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BRAC USA’s Julia Roberts shares her first update as President and CEO. BY JULIA ROBERTS   I first learned of BRAC’s life-changing work during my earliest days of development, over 25 years ago.  At the turn of the millennium, I was working with the Peace Corps as a volunteer extension officer for a Ministry of...

NEW YORK, NY – Extreme heat has killed eight people and forced the closure of all schools in Bangladesh this week, impacting 33 million children. Temperatures have soared to 108 F (42°C), well above the annual average. BRAC teams are responding. The 52-year-old, Dhaka-based organization’s 50,000 community health workers are spreading awareness, particularly among families...

BRAC is on track to reach more than a million girls and young women with the youth empowerment program over five years. BY SARAH ALLEN   After one year of BRAC’s most ambitious program yet, the results are in. Our ambitious partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM), will empower more...

BRAC USA announced Julia Roberts as its new CEO, following a comprehensive, six-month search. Julia succeeds Donella Rapier, who retired at the end of February. NEW YORK, NY – BRAC USA is pleased to announce Julia Roberts as the organization’s next Chief Executive Officer. She will join the team on April 29.  Julia will lead...

Wearing reading glasses helped people return to work; improved near-vision quality of life by 16% Photo credit: VisionSpring NEW YORK, NY – A pair of reading glasses increases the earnings of people in low-income communities by 33% according to new research. A new randomized controlled trial published today finds that the provision of reading glasses...