Lions Club of Dhaka Aristocrats

Our association is made up of 1.4 million members in 49,000 clubs who bring hands and hearts to the communities we serve in nearly every country on earth. Our Lions and Leos help hundreds of millions of people every year.

Making history every day

With every project completed and each person served, we make history. We’ve been around for over 100 years, yet our story is still in the making. And we wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s being written by helping hands, by shovels hitting the dirt, by donations being made and by lives and communities being improved in over 200 countries and geographic areas around the world.

Our History

1917: The beginning

In response to social problems created by World War I and rapid industrialization, a Chicago businessman named Melvin Jones invites business clubs from around the USA to a meeting where the Association of Lions Clubs is formed.

1920: Lions go International

Just three years after founding, the Association of Lions Clubs becomes international when the Border Cities Lions Club in Windsor, Canada is established. At the time, Lions were active in 23 U.S. states with a total of 6,400 members.

1925: Becoming "Knights of the Blind"

Helen Keller addresses Lions at the International Convention in Cedar Point, Ohio, USA.She famously challenges Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness." This begins a century-long mission—impacting hundreds of millions of lives through vision-related work.

1945: Uniting Nations

Lions and other representatives from 46 nations meet to help establish the NGO section of the United Nations (UN), underscoring Lions International’s commitment to a "certain and lasting peace for the world." Today, Lions continue to work with the UN at annual Lions Day with the United Nations events.

1957: Leos are introduced

The Leo Program is developed to provide the youth of the world with an opportunity for personal development through volunteering. Today, there are 200,000 Leos worldwide.

1968: Establishing our foundation

Lions Clubs International Foundation is created, with the mission "to support the efforts of Lions clubs and partners in serving communities locally and globally, giving hope and impacting lives through humanitarian service projects and grants." To date, our foundation has awarded more than $1.2 billion in grants.

Lions Club of Dhaka Aristocrats

is a part of Lions Clubs International / Lions International. It was chartered by Lions International on July 11, 2022. Since then, the club has been conducting various social service activities like Free Health Camps, Tree Plantations, Food Distributions, Educational Kits Distributions and others Social Awareness Programs.

This club was founded by Lion Mostafiz Ahmed, who is a former Leo (youth club member of Lions International). This club is mainly located in Saidpur Town of Nilphamari District.

Lions Club of Dhaka Aristocrats was nominated as an observer member of the Nilphamari branch of the National Legal Aid Service Organization under the Law and Justice Department of Bangladesh in 2023 and since then this organization has started another service in the field of law and justice.

Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization with more than 1.4 million members in approximately 46,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world.