced sympathetically, one is imbibed to be generous to the cause of others suffering. The noble inspiration and spirit of doing something appears in mind.

Some years ago, a young person was found standing inside the gate of Dhammarajika Buddhist monastery with a plate in hand begging for help to implant heart bulb as against damaged one. Mr. Bimal Kanti Barua, formerly Secretary of Boudha Dharmiya Kalyan Trust noticed it & circulated among his friend & known circle. On being aware of the painful part of the young man’s life, some generous persons turned up with helping hand and assisted the young man to get his heart bulb transplanted successfully by the Doctors of Sarwardi Heart Hospital, Dhaka. As of now, the young man stands cured, financially sound, active and established in his own firm.

Another painful event is worth mentioning. A cruel person of Buddhist community put fire on his wife’s body resulting in serious burn injuries. Some generous persons volunteered to stand by her side and rendered financial and medical assistance for her recovery but the unfortunate lady finally succumbed to fatal burn injuries.

The above mentioned unbiased real heart-rendering events played instrumental role in doing something positive on regular basis as practicing Buddhists in respect of ameliorating different types of sufferings of the needy persons in the rear of having no existence or establishment of any organization or body for rendering service to the cause of suffering and hardship of the marginalized persons of the Buddhist community.
Being pained and shocked at the sufferings of the poor, disadvantaged and ailing members of the Buddhist community in Bangladesh resulting from social and economic backwardness, the concept of creating a Trust came up. A draft dead was prepared jointly by Mr. Bimal Kanti Barua and Mr. Udayan Barua which was amended and finalized by Hon’ble Justice Goura Gopal Saha.

A circular detailing the intention of creation of a trust was circulated to the affluent but interested persons of Buddhist community. On 27.02.10 a meeting was convened at the premise of 66/A, Kadamtola Basabo, Sabujbagh, Dhaka. Sixteen members of Buddhist community attended the said meeting, which was presided over by Mr. Hira Lal Barua, FCA. In the said meeting, the name of the Trust, i.e. Prantik Welfare Trust was selected, decision for registering the Trust finalized and draft deed of the proposed Trust approved.

All about the Trust:

  1. Prantik Welfare Trust, 66/A, Kadamtola Basabo, Sabujbagh, Dhaka was registered by the Registrar office at Tejgaon, Dhaka on April 22, 2010 with fourteen authors each contributing Tk. 1,00,000.00 and seventeen trustees each  contributing Tk. 50,000.00 i.e. totaling an amount of Tk. 20,500.00
  2. For the purpose of this Trust, the Board of Trustees shall mean & include the authors and the Trustees of this Trust.
  3. The Trustees shall hold & process the Trust money (Trust fund) in perpetuity for the beneficiaries as specified hearing before and shall utilize the interest of profit of Trust fund, to be kept as long term deposit in any or more scheduled Bank/Banks of Bangladesh which may ensure highest benefit to the Trust as well as shall maintain the administrative cost from the income.
  4. The head office of the Trust is located at 66/A, Kadamtola, P.O: Basabo, P.S: Sabujbagh, Dhaka -1214. The Trust, however, may establish branch office/offices at place or laces wherever and whenever it is found conducive to in the interest of the Trust.   
  5. The Trustees together with the founding authors of the Trust shall administer the Trust in conformity with the aims and object of the Trust.

How to become a Trustee:
Any Buddhist desirous of associating himself with the Trust as contributor-member will be permitted to contribute to the Trust Fund at a time or by installments, the installment not being below Tk. 5,000/- (Five thousand). If in the course of payment of installments from the time of payment of first installment, the total of such installments amount to the value of not less than 2.5 (two and half) tola of gold at the relevant time to be fixed by the Board of Trustees and till revision of the same as sum of taka 50,000, such contributor-member may apply to the Board of Trustees to be a member of the Board of Trustees and the Trust Board will take necessary action to make him a Trustee to the Trust. If the applicant’s allegiance, commitment and human values is found worthy for consideration, the board shall register in as a trustee. All contributions to the Trust fund by way of installments shall forthwith be deposited in any or more schedule Bank/Banks in the name of the Trust and proper printed receipts against such payment shall be given to the contributors.

Administrative Board of Trustees:

  1. There shall be an Administrative Board of Trustees consisting of a Chairman, two Vice-Chairman, one Secretary-General, one Joint Secretary, one Treasurer and six members, who shall be elected from among the alive Authors of the Trust (Donors) and the Trustees.
  2. The Administrative Board of Trustees shall hold office for a period of 2 (Two) years.
  3. The Chairman of the said Administrative Board of the Trustees shall preside over meeting/meetings of Administrative Board of Trustees and general/special meetings of the Board of Trustees (as the case may be).
  4. In the absence of the Chairman, the 1st Vice-Chairman and in absence of 1st Vice Chairman/the second Vice-Chairman of the Administrative Board of Trustees shall preside over the said meeting. In absence of the Secretary-General, the Joint Secretary shall perform the duties and responsibilities of the Secretary-General.
  5. The Administrative Board of Trustees shall be responsible for proper, effective and efficient administration of the Trust and all things done and actions taken by it shall be deemed to have been done and taken by the Board of Trustees and ratified accordingly.
  6. The Administrative Board of Trustees referred to above must act in conformity with the guidelines provided by the Board of Trustees and all important things done or decisions taken must be forthwith brought in writing to the notice of the Members of the Board of Trustees.
  7. Bank account/accounts shall be opened and operated by the Chairman, Secretary-General and Treasurer of the said administrative Board of Trustees and money can be withdrawn from Bank Accounts under signatures of any two of them.
  8. The Administrative Board of the Trustees during its tenure of office shall form a Body of Advisers drawn from Authors and Trustees and designate one First Senior-Adviser, one Second Senior-Adviser and one Coordinator from the members of Advisors.
  9. Upon formal written request/requests made to the First Senior-Adviser or in his absence to Second Senior-Adviser by the Chairman of the Administrative Board of Trustees on any matter relating to implementation of the aims and objects of the Trust, the said Body shall immediately sit and give its opinion/suggestion to the said Board.
  10. The said Body of Advisors shall perform all its functions and activities with the assistance of the Coordinator.

Aims and objects of the Trust:

  1. To provide financial assistance for medical treatment of the poor Buddhists who have been suffering from critical and complicated diseases;
  2. To provide financial assistance to the children of the poor and disadvantaged Buddhists in the country-side of Bangladesh for promoting their education, health care and family welfare;
  3. To provide financial assistance for the marriage of the daughters of the poor and the disadvantaged Buddhists fathers and mothers;
  4. To play meaningful role in forming sound mind and noble character of the Buddhists children, adolescent and youth.
  5. To arrange periodical seminars and symposiums on Buddhist Culture, Philosophy and Civilization;
  6. To provide logistic support for setting up sub-centers of the Trust in the country-side for helping the local people in organizing co-operatives for community development;
  7. To provide award and medals and confer citations in the name of the Trust to distinguished personalities for their notable contribution in the field of literature, art, science, culture and socio-economic development projects;
  8. To provide support to research papers and curriculum of research works;
  9. To provide all possible assistance to calamity-hit people of Bangladesh, irrespective of caste and creed;
  10. To take all possible steps for creating safe environment and climate for the cause of mankind.
  11. To welcome contributions to the Trust Fund after its establishment by any well-meaning Buddhist and charitable Organizations or Bodies from home and abroad.

Administration of the Trust:

  1. The Trustees shall be responsible for the proper administration & management of the Trust Fund and the Trustees and the alive Author or Authors, if there be any, shall work jointly and faithfully in carrying out the objects of the Trust.
  2. In case of the numbers of Trustees going down the number of ten at any given time, the Board of Trustees shall take special drive to pursue generous members of the Buddhist Community for becoming Trustee by paying taka not less than the value of 2.5 (two and a half) tola of gold and if this measure is not available for implementation the said Board shall by majority decision appoint person/persons, as the case may be, from the Buddhist community having allegiance and commitment to the aims and objects of the Trust as member of the Board of Trustees in order to keep the number at minimum level of ten so that the Trust can keep going with its mission in future.
  3. All or any task and powers vested in or exercisable by the Trustees hereunder shall be capable of being performed or exercised by a majority of Trustees hereto for the time being and any action or decision of such majority shall be as valid and effective as it would have been done by all the Trustees.
  4. Subject to as aforesaid the Board of Trustees shall be competent from time to time to make and alter rules and regulations with regard to the conduct of the business of the Trust, to take any measure or measures for meaningful implementation of the aims and objects within the ambit of the Trust and all matters in respect of which necessary power and authority are hereby vested in them as they may think just and proper for furthering the interest of the Trust.

Rules of the Trust
Pursuant to the above deed Prantik Welfare Trust Rules, 2011 and Amendment of Prantik Welfare Trust Rules, 2011 were made in general meetings respectively held on 11.06.2011 and 30.08.2013 to run the activities of the Trust.