Polly Advancement & Disaster Management Association (PADMA) is a development, humanitarian, non-profit, non-government organization (NGO) established in July 1998. It has been implementing integrated development activities in the district of Sunamganj, the northern eastern part of Bangladesh. The district of Sunamganj is located at the northeastern part of Bangladesh under Sylhet division. It is located on the bank of river the Surma. India bounds the North border, Sylhet district is located in the East, Habiganj & Kishurganj district is on the South and Netrokona district is on the West. Sunamganj district is one of the low-lying, disaster and poverty prone areas in Bangladesh. Natural disasters like flash flood, heavy rain, sometimes earthquake are a common phenomenon in the district. River and soil erosions are one of the major disasters and natural water flow is disrupted due to siltation of river and canal. Flash flood damages crops just before the harvesting period and it is a normal phenomenon. Different water bodies bound most of the Upazilas, communication is very difficult. In the rainy season, country boat becomes the only mode of transport. During the dry season people have to walk and ride on boat (only main river way) to cross miles of distances. More than half of the year most of the areas go under water during the rainy season.