Just outside of Kampala, Regina buys, cleans, cooks and sells roasted chickens every evening to commuters on their way home. Her business was made possible by a $180 loan from BRAC, an international ...

The distribution programme was held at the BRAC office in Barguna Sadar at 11:00 am. Under the initiative, 110 farmers each ...

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Brac has become the only organization in Bangladesh to receive the prestigious Client Protection Certification (CPC) Gold, in recognition of its commitment to ensuring maximum protection for clients.

The poor are a diverse group with diverse livelihoods, needs and potential, which change over time due to lifecycle, new opportunities and external shocks. This diverse and dynamic reality of poor ...

KABUL (Reuters) - In a dimly lit room at the back of an Afghan house, 21-year-old Zahara is crouched on a plank of wood weaving a large carpet on a loom that she was able to buy using a microfinance ...

One of the most exciting announcements at the Skoll World Forum was revealed during the opening plenary: BRAC and MasterCard Foundation announced a $45 million partnership, created to scale BRAC’s ...

Zahara started weaving carpets when she was 10 and did not go to school, but the loan from non-profit development group BRAC allowed her to start her own business about 18 months ago and she has since ...

Organizations like BRAC are built on the philosophy that development happens when people sit together. Though we work in a variety of sectors—including agriculture, health, education, and microfinance ...

In this interview with the Business of Giving, Donella Rapier, CEO of BRAC USA, shares the progress the organization has made fighting poverty in Bangladesh and 10 other countries. BRAC tackles health ...