Creating opportunities for people to realise potential

Be a force for hope

At a Glance

232K

learners reached through the Education programme

96%

clients of our Microfinance programme are women

148K

adolescents reached with the Youth Empowerment programme

12M

people received healthcare services through the Health programme

Data Reporting Period:
January 2018 to June 2021

We aim high and think big. BRAC’s proven, practical solutions spark enterprise and lasting change. We equip people with the tools, opportunity, and skills to lift themselves out of poverty and reach their potential.

Here’s how we do it.

Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihood

We train and develop the capacity of small-scale farmers to grow more food, earn more income, and build secure businesses, with a focus on women and youth. We address the root causes and barriers to help communities solve their own problems and reduce the risk of climate change and economic shocks with climate-smart technologies.

Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihood

Farmer in Liberia

Early Childhood Development

Early childhood experiences shape foundational brain architecture, directly impacting social, emotional and academic skills. Play Labs, BRAC’s flagship model for early childhood education, offers joyful, high quality, low-cost, and playful learning opportunities to children aged three to five in underserved communities.

Early Childhood Development

Education

Everyone deserves the opportunity to learn. Since our inception, this belief has translated to a commitment to providing quality education tailored to the unique educational needs of more than a million learners in vulnerable communities. We partner with governments in operating countries to support their efforts in strengthening education systems and enabling nationwide systemic change. Our cradle-to-career approach removes barriers that prevent children, particularly girls, from receiving education through enabling community led initiatives improving access and increasing the quality of education. Initiatives include early childhood education programmes, low-cost and high-quality primary and secondary education, scholarships for secondary and tertiary education, and vocational and skills training.

Education

Play Lab in Africa

Health

We make health systems stronger and deliver care in the most vulnerable communities. With a particular focus on keeping mothers, babies, and young children healthy, our community health workers deliver primary healthcare directly to families at home to prevent malnutrition, treat diseases, refer cases as required, save lives, and collaborate with health facilities and actively support the Ministry of Health in the locations we operate.

Health

community health worker in uganda treating a mother and daughter

Humanitarian Programme

For nearly five decades, BRAC has supported communities in crisis. Whether a natural or human-made disaster, or a disease outbreak, BRAC rapidly meets basic needs, inspires resilience, and fosters self-sufficiency for women, men and children affected by crises. Our comprehensive responses help families rebuild, recover, and prevail.

Humanitarian Programme

Humanitarian play lab - Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh

Microfinance

Microfinance, responsibly delivered, is a powerful tool to increase the inherent resilience and economic empowerment of people living in poverty. Our mission is to provide a range of financial services responsibly to people at the bottom of the pyramid. We particularly focus on women living in poverty in rural and hard-to-reach areas, to create self employment opportunities, build financial resilience, and harness women’s entrepreneurial spirit by empowering them economically.

Microfinance

Ultra-Poor Graduation

We equip people living in extreme poverty—those living on less than $1.90 a day—with the tools, skills, and support to escape the poverty trap. Through our pioneering, proven Ultra-Poor Graduation approach, participants unlock their potential and lift themselves out of poverty.

Ultra-Poor Graduation

Graduation participants

Youth Empowerment

The Youth Empowerment programme aims to create opportunities that support positive outcomes for young people, particularly adolescent girls and young women, to enable them to transform their lives, families and communities. By providing social and economic empowerment knowledge through lifeskills, inspiring self-confidence,and creating opportunities for academic re-engagement and livelihoods, we support young people in breaking the cycle of poverty and unlocking their full potential.

Youth Empowerment

ELA Club in Africa

OUR PRESENCE ACROSS THE WORLD

We envision a world where everyone has the chance to realise their potential.

Data-driven innovation

BRAC continuously innovates, tests, and strengthens its solutions to maximise its effectiveness.

Community engagement

BRAC develops solutions in partnership with communities, building trust and prioritising local needs.

A holistic approach

Poverty is complex and multifaceted, and it demands holistic solutions. BRAC’s programmes are designed to address poverty’s many dimensions.

Sustainable solutions

BRAC takes a business approach to ending poverty, using social enterprise models to recover costs and accelerate impact at scale.

Our Story

All people need is the opportunity to realise their potential.

Our story began in a small village in Bangladesh in 1972. 50 years later, BRAC is the largest NGO in the world with roots and origins in the global south. What began as relief work, deepened and broadened into long-term investment in human potential.

Be a champion of hope.

Our work is only possible with the support of people like you.