October 18, 2022

Webinar: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty fireside chat with Hope Over Fate author Scott MacMillan

Can hope help break the cycle of poverty?

Each year, the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17th. The day is an opportunity to celebrate progress towards reducing poverty and redouble our global efforts to eradicate it, with a focus on ensuring those experiencing poverty are at the forefront of those efforts.

Sharad Aggarwal, Senior Vice President of BRAC USA, and Scott MacMillan, Director of Innovation and Learning at BRAC USA and author of Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty, a biography of BRAC’s’ late founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, sit down to discuss the incredible life of Sir Fazle, his contributions that extend from Bangladesh to the world, and what his legacy means as we continue to work toward poverty eradication.

Visit bracusa.org/hope-over-fate to learn more about the book and buy your copy.