The Buddhist Brotherhood Assembly also renders it's services and aid to those who have been marginalized within society, including assistance and shelter for the homeless, the distressed, and children who have been orphaned, as well as providing funds to help poor families construct their dwellings and homes, a non-formal education for adults in an attempt to eradicate illiteracy, filtering and supplying pure drinking water within the region, and alerting people to the dangers of ecological and environmental pollution.

The religious preceptor and spiritual director of the Buddhist Brotherhood Assembly, the Ven. Sharanananda Bhikkhu, is also the founder of an orphanage in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Khagrachari Sadar, where 106 orphans are given shelter, basic education, and food.

Besides his involvement in social and spiritual development activities, the Ven. Sharanananda Bhikkhu is also the exectutive director of the Parbattya Adivashi Unnayan Sanghsta (Indigenous Development Society) and a recipient of the United Nations UNESCO Award for "World Mankind For Peace, Human Rights, and International Understanding".

While many people are aware of the great suffering which occurs in Bangladesh, few are aware that the Buddhists of modern day Bangladesh are not only an impoverished people of a poor country, but also a minority. In order to carry forward the works of charity and compassion for the people of Bangladesh, the Buddhist Brotherhood Assembly needs financial assistance and the support of benevolent people and organizations, as well as sponsorship from the business sector and relief institutions from around the world.

To inquire how you or your organization/business can be of assistance to the Buddhist Brotherhood Assembly, please contact:

Madal Barua
General Secretary
Buddhist Brotherhood Assembly
Hannan Shaheber Building, 5th Floor, 5 E
1 No. Nandan Kanan, Kotwali Chittagong-4000
Bangladesh

Email: madalbd@yahoo.com or bangladesh@mahabodhi.net
Tel: 880-31-639789 or 880-31-612608
Fax: 880-31-610326