Since 2008, BRAC Liberia drives change in agriculture, education, health, and microfinance across 55 branches.
We transform lives by empowering women and families to break poverty. Our cost-effective, evidence-based programs combine social development through health, education, food security, and livelihoods with market solutions, expanding financial inclusion by responsibly offering essential financial services.
Our Impact
microfinance borrowers across 42 branches in 9 countries
disbursed agriculture loans to 6,012 borrowers
adolescent girls and young women in 116 after-school clubs
participants trained and supported with climate-smart farming tools and small business support
Our approach
We prioritize joyful learning, and engage participatory approaches for social and emotional learning, play and character development. Our community-driven network of programs includes accelerated learning opportunities through second chance learning centers. Our activity-based teaching methods ensure children develop a positive experience towards learning. We also support the government and stakeholders with teacher training, mentoring and curriculum development.
Education
We complement government efforts to deliver essential services through our network of community health promoters. We focus on reproductive and child healthcare, malaria and tuberculosis control, family planning, basic curative services, and emergency response during crises such as the outbreaks Ebola and COVID-19.
Health
The Mastercard Foundation Accelerating Impact for Young Women in Partnership with BRAC (AIM) program in Liberia is equipping 161,500 adolescent girls and young women with age-appropriate entrepreneurship, employability, and life-skills training, as well as the tools to start and scale their own businesses.
Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM)
BRAC Liberia Microfinance Company Limited is the largest microfinance provider in Liberia. Our range of services puts a strong focus on women, especially those living in rural and hard-to-reach areas. Our customized loans, including those in agro-finance and enterprise, are designed to increase the financial resilience of local entrepreneurs.
Microfinance
Our flagship Ultra-Poor Graduation approach is a globally recognized solution that offers holistic support to help people find a pathway out of extreme poverty. We combine a proven set of interventions combining income generation, access to existing social protection services, financial support, and social empowerment. The program combines income generation, access to social protection services, financial support, and social empowerment.
Ultra-Poor Graduation
We train farmers on climate-smart agriculture, improve livestock management practices, agricultural extension, post-harvest management, entrepreneurship development, financial literacy and equip them with the right tools (ie, start-up inputs, seeds, tools, poultry, livestock, feed, etc) to jump start their businesses. We create employment opportunities through strengthening local value chains, particularly for women and young people.
Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihood
We combine social empowerment, education and economic empowerment to enable young people to reach their full potential. Our adolescent club is part of a mentor-led, community-supported program that provides safe spaces for young people, especially girls, to access livelihood and vocational training, and startup kits to start small businesses. We aspire to help them develop self-confidence, critical thinking, leadership, and social skills, to navigate issues that affect their futures.
Youth Empowerment
Connecting people with local, sustainable markets, BRAC’s social enterprises seek to unlock the potential that market-led solutions can have in addressing development challenges and supporting greater scale and impact. BRAC poultry enterprise established its poultry, hatchery and feed mill in 2013, as Liberia’s first and only commercial producer of high quality day-old chicks and feed.
Social Enterprises
Program Highlights
Empowered women transform lives for generations: Angeline’s story
Angeline’s story exemplifies how empowerment transforms lives. Through education, skills training, and support, she overcame poverty, became a community leader, and paved the way for future generations. Her journey shows that investing in women creates lasting, multi-generational change by breaking the cycle of poverty and inspiring hope.
Our most critical programs for women and girls depend on the generosity of people like you.
Will you help women and families change their own lives? Your gift today can enable someone to reach their potential.