About ACCB
Building capacity through knowledge, skills and institutions
Alliance for Community Capacity Building in Northeast India, known as ACCB, is a UK-registered charity working to strengthen education, knowledge, digital capability and community-led development in Assam and the wider Northeast of India.
ACCB was created with a simple belief: communities do not need only temporary help; they need the skills, systems and institutions that allow them to shape their own future. We therefore focus on capacity building — the patient work of developing people, platforms, partnerships and practical tools that continue to serve long after a single project ends.
The charity is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales as Alliance for Community Capacity – Building in Northeast India, charity number 1106666. Its public registration record describes its work as supporting educational, information literacy and skill development programmes, including assistance to grassroots organisations.
Our purpose
Our Mission
ACCB supports initiatives that help communities gain access to knowledge, skills, technology and organisational capacity. Our work has included educational programmes, digital skill development, information literacy, support for not-for-profit organisations, scholarly publishing, and community health-related initiatives.
We are especially interested in the point at which knowledge becomes useful in practice: a learning platform that reaches students, a journal that gives scholars a voice, a website that helps a community organisation function, or a healthcare cooperative that uses technology to serve its members more effectively.
Why Northeast India?
Northeast India is a region of rich cultures, languages, histories and ecological diversity. It is also a region where communities often face practical barriers in education, healthcare, digital access, institutional development and public communication.
ACCB’s work is rooted in this context. We support efforts that help local organisations become more capable, more visible and more sustainable. Our approach is not to replace local initiative, but to strengthen it.