PROGRESSIVE is a non-profit and non political local Non-Government organization established in 1997 with a group of dedicated energetic indigenous youth in Rangamati aiming in implementing voluntary service and social welfare related activities for the Disadvantaged and unreached section of in society irrespective of race and religion to improve socio-economic status of the disadvantaged community of Chittagong Hill Tracts through undertaking need based development programs. Since its birth, PROGRESSIVE has been implementing non-formal education, capacity building, health, agriculture, human rights, indigenous community skill development programme, natural resource conservation and climate change issue etc. During primary stages PROGRESSIVE started with Health Program at Rangamati sadar upazilla and expanded its activities in whole Chittagong Hill Tracts through different development intervention like as Non–Formal Primary Education (NFPE), Nursery Program, Cage Aquaculture Program, Health Program, Water & Sanitation, Solar lamp Project, Village Sanitation Center, Handloom, Progressive-GH-Speed Project, HYSAWA, Weaving & Sewing Training, Sewing and handloom Training through ensuring participation from poor community with a view ensuring sustainability of the organization as well as empowering women and alleviating poverty of the exploited, landless people through social mobilization against injustice.

Together with, it has been promoting a better lifestyle of the under privileged people through implementation of health, women leadership development programme, Human rights and good governance, livelihood, empowerment of youth, social business, transferring of technology and information, and emergency response program.