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Poster for the Sonar Bangla Foundation Bay Area Annual Event 2026 featuring singer Kumar Bishwajit.

Saturday 15 August 2026 · 5:00 PM

Bay Area Annual Event 2026

Oasis Palace

Poster for the Sonar Bangla Foundation Houston 2nd Annual Event 2026.

Date to be announced

SBF Houston 2nd Annual Event 2026

Houston, Texas

Sonar Bangla Foundation fundraising event artwork for underprivileged kidney patients of Bangladesh.

Throughout 2026

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United States

Reused event poster

Autumn 2026

New York Annual Event

New York

Poster for the Sonar Bangla Foundation Houston 2nd Annual Event 2026 featuring singer Kumar Bishwajit. (placeholder — duplicate of an earlier event image)

Winter 2026

Dhaka Donor Evening

Dhaka

Our mission

Care that reaches the people least able to pay for it.

Kidney failure in Bangladesh is often a financial diagnosis as much as a medical one. Dialysis is needed two or three times a week, indefinitely, and the cost pushes families into debt or forces them to stop treatment altogether.

We establish and run healthcare facilities that provide kidney dialysis, disease screening, laboratory services, and dialysis bioengineering training — so treatment continues rather than stopping when savings run out.

About the foundation
Clinical staff at a Sonar Bangla Foundation dialysis centre.

Five programs, one continuous chain of care

From the first screening to a transplant that ends dialysis for good.

A patient receiving dialysis in a treatment room, with dialysis machines running beside the beds.

Kidney Dialysis

Haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, including continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis, delivered at subsidised or no cost to patients in need.

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Three Sonar Bangla Foundation staff members in uniform standing together in a dialysis ward.

Nursing Education

Scholarships and structured training that build the specialist nursing workforce dialysis care depends on.

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The reception desk at the Sonar Bangla Foundation Lalmonirhat Centre, under the foundation’s sign.

Screening & Prevention

Early detection of kidney disease, so that treatable conditions are found before they progress to organ failure.

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Foundation directors and staff meeting around a conference table at the Sonar Bangla Foundation office.

Research & Development

Clinical and bioengineering research, and the long-term goal of a research-based university with a medical school and teaching hospital.

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Surgical and clinical team providing kidney transplant care and support.

Kidney Transplant

Supporting patients through transplant — the outcome that ends the dialysis cycle for good.

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Our reach

26 centres, 24 districts, one standard of care

A centre is only useful if it is close enough to reach three times a week. Ours are spread across the country rather than concentrated in the capital.

Every centre runs to the same clinical standard, whether it sits in Dhaka or Lalmonirhat.

See our impact
Rows of prepared dialysis stations, each with a machine and bed, at a Sonar Bangla Foundation centre.

Where we work

Every pin is a place someone no longer travels all day to reach

Dialysis is needed two or three times a week, for life. A centre is only useful if it is close enough to get to that often.

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New centres, closer to home

Because treatment only works if you can reach it.

The reception desk at the Sonar Bangla Foundation Lalmonirhat Centre, under the foundation’s sign.

Lalmonirhat

Lalmonirhat Centre

Clinical staff and dialysis stations at the Sonar Bangla Foundation Dhaka Centre.

Placeholder district

Centre name to be confirmed

Guests cutting a ribbon at the opening of a Sonar Bangla Foundation dialysis centre.

Placeholder district

Centre name to be confirmed

A dialysis treatment room with machines running beside the beds.

Placeholder district

Centre name to be confirmed

Dialysis centres
26Dialysis centres
Districts across Bangladesh
24Districts across Bangladesh
Years of service
17Years of service
Programs
5Programs

A patient on dialysis needs treatment two or three times a week, for life. When a family can no longer pay, treatment does not taper off — it stops.

Sonar Bangla FoundationKidney care across 24 districts
A patient receiving consultation from healthcare staff at a Sonar Bangla Foundation dialysis centre.

The people behind every centre

Honorary officers and senior staff.

Portrait of the Sonar Bangla Foundation President.

President

Name to be confirmed

Chairs the board

Portrait of the Sonar Bangla Foundation Vice President.

Vice President

Name to be confirmed

Governance and oversight

Portrait of the Country Director, Bangladesh.

Country Director, Bangladesh

Name to be confirmed

Operations across Bangladesh

Portrait of the Medical Director.

Medical Director

Name to be confirmed

Clinical standards

Portrait of the Treasurer.

Treasurer

Name to be confirmed

Finance and annual filings

Portrait of the General Secretary.

General Secretary

Name to be confirmed

Board and partnerships

Three ways to keep a centre running.

Every donation goes towards treatment, training, and the running costs of centres that would otherwise turn patients away.

Keep one more chair occupied.

A dialysis chair sitting empty is a person who stopped coming. Your support is what keeps it filled.

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