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BRAC’s Hasina Akhter shares insights from her work responding to COVID-19 in the largest refugee settlement in the world. By Hasina Akhter   This piece was originally published here in Devex. It has been reposted below. Addressing the needs of the largest refugee settlement in the world is daunting enough. Now, the challenge is compounded...

The country’s latest calamity illustrates a striking inequity of our time: The people least responsible for climate change are among those most hurt by its consequences. By Somini Sengupta and Julfikar Ali Manik   Below is en excerpt of a piece originally published in The New York Times. Click here to view the full piece....

Response and recovery efforts supported by $300,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation DHAKA, BANGLADESH — In the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, the super cyclonic storm that devastated coastal communities in Bangladesh in late May, BRAC has been carrying out response and recovery efforts, made more complex by the COVID-19 pandemic. With more...

Five lessons from using a digital cash transfer program to help poor families struggling with COVID-19. BY ALEX ROBINSON AND RAKIB AVI    This piece was originally published in Stanford Social Innovation Review. It has been reposted below. As the COVID-19 pandemic sent shockwaves around the world, policymakers have been scrambling to adapt responses in a...

An Audacious plan to lift millions out of extreme poverty  Today, BRAC was named a 2020 winner of the Audacious Project. BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative will receive more than $60 million to scale our proven Graduation approach through governments and help 21 million people lift themselves out of extreme poverty.