Development Wheel (DEW) is a non-profit development organization founded in 1996 by a few development professionals and researchers to promote self-help poverty alleviation initiatives of the poorest households in Bangladesh. The main focus of the organization is to work for the promotion of the Arts and Crafts sector of Bangladesh through facilitating the development of small enterprises with an aim to generate sustainable self-employment opportunities for underprivileged rural and urban people. Besides, DEW is also active in the fields of climate change, livelihood security, agricultural promotion, gender issues, essential services, sustainable livelihoods, human rights and good governance in partnership and collaboration with different international and national organizations.

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Actions of the Development Wheel contribute to all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030. DEWs’ dedication to gender equality, rural development, and economic empowerment makes its contributions to Decent Work (SDG 8) clear. A number of other SDGs, including No Poverty (SDG 1), Gender Equality (SDG 5), Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12), Life on Land (SDG 15), and Partnerships for the Goals (SDG 17), are also supported by the organization's actions.