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BRAC is delighted to partner with USAID to help support and elevate the important work of other local, community-based organizations in Bangladesh This project will expand new funding and training opportunities directly to local nongovernmental organizations to implement development programs in the communities they serve. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director...

Dr Erum Mariam, Executive Director of BRAC Institute of Educational Development, Brac University at a session on ‘Roots of Resilience: The ECD Imperative in a Climate-changing World’ at The Rewired Summit 2023 alongside Emily Kadiatu Gogra, Deputy Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Sierra Leone. 

BRAC has been granted a savings and loans license in Ghana, marking their sixth microfinance institution on the African continent. ACCRA, GHANA – BRAC, with over 50 years of experience in responsible financial services, is launching BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd (BGSL), to promote financial inclusion and economic empowerment, particularly for women, in Ghana’s...

This year, advances in climate resilience, education, and youth empowerment will help power possibilities for people experiencing poverty. BY SARAH ALLEN   As the New Year kicks off, we’re reflecting on some of the BRAC community’s biggest accomplishments of 2023 and looking ahead with hope. Discover three audacious goals we are excited to pursue in...

Half the world eats rice. In Bangladesh, everyone eats it. By Asif Saleh This piece was originally published in the  World Economic Forum. It has been reposted below. The small, densely-populated nation is the third-highest rice-producing country in the world. For a nation of 170 million people which has suffered through some of the world’s...