Abed Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Oxford University
BRAC Founder and Chairperson, Fazle Hasan Abed, was awarded the honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom for his role as "a tireless defender of the needy". Mr. Abed was admitted the degree on Wednesday, 24 June, along with five other leading figures from the world of development, the arts and science, by Oxford University chancellor, the Rt Hon Lord Patten of Barnes, at Encaenia, the annual honorary degree ceremony. Read More
People enduring after devastasion of Cyclone AILA
BRAC continues to provide emergency relief support in Barisal, Bagerhat, Khulna and Sathkira
As of 15th June, total number of dry food packets (gur, 2 litre bottled water, ORS) distributed to number of families:- Barisal- 5,200; Bagerhat- 4,500; Khulna- 16,550; Sathkira- 12,000.
Meal (5 kg rice, 1 kg dal, 0.5 kg oil, 1 kg potato, 0.5 kg salt, 4 packets ORS) and matches distributed to number of families:- Khulna- 7,500; Sathkira- 6,500.
Plastic sheets (for those who have sought refuge on embankments, roads or other high ground) distributed to number of families: - Khulna- 4,500; Sathkira- 2,500.
Biscuits (3 pack biscuits and 0.5 litre water) distributed to number of children: - Bagerhat - 959; Khulna- 1,917; Sathkira- 898.
Water distributed (10 litres per family) to number of families: - Bagerhat- 2,000; Khulna- 26,399; Sathkira- 30,189.
44 ponds in Bagerhat have been dewatered which were inundated with saline water.
10 days have passed since the disastrous Cyclone Aila swept over the coast of Bangladesh. People saw their homes and the property that they had accumulated through hard work of a lifetime destroyed by the ferocious storm and tidal waves in a matter of minutes. Aila left, taking with her the lives of 168 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of families without food, water or shelter...in Shamynagar area, 5 of 8 BRAC microfinance branches were flooded. 175 of 210 of BRAC’s community health volunteers (Shastya Shebikas) and 12 of 18 health workers (Shastya Kormis) were affected...Read More
Freedom From Want traces BRAC’s evolution from a small relief operation indistinguishable from hundreds of others, into what is undoubtedly the largest and most variegated social experiment in the developing world. BRAC’s story shows how social enterprise can trump corruption and how purpose, innovation and clear thinking can overcome the most entrenched injustices that society can offer... Read More
