Stay Informed: BRAC in the Media

World Bank Accused of Ignoring Lessons on Mega Infrastructure
ipsnews article by Carey L. Biron
16 May 2012

Manza Village near Inga Dam on Congo River. Grassroots activists say such mega projects overlook the social, economic and environmental costs. Credit:International Rivers/CC BY 2.0 WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 (IPS) - In a renewed funding focus on large-scale infrastructure, the World Bank, Group of 20 (G20) countries and other multilateral groups are wilfully overlooking lessons learned decades ago, a new report by International Rivers ......Read More

TB claims 43 lives per lakh a yr
The Daily Star Article
15 May 2012

At least 43 in every hundred thousand people die of tuberculosis in Bangladesh annually, while over six lakh have been suffering from this disease. Despite the government initiatives to check the disease, around 3.3 lakh contract the disease each year. This was revealed at a seminar on "Lung Health and Tuberculosis Control: Present Situation and Future Direction" in the capital yesterday. English daily The New Age and Brac jointly organised t......Read More

“When I ask the mothers what they want most for their families, they say with one voice: education for their children.”
Gordon and Sarah Brown article by Gordon Brown
15 May 2012

Celina stands at the door of her hut hugging her one year old daughter Dokia, who is dying of malaria. Her son Efon stands by her side, unable to go to school because he must help care for his one year old twin siblings. This is the picture I will remember from our visit to the newest state on earth. South Sudan is one of the world's poorest - and in danger of being forgotten. Of the 1,000 people living in the tents, hut......Read More

The audacity of hope
The Economist Article
14 May 2012

WHY is poverty so hard to escape? For entire societies, and at the level of the individual, this must be one of the most basic questions that development economists seek to answer. Esther Duflo, MIT professor and one of the authors of the book "Poor Economics" is probably the best-known development economist working today. Last week, she reflected on this and other questions about the nature of poverty at a duo of lectures at Harvard University.I......Read More

NerdWallet’s Top 9 Nonprofit Microfinance Organizations
NerdWallet article by Stephen
09 May 2012

Without access to the proper financial resources, the poor and underprivileged have little hope of bettering their economic standing. Nonprofit microfinance organizations issue small loans to individuals unqualified to borrow from traditional financial institutions. Rather than simply gifting charitable donations, microfinance organizations allow individuals to make investments in economic opportunity. Check out a few of our favorites, an......Read More

International non-governmental organisation promises more support for pro-poor projects
IPP media article
26 March 2012

An international non-governmental organisation known as BRAC has promised to give more support for needy Tanzanians by financing pro-poor development projects in health, education, microfinance, farming and livestock sector. Head of the organisation in the country Gunendu Roy made the commitment during celebrations to mark 40 years since BRAC started its operations in different parts of the world. The NGO is based in Bangladesh, but it operates in ......Read More

BRAC – Story of Success
Times of Assam article by Swadesh Roy
16 March 2012

It was early eighties; I was in a remote village of south west of Bangladesh. There was no brick built road in that area. As a rainy season it was raining from the. We had no way to pass time without reading novel and gossiping. Some of the women of that house were swing Katha (a kind of wrapper) and playing ludu and carom board. All the birds were trying to save their feather from the rain water to enter under the leaf of the t......Read More

Debate over "Kony 2012" viral video
CNN
12 March 2012

CNN talks to Susan Davis, President & CEO of BRAC USA about the "Kony 2012" video and the controversy surrounding it. Watch the video Links: ------ [1] http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2012/03/09/ctw-intv-debate-over-kony-2012-viral-video.cnn [2] http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2012/03/09/ctw-intv-debate-over-kony-2012-viral-video.cnn...Read More

BRAC focuses on early marriage in its International Women’s Day 2012 celebration
GIRLS NOT BRIDES article
11 March 2012

"End of early marriage and sexual harassment is possible by one generation" is the slogan that BRAC Bangladesh has chosen to celebrate International Women's Day 2012. Established in 1972, BRAC is now the world's largest development organisation and is committed to empowering the poor - and women in particular - through its different development programmes. BRAC has a long history of targeting girls and adolescents as part of its work to incr......Read More

Education reform, gender equality key: Abed
bdnews24.com article
08 March 2012

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of BRAC, feels that despite being one of the largest and most successful development organisations in the world, it has still some way to go.In an opinion column on bdnews24.com - a re-run of his address delivered in February celebrating the 40th anniversary of BRAC - he calls for innovative solutions to address the needs of the burgeoning youth population in developing countries.Sir Abed took pride ......Read More