CMCY is a child friendly organization of the Church of Bangladesh, it does everything for the needy, the poor orphan children living in severe poverty in Bangladesh. It serves this distressed humanity of all faiths with limited resources, and instills in them the love of Christ in their hearts and minds to be witness to the nation. The poor and needy children are provided with education, health, nutrition and Medicare, vocational training, social awareness, child rights & protection training, spiritual nurture and other security services through child friendly projects situated in remote areas.
CMCY a Children and Youth Care ministry of the Church came into being after the Liberation War of 1971,when the people of Bangladesh fell into a deep crisis of life, especially the poorer children. There was hardly any hope or ability among remote villagers to provide education for their children due to the effects of the war. The Church of Bangladesh in its pioneering role, carrying on the calling of Christ in accordance with the Gospel of Matthew 25: 40 (helping those in need), constituted the Church of Bangladesh Child Care Committee, with the aim of helping the poorest of the poor and destitute children, irrespective of caste and creed. Various Residential Homes, Day-Care Centres and a few Vocational Training Centres were set up for the holistic development of the poor and Under-privileged children and youth to make them educated, self-reliant, independent and useful members of the family, church, community and the country as a whole. For many years, this ministry to Children and Youth has been run and supervised by the CMCY (Christian Ministry to Children and Youth). Now the targeted vulnerable children are being sponsored by CMD – Germany, CMS- Switzerland, Operation Agri. Trustee- Uk and Compassion International Bangladesh.
All projects are run by the constitution, policy, general and executive body. Additionally there is a local project committee which meets every three month to assess all planned activities. All staff members are trained, sincere, honest and trustworthy. The administration and management of CMCY run all child focused programs with the permission of the government. This child care organization has been running since 1972 with an aim to save the poor, helpless children and their families. So far the impact is great, thousands of children have become self-reliant by doing different jobs and establishing their personal lives and families. And these child care programs have brought visible changes in the unjust society in Bangladesh. CMCY is governed by a 12 member Executive Committee elected every 2 years by the General Body of 19 members. The membership of the General Body is formed through the nomination of the Synod of the Church of Bangladesh, consisting of CoB members and development professionals. The Director of CMCY is the secretary (Ex-officio) of the Executive ody who oversees all the administration of CMCY. It covers a working area comprising 13 districts, with 26 projects in total. 242 staff members are employed and (female 135 male 107) are reaching 3612 children as direct beneficiaries and their parents and children as indirect beneficiaries.
The CoB has a number of global partners for its evangelical and humanitarian work, like the World Council of Churches, Council for world Mission (CWM), The Anglican Alliance, and Presbyterian Church in the USA (PCUSA) and united reformed Churches in the Netherlands. The CoB has also a number of local church partners- like National Council of Churches (NCCB), Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) and the Roman Catholic Churches. CMCY has been working under the banner of the Church of Bangladesh for the poor and the needy children with the permission of the NGO Bureau Affairs, Dhaka.