The Barisal City Corporation was formed on January 1, 1993, comprising six coastal districts (Barisal, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barguna, Jhalokati and Pirojpur) in the southern part of Bangladesh. The organization was established on March 25, 2004 by a group of college students living on Hospital Road, Ward 19, of the city corporation on the banks of the Kirtonkhola River. The organization was registered on July 8, 2007 by the District Social Service Office, Barisal, for conducting programs on various issues including violence against women, child marriage, environmental protection and drugs. Since then, the organization has been expanding its activities with the help of government and non-government organizations and individuals and has been conducting various developmental programs including protection of the rights of the transgender community including children, adolescents and the disabled.

UTTHAN is a community-based non-profit, non-political and non-governmental voluntary charity organization. Education, Health, Child Marriage, Women Violence, Child Abuse, Human Trafficking, Acid throwing, Has adopted various plans for human rights protection and establishment of good governance including HIV/AIDS prevention, women empowerment. The organization has the capacity to implement any project big or small as it has skilled and trained manpower. All types of activities are conducted under the direct leadership of the executive council of the organization.

Our Vision:   UTTHAN works to establish a just society based on values including social justice, human dignity, equality, fairness, good governance, secularism in protecting the rights of the poor and marginalized people living in urban and rural areas. Which works for the welfare of the underprivileged people irrespective of social inequality, persecution, oppression, corruption and race, religion and caste.