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Topic: BRAC (NGO)

	::Celebrating Bangladesh::15th Anniversary Special (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		BRAC typically organises women into groups called Village Organisations which serve as a forum where women can collectively address the principal structural impediments to their development and build on their social capital, and it is through these member-groups that BRAC's various programmes are implemented.
		The programme was taken nationwide and door-to-door by 2,000 BRAC workers, 90 percent women, and taught 13 million mothers the simple technique of preparing home-made Oral Rehydration saline, embedding the practice in the national culture and communicating the knowledge to 100 percent of the population.
		BRAC's holistic approach towards inclusive education that ensures the combination of proper advocacy and linkage in the community along with networking with parents of children with special needs, development of teachers and proper monitoring and evaluation of the programme, may create a unique model for inclusive education not only in Bangladesh, but across the world.
	www.thedailystar.net /suppliments/2006/15thanniv/celebrating_bd/celeb_bd02.htm (2368 words)

	Countdown 2005 Newsletter
		Shortly afterwards BRAC changed its emphasis from the village community to dealing with the poor directly as it became clear that a determined focus on the poor was essential if our efforts were going to have any lasting impact.
		Many NGOs tend to operate with volunteers and most of their activities are subsidized by donations and grants.
		BRAC has achieved 116 percent financial self-sufficiency, defined as the percent of operating and financial expenses that BRAC is covering with income from interest and fees.
	www.microcreditsummit.org /newsletter/action3.htm (2098 words)

	Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Independent thinking, independent voice - English - A model NGO?
		Whether the explosion in the number of NGOs in Bangladesh represents the wave of the future or a case of foreign aid run riot, is a question that increasingly divides Bangladeshis themselves.
		The 19 storey BRAC Centre (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) is the headquarters of the largest NGO in the world, with over 100,000 people on the payroll, all of them Bangladeshi.
		What has happened is a loss of ideological sustainability and a de-legitimisation of governments, who have become more cut off, both from a sense of self worth, but also from the notion that they have a significant contribution to make.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /features/development/brac021205.html (895 words)

	Summary of Proposed Investment
		The project is sponsored by BRAC (NGO) which is a Bangladesh-based developmental organization and one of the largest microfinance operators in the world, with extensive microfinance and community development operations in Afghanistan.
		The project sponsor is BRAC NGO, Bangladesh one of the largest, sustainable, microfinance institutions in Bangladesh, covering all 64 districts and a population of 100 million (of the total population of 140 million) through its microfinance and development programs.
		BRAC was formed as a relief and rehabilitation organization following the independence of Bangladesh in 1972, and has grown organically under the leadership of its founder, Fazle Hasan Abed.
	www.ifc.org /ifcext/spiwebsite1.nsf/DocsByUNIDForPrint/89B1D47FCB7FDCE08525719600437043?opendocument (567 words)

	REACH Stories: BRAC NGO delivers Afghanistan's Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS)
		Among the recipients was an NGO established in Bangladesh in 1972: the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC).
		BRAC registered as an NGO in Afghanistan in 2002, determined to use its 30 years of experience working with the poor in Bangladesh to help the Afghan people recover from decades of war.
		To dispose of clinic waste, BRAC had pits dug and saw to it that furnaces made of steel and baked brick were locally constructed and properly installed, along with lidded concrete receptacles for discarded needles and other sharps.
	www.msh.org /afghanistan/news_room/stories/BRAC_NGO_Afghanistan_oct2005.html (1072 words)

	Promoting Social Progress in Rural Bangladesh - Hawaii 2001
		Using multifaceted development interventions, BRAC strives to improve the quality of life of the poor people of Bangladesh.
		NGO programs for such activities - elimination of illiteracy, ensuring health care for the poor, and providing for employment generation.
		Second, for major programs with the government, I expect that the ADB would consult with NGOs at the programming stage instead of at a later stage, which is too late.
	www.adb.org /Annualmeeting/2001/NGOs/social_progress_BAN.html (426 words)

	BRAC (NGO) Information
		BRAC (Bengali: ব্র্যাক), formerly known as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, is a non-governmental organization based in Bangladesh.
		BRAC’s other development activities include free informal education and heath and medical facilities for low-income people in rural areas.
		Fazle Hasan Abed, BRAC's founder, was awarded the United Nations Development Programme Mahbub ul Haq Award, 2004, for his outstanding contribution to human development.
	www.bookrags.com /BRAC_(NGO) (466 words)

	The State, Laws and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Bangladesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		NGOs in Bangladesh have increasingly become subject to question and criticism from the government, political parties, intellectuals and the public in general.
		It is possible for any powerful NGO to deliberately manipulate the Home Ministry or the relevant Ministry when it has not delivered an opinion within the stipulated time (as mentioned in Circular 1993) so that the application may be passed without any objection.
		Due to the strong support of donors for NGOs, in the recent past the state has had to scrap its own desire to withdraw the registration of a number of NGOs and even had to change the head of the NAB when that individual appeared tough with NGOs that had indulged in irregularities (Hashemi, 1995).
	www.icnl.org /journal/vol3iss3/ar_ahmad3.htm (1428 words)

	CCIC: What We Do
		BRAC staff, however, emphasized the fact that policy changes and increased government programming for the ultrapoor would be a better, longer-term solution, not only for the woman, but also for the millions like her.
		BRAC views AKFC not simply as a donor or as a project ‘executing agency’, but as a trusted friend accompanying it on the road to a brighter future for Bangladesh.
		BRAC’s commitment to poverty reduction in Bangladesh coupled with AKFC’s long-term commitment to support BRAC has fostered a deep and lasting relationship between the two organizations, one that has not only benefited BRAC and AKFC, but also the development community in Canada and abroad.
	www.ccic.ca /e/002/aid_case_stury_brac_akfc_partnership.shtml (1643 words)

	BRAC (NGO) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Known at the time as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, BRAC was initiated in 1972 by Fazle Hasan Abed at Sulla in the district of Sylhet as a small-scale relief and rehabilitation project to help war refugees after the liberation war of 1971.
		BRAC’s Economic Development programme includes Microfinance which was started in Bangladesh in 1974 and at present it is prominent among the biggest NGOs in terms of development and micro-credit activities.
		BRAC defines such people suffering from extreme poverty as the ultra poor and has designed a programme customized for this group that combines subsidy with enterprise development training, healthcare, social development and asset transfer, eventually pulling the ultra poor into its mainstream microfinance programme.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BRAC_(NGO) (1989 words)

	:: News From BRAC - News Archive ::
		BRAC Foundation over the next few years plans to significantly scale up microfinance access for the poor in Tanzania reaching over a million of poor households all over the country.
		Mkapa welcomed the activities of BRAC Foundation in Tanzania and saw it as having significant potential to defeat poverty in Tanzania.
		Mkapa to champion and spearhead a campaign to attain the MDGs for Tanzania in which BRAC Foundation is committed to act as an ally.
	www.brac.net /news_files/news048.htm (296 words)

	South Asia Briefing Unit 3 - Brac - Going to Scale
		BRAC works to achieve the dual goals of empowerment of the rural poor and alleviation of poverty.
		BRAC soon realized that relief assistance, although critical in an emergency, serves to create a state of dependency.
		BRAC workers visit mothers in all of the country's nearly 70,000 villages, enabling them to treat diarrhea at home.
	www.thp.org /sac/unit3/brac.htm (495 words)

	A Model NGO?- Global Policy Forum - NGOs
		Whether the explosion in the number of NGOs in Bangladesh represents the wave of the future or a case of foreign aid run riot, is a question that increasingly divides Bangladeshis themselves.
		The 19 storey BRAC Centre (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) is the headquarters of the largest NGO in the world, with over 100,000 people on the payroll, all of them Bangladeshi.
		NGOs in other countries may not grow as big or as quickly as they have in Bangladesh, but they are, no doubt, here to stay.
	www.globalpolicy.org /ngos/fund/2002/1205model.htm (985 words)

	Innovative BRAC Microcredit Securitization Honored in Bangladesh
		BRAC is the world’s largest national Non Government Organization (NGO) with over five million borrowers (mostly women) and 100,000 employees and BRAC focuses on poverty alleviation with funding given to village organizations that undertake a project with the aim of helping members become self-sustaining.
		The BRAC securitization closed in September 2006 and was arranged by RSA Capital, Citigroup, FMO and KfW.
		BRAC’s outreach covers all 64 districts of the country, and it has been called upon to assist a number of countries, including Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
	www.citibank.com /citigroup/press/2007/070116b.htm (948 words)

	The Bangladesh Monitor - A Travel Trade Journal on Aviation, Tourism, Cargo-Shipping, Hotel-Restaurant and Bank-Commerce
		BRAC Bank officials including Naushad himself often undertake visits to the labour camps or dormitories where Bangla-deshi workers live, may be even seven huddled in a single room as he found during his visit to an Italian city.
		BRAC Bank's battle against 'Hundi' is continuing in villages where the Bank stages dramas highlighting the harm that can be done through 'Hundi'.
		BRAC Bank has products like 'Probashi Savings' and 'Probashi DPS,' where people can save some money for their own selves for the rainy day while sending home their remittances.
	www.bangladeshmonitor.net /bank_story.php?recordID=215 (517 words)

	World Food Prize Symposium 2003 - Mushtaque Chowdhury
		BRAC believes that poverty is a complex syndrome, presenting different deprivations, not only lack of income but lack of...
		BRAC came to an agreement with the World Food Programme and the government to work with this group, promoting livelihood development.
		BRAC’s ultra poor food program beneficiaries include poorest women who are often abandoned by dead husbands and often have no working children in the household.
	www.worldfoodprize.org /symposium/2003/transcripts/chowdhury.htm (1782 words)

	The BRAC Poultry Programme in Bangladesh
		BRAC (formally the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) was established in 1972 to work with the rural poor in Bangladesh.
		BRAC is unusual as an NGO that it is well suited to the direct provider role that it has played in the poultry sector.
		Provided this is not the case BRAC should be in a position to set the example that other will replicate and evidence suggests this may be the case in the poultry sector, with the increase in private sector feed mills and large scale hatcheries.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/employment/ent/papers/bangbrac.htm (7076 words)

	The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
		BRACs various programs are teaching these women that they can stand on their own feet, and speak up for what they believe in by giving more than one million women the opportunity to work, and earn a living.
		To begin the process of village banking, BRAC surveys all the villages in a district and chooses identifies those villages which have a minimal involvement with government efforts or other NGO involvement and are in the direst of states to begin work in.
		Thus BRAC is sadly not meeting its potential in the realm of bringing the community up to date with local and regional issues as it had planned.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~dickey/testemonials/ahmed.html (3957 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Nishkam - NGO: Experience In Learning
		From the evolutionary and planning perspectives, the self-generating NGO may be considered to have evolved through the learning process and the externally-created NGO as a consequence of the blue print approach (Korten 1980:496-500 generally).
		However, the NGO must have the perception and foresight that once original need is satisfied it may have to move on to the next phase or the next demand.
		BRAC started as a modest relief organization and kept changing and adjusting to the needs of the people, which have kept them in business long after they accomplished their initial task, and utilizing what it had learnt from its experience as a relief provider.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /082002/nishkam.htm (6967 words)

	NGOs - The Self-Appointed Altruists
		NGO's are on the verge of provoking a ruinous backlash against them in their countries of destination.
		NGOs are growing quickly in Brazil due to the discredit politicians and governmental institutions face after decades of corruption, elitism etc. The young people feel they can do something concrete working as activists in a NGOs.
		NGOs and their workers are, therefore, often in the limelight and many NGO activists have become minor celebrities and frequent guests in talk shows and such.
	samvak.tripod.com /ngos.html (3153 words)

	BRAC Afghanistan (Bangladesh)- Home Page
		BRAC Founder and Chairperson F.H Abed on a school visit in Mazar-e-Sharif Province, accompanied by the DED Aminul Alam, the CPH Jalaluddin Ahmed and others.
		BRAC Afghanistan was registered as an international NGO in Afghanistan in May 2002 and opened its office in Kabul in the same year.
		BRAC Afghanistan is forming Village Organization of poor women as a means to implement its financial service to its members.
	www.bracafg.org (306 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 835 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The NGO, which has major programmes in micro credit, primary education, health and small enterprises in the country, has already launched its operations in Tanzania and Uganda and plans are afoot to expand to Kenya, Southern Sudan and Malawi soon, he said.
		Brac will introduce its unique integrated development approach for poverty reduction in these countries by incorporating health, water and sanitation components along with micro credit schemes, he added.
		Brac's deputy executive directors Aminul Alam, Dr Moshtaq Ahmed and Manzur Hazan and director of research and evaluation Dr Imran Matin were also present.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/10/01/d61001012112.htm (511 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In August, at a ceremony to present a report on primary education by an NGO coalition, the good news was that the drop-out rate has decreased and gender disparity in enrollment has disappeared, with 78.6 percent girls and 75.5 percent boys enrolled.
		But NGO schools often use modern learner-centered teaching methods, with their own books and aids.
		BRAC education program director Kaniz Fatema feels Sobhan needs financial support for this because in education with "any kind of innovation, creativity, you need to nurture it, and the back-up support to run for quite a few years."
	www.changemakers.net /journal/99november/reddy.cfm (2939 words)

	Tufts-Fletcher-News: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Students and faculty, all eager to focus on achievements in the NGO world were inspired by Dr. Ahmed’s account of the history of BRAC.
		Established after the liberation of Bangladesh in 1972, BRAC (now officially known only by its acronym) was originally based on community-development efforts like Oxfam UK, providing relief services to incoming refugees and assisting freedom fighters at the national borders.
		BRAC’s official mission is “Alleviation of Poverty and Empowerment of the Poor,” though Dr. Ahmed joked, “BRAC should be called ‘Working with Poor People,’” acknowledging the organization’s straightforward focus on the rural poor communities in Bangladesh.
	fletcher.tufts.edu /news/2003/11/brac.shtml (438 words)

	Section 8 - Jakariya M.Sc. thesis
		In principle they would welcome some solution to the problem; in practice, however, the options provided by BRAC were not very popular with the villagers and they expressed their wish for a better solution, preferably the further sinking of the existing tube wells.
		Villagers were eager to know both from the NGO workers and also from scientists, the depth at which arsenic-free water could be found from the same source, which they were familiar with.
		It was a combined decision by DPHE, UNICEF and the implementing NGO (BRAC) that deep tube well would not be included as a safe water option for this action research project because it was not yet scientifically-proven whether this option would be arsenic free or not in the long run.
	bicn.com /acic/resources/infobank/jakariya/sec08.htm (1766 words)

	Alliance Magazine Article - SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP — ITS PROMISE AND ITS CHALLENGES - Fazle Hasan Abed INTERVIEW
		Asked what lies behind BRAC’s phenomenal success, the first thing Fazle Abed mentions is determination: ‘We were determined to bring about changes in the lives of poor people.’ The second thing is thinking in national terms: ‘We always had a national goal; we never thought in terms of working in a small area.
		The solution was to have six or seven BRAC staff maintaining cold chain for the vaccines from the government in Dhaka to the districts.
		An accountant by training and originally by profession, he founded BRAC in 1972 after the war of independence from Pakistan, initially to provide relief and rehabilitation to returning war refugees in a remote area of the country.
	www.allavida.org /alliance/mar05e.html (3388 words)

	NGOs in Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some estimates place the number of NGOs in Bangladesh in excess of 20,000.
		There are many types of NGOs in the country, but most focus on development or poverty alleviation.
		Bangladesh is often seen as the birthplace of the microcredit NGO, namely the Grameen Bank.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NGOs_in_Bangladesh (125 words)

	Global Equity Initiative - Harvard University - NGO Forum
		The Global NGO Executive Forum is an annual gathering of the chief executives of America's largest international relief and development organizations.
		The Global NGO Executive Forum was held in L'Abbaye d'Talloires on 28-30 May. The retreat is part of a series aimed at building community among the leaders of global relief and development NGOs.
		In 2004, the Global NGO Executive Forum was held at the Essex Conference Center and Retreat in Essex, Massachusetts on June 17-19.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~acgei/ngoforum.htm (910 words)

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