Mirpur Agricultural
Workshop and Training School (MAWTS) is a Trust of Caritas Bangladesh.
Legislation of MAWTS is under the Trust Act 1882 No. 8655 dated 12-08-2008.
After the Liberation War in 1971, The Christian Organization for Relief and
Rehabilitation (CORR) took up massive relief and reconstruction work. The CORR
(In 1976 renamed as Caritas Bangladesh) brought fleet of trucks, power tillers
and irrigation equipment to implement its relief and rehabilitation works in
the rural areas of Bangladesh. It was realized at a certain point that acute
shortage of skilled hands for repair and maintenance of the equipment is
causing enormous difficulties in keeping those functioning. In view of the
situation, it was planned to set up a center where rural youths will be trained
to carry out the maintenance works. A group of Swiss Engineers were engaged to
oversee the works. In 1973 both CORR and Caritas Switzerland joined hands to
set up a workshop in Mirpur, which is widely known as MAWTS. To carry out the
activities independently and fulfill the objectives and vision, in July 2008
the institution has been transformed into a TRUST and all its operation and
management handed over to the Board of Trustees.
