ABOUT BRAC
BRAC has set the gold standard for developing communities. Over the years, they have set off a unique chain reaction for good. BRAC is a model for the entire world.
Dr. Nils Daulaire, President, Global Health Council
Since BRACs modest inception as a small-scale relief rehabilitation project in 1972, BRAC has grown into one of the worlds largest non-profit organizations with over 40,000 full-time staff and over 160,000 paraprofessionals, 72% of which are women. BRACs annual budget is over USD 430 million, 78% of which is self-financed, and BRACs microfinance program, with 6 million borrowers, has cumulatively disbursed USD 4 billion. More than 1.5 million children are currently enrolled in 52,000 BRACs schools and over 3 million have already graduated. BRACs health program reaches over 100 million people in Bangladesh with basic healthcare services and programs for TB, Malaria and HIV/ AIDS.
BRAC is in business to end poverty. It employs a holistic approach to alleviating poverty by integrating its core programs (health, education and microfinance) with strategic linkages and constant evolution. BRAC works with people whose lives are dominated by extreme poverty, illiteracy, disease and other constraints. With multifaceted development interventions, BRAC strives to foster education, create wealth, better health and improve their quality of life.
BRAC actively promotes human rights, dignity and gender equality through building the social, economic, political and human capacity of people living in poverty. By organizing people for power through village organizations, BRAC provides ladders of opportunity for the poor to access credit and other services and break out of the cycle of poverty and despair. To scale its impact, BRAC partners with the community, like-minded organizations, government institutions, the private sector, and development partners to influence policies, programs and practices.
BRAC is committed to sustainability. It makes its programs socially, financially and environmentally sustainable, using business models, innovative methods and technologies. BRACs growth and programs reflect its responsiveness to the needs of the poor and deep knowledge about development. Those living in poverty want more and better options, and they are willing to pay for it.
BRAC is now global. It now works in six countries outside of Bangladesh. With its own resources, BRAC began in Afghanistan in 2002 and is now the largest microfinance, health, education and other service provider in the country. In response to the devastating tsunami in 2004, BRAC started work in Sri Lanka. Emboldened by their early success, BRAC decided to expand globally to help other poor countries and in 2006 it established programs in Tanzania, and Uganda. In 2007, it began in Southern Sudan and is now registered in Pakistan.
At the Clinton Global Initiative last year, BRAC committed to raise at least $250 million over the next 10 years to support the development of BRAC organizations in at least five African countries. BRAC UK and BRAC USA were created as partners to raise awareness, cultivate partnerships and mobilize resources in support of BRACs global expansion. By creating a global network that share values and vision, BRAC seeks to bring together knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship to build scalable, sustainable solutions to marginalization, poverty, disease, illiteracy and environmental degradation.
BRAC has set the gold standard for developing communities. Over the years, they have set off a unique chain reaction for good. BRAC is a model for the entire world.
Dr. Nils Daulaire, President, Global Health Council
Since BRACs modest inception as a small-scale relief rehabilitation project in 1972, BRAC has grown into one of the worlds largest non-profit organizations with over 40,000 full-time staff and over 160,000 paraprofessionals, 72% of which are women. BRACs annual budget is over USD 430 million, 78% of which is self-financed, and BRACs microfinance program, with 6 million borrowers, has cumulatively disbursed USD 4 billion. More than 1.5 million children are currently enrolled in 52,000 BRACs schools and over 3 million have already graduated. BRACs health program reaches over 100 million people in Bangladesh with basic healthcare services and programs for TB, Malaria and HIV/ AIDS.
BRAC is in business to end poverty. It employs a holistic approach to alleviating poverty by integrating its core programs (health, education and microfinance) with strategic linkages and constant evolution. BRAC works with people whose lives are dominated by extreme poverty, illiteracy, disease and other constraints. With multifaceted development interventions, BRAC strives to foster education, create wealth, better health and improve their quality of life.
BRAC actively promotes human rights, dignity and gender equality through building the social, economic, political and human capacity of people living in poverty. By organizing people for power through village organizations, BRAC provides ladders of opportunity for the poor to access credit and other services and break out of the cycle of poverty and despair. To scale its impact, BRAC partners with the community, like-minded organizations, government institutions, the private sector, and development partners to influence policies, programs and practices.
BRAC is committed to sustainability. It makes its programs socially, financially and environmentally sustainable, using business models, innovative methods and technologies. BRACs growth and programs reflect its responsiveness to the needs of the poor and deep knowledge about development. Those living in poverty want more and better options, and they are willing to pay for it.
BRAC is now global. It now works in six countries outside of Bangladesh. With its own resources, BRAC began in Afghanistan in 2002 and is now the largest microfinance, health, education and other service provider in the country. In response to the devastating tsunami in 2004, BRAC started work in Sri Lanka. Emboldened by their early success, BRAC decided to expand globally to help other poor countries and in 2006 it established programs in Tanzania, and Uganda. In 2007, it began in Southern Sudan and is now registered in Pakistan.
At the Clinton Global Initiative last year, BRAC committed to raise at least $250 million over the next 10 years to support the development of BRAC organizations in at least five African countries. BRAC UK and BRAC USA were created as partners to raise awareness, cultivate partnerships and mobilize resources in support of BRACs global expansion. By creating a global network that share values and vision, BRAC seeks to bring together knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship to build scalable, sustainable solutions to marginalization, poverty, disease, illiteracy and environmental degradation.
