Bangladesh's Ashrayan Project (shelter project for the homeless) is empowering marginalized people through inclusive development, as this housing project plays a vital role in alleviating poverty to help the country attain at least eight targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Ashrayan Project is now being used aptly as the Sheikh Hasina Model for Inclusive Development, which has ushered in a new era of growth toward building a Bangladesh free from poverty and hunger. Through the project, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has initiated a new dimension of growth and socio-economic development for the homeless populace based on the philosophy - ‘No one will be left behind.’

Over 22,000 landless and homeless families are going to get new houses as a gift from PM Sheikh Hasina. These colourful red, blue and green-roofed houses are being provided in the second phase of the fourth phase of the Prime Minister's Office Asharyan-II project. She hands over these semi-furnished houses along with two hundred acres of land to the families for free on Wednesday. At the same time, the Prime Minister will declare 123 upazilas (a sub-unit of an administrative district in Bangladesh) of the country as completely landless and homeless-free. Of this, all the upazilas of 12 districts have already achieved this development milestone.