Nijera Kori recognizes the importance of voices of and for the poor in order to establish their fundamental rights.
Building such a voice is important if institutions are to become more responsive to the needs of the poor.
The concept of voice is closely associated with the acquiring of social and political capital, and the need to change structures and processes which create inequalities in livelihoods.

Nijera Kori's work underlines the importance of "Voices". Articulation is the first step towards empowerment and Nijera Kori uses this first step as a launch pad for action. Of course, our definition of a Voice is not restricted to an individual...

Bangladesh is where most of Nijera Kori's programmes have been implement. Our field experience and strategies, therefore, are focused on ground realities in Bangladesh. And, in our country, raising voices is, perhaps, a difficult first step...

How to raise a voice? In the context of you, reading this webpage: you could build a voice by sending us examples of people's movement in your region. Tell us how they mobilized themselves; tell us whether the movement was successful. The Nijera KOri website will feature a list of case studies on people's campaigns around the world.