COAST Trust receives best innovative NGO award

COAST Trust was awarded as the best innovative non- government organisation (NGO) 2018 in the 14th Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards at the Hotel Intercontinental in the capital on Monday.

The award giving ceremony was jointly organised by the Citi Foundation of New York and Shakti Foundation along with The Daily Star and Channel-i as the media partners and CDF as strategic partner.

Citi Foundation, a New York based global financial institution that promotes innovative interventions in microfinance.

Agriculture minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque was the chief guest of the event chaired y Rokia Afzal Rahman, former adviser of caretaker government.

N Raja Shekaran (Shekhar), the managing director and country officer of Citibank NA in Bangladesh and Humaira Islam, founder and executive director of Shakti Foundation were also present as the special guests.

Abdul Awal, executive director of CDF and Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, executive director of COAST Trust also spoke at the programme.

The minister handed over the award of the best innovative NGO 2018 to Begum Shamsun Nahar, chairperson of COAST Trust and Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of COAST Trust.

Abdur Razzaque urged the Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to contribute for the social development of poor people of the country.