ABOUT SPREEHA
ADVANCING QUALITY HEALTHCARE FOR ALL, SUSTAINABLY
MISSION AND VISION
Spreeha Foundation provides affordable, quality 4D healthcare through a hyper-local SNEHO network that leverages AI to enhance clinical safety and deliver critical financial protection to low and middle-income communities..
FOUNDING STORY
ONE PERSON’S PASSSION,
NOW EVERYONE’S SPREEHA
After his mother’s cancer diagnosis, Tazin Shadid decided to use his human-centered design expertise at Microsoft to solve healthcare challenges for underserved communities in Bangladesh. He started a mobile clinic in a Dhaka slum in 2007.
Later on, in 2012 he established Spreeha Foundation and developed a holistic model that helps underserved communities to thrive.
Today, Spreeha is building a network of tech-enabled hyper-local urgent care centers, ensuring accessible and high-quality healthcare for low and middle-income communities. In the last 12 years, Spreeha has impacted more than 700,000 lives in Bangladesh and beyond.
OUR VALUES
EMPATHY
We design with empathy and are a people-centric organization. We deeply integrate within communities, understand the problems and build trust before designing solutions.
FOREVER-FORWARD
Our curiosity is paired with a love for failure, because true learning is only possible through continuous and uninterrupted defeats from which we rise with better answers, better products and more effective innovation.
SOLUTION-FOCUSED
We are on a mission to build a world inspired by the culture of innovation, one which nurtures limitless opportunities for all. We are dreamers who design to inspire, we are innovators who design for change.
COLLABORATION
United by a shared vision and purpose, we embark on a journey driven by undying passion. Together, we aim to make a significant impact on the world. This is our mission—to change the world for the better.
OUR APPROACH
HUMAN-CENTERED METHODOLOGY
We use Human-Centered Design (HCD) to identify & understand human problems, create relevant solutions and deliver them in a sustainable way.
We blend values of non-profit, power of digital technology & best practices of commercial organizations.
OUR GOVERNANCE
LICENSE AND REGISTRATION
Spreeha Foundation is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN: 45-3361624) in the US and as an NGO under the NGO Affairs Bureau in Bangladesh.
Spreeha Foundation operates under the guidance of a dedicated Board and executive team and maintains the highest standards of transparency and accountability in our mission to empower communities.
BOARD
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Michael Tjalve
Board Chair
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Ross Smith
Board Member
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Nadia Mahmud
Board Member
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May Leong
Member Emeritus
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Katherine Dick
Member Emeritus
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Tazin Shadid
Founder and Executive Director
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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Tazin Shadid
Executive Director
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Halima-Tus-Sadia
Head of Growth
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Ajoy Kumar Bose
Senior Director, Institutional Affairs
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Farha Sharmin
Director, Programs
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Dr. Ishtique Zahid
Senior Technical Advisor
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Tahsin Ifnoor Sayeed
Director, Impact & Innovation Lab
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Smriti Shrestha
Director, Development & Partnerships
ADVISORY TEAM
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Safder Meah
Donation Administrator
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Zaki Rahman
Finance Manager
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Dr. Halida Hanum
Advisor
