iii) Advocate Sigma Huda & iv) Mr. Selim Ahmed on 12 May 1999 with substantial support from UNICEF and the Canadian International Development Agency.
Nasreen Huq a commanding personality in the field of social reform and human rights in Bangladesh campaigned internationally for ASF.
Acid attack victims require specialised treatments including reconstructive plastic surgery, physiotherapy, and the application of pressure garments.
The Department of Social Welfare and both National and District Acid Control Councils have funds that provide interest free loans to survivors.
Legal assistance Emergency family assistance Support for education Psychological counseling Grant to develop IGA || Vocational training Life skills training Social skills training Leadership training Help with job seeking & placement Survivors forums Government linkage || Improved income Improved living conditions Asset management skills Financial management skills Confidence Improved social capital Becomes a role model for others ASF also provides emergency financial support to victim's who are the sole breadwinner of their family and provides education support to encourage survivors to continue primary and secondary schooling.
[5] ASF along with other humans' rights organisations, social activists, and pressure groups advocated for the introduction of new laws to combat acid offences specifically.
ASF, the newspaper Prothom Alo, and BRAC on International Women's Day mobilised over 5000 people to march alongside 100 acid attack survivors as a campaign for new laws.
ASF runs local and national prevention campaigns using radio, television, and print to bring the issue into public attention.
ASF has organised various school and college campaigns to motivate students into taking an active role in preventing of acid violence in their communities.
Plans to accelerate community acceptance of survivors, ensure social protection, and promote favourable environments for healing are also discussed.
21 June 2011, British Minister of State for the Department of International Development Alan Duncan visits the ASF hospital and interacts with survivors.
The reduction in the number of acid related burn |British Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Department of International Development Stephen O'Brien plays a game with victims of acid attacks at the ASF Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 18 November 2011 cases has been in proportion to increasing reports of kerosene and gas attacks.
10 December 2011, ASF receives the prize from the French Human Rights Commission at a ceremony held at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris.