Kochi Konther Asar is two registered bodies: one registered in Bangladesh in 1978 with the Directorate of Social Welfare, and one incorporated in New York in 2000. Accountability starts with being answerable to someone, and the organization answers to the authority behind each registration — committed to openness in everything from its governance to its finances.
The organization is registered in both of its homes, each time by the authority responsible — a formal foundation that has stood behind it for decades in Bangladesh and the United States.
In 1978 Kochi Konther Asar obtained registration from the Directorate of Social Welfare, Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
The organization has obtained formal approval and recognition as a National Children’s Organization from the National Social Welfare Council, Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
Directorate of Social Welfare, Government of Bangladesh
Kochi Konther Asar, Inc. (DOS #2477055) is a domestic not-for-profit corporation registered with the New York State Department of State, initially filed on 23 February 2000.
The registered business location on that filing is 34-15 74th Street, Suite 4c, Jackson Heights, NY 11372, where the organization first made its American home.
New York State Department of State, filing DOS #2477055
Alongside its national registrations, Kochi Konther Asar holds international registrations with UNICEF and with the United Nations, and it took part in the 1990 UNICEF World Children Summit. Those affiliations connect a national children’s organization to the wider international movement for child welfare, and they carry an obligation the organization takes seriously: to work to the standards its partners expect, and to be answerable for the work it does in every country it reaches.
Transparency & Accountability is also one of the organization’s six core values — a standard it sets for itself, and one it invites its donors and partners to hold it to.
Kochi Konther Asar believes the trust of donors, families and partners is earned in the open. Every donation is treated as a trust held on behalf of children, and the organization is committed to strengthening its financial reporting as it grows — clear accounts on both sides of the work, spending that can be traced to what it funds, and reporting that meets the standards expected of a registered non-profit in both of its countries. Its two American addresses mark that journey: first registered in Jackson Heights, New York, in 2000, the organization now works from its international headquarters in Jamaica, New York, alongside its long-standing base in Dhaka. Questions about how the work is governed or funded are always welcome, and the organization answers them gladly.
How the organization came to exist: founded in Dhaka in 1976, patronised by four Bangladeshi presidents, incorporated in New York in 2000.
The vision and mission that guide Kochi Konther Asar — stated from its two homes in Bangladesh and the United States, side by side.
Together we empower underprivileged communities through education, care, opportunity, and long-term sustainable support.
