BRAC, which stands for Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee, is a respected international development organization based in Bangladesh. The organization was founded in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, who envisioned a world where all people would have equal access to basic human rights. BRAC is a non-profit organization that has contributed significantly to the development of Bangladesh as well as other countries in Asia, Africa and even America. Currently, the company employs around 1 lakh people, with women making up around 70% of the workforce. In 2016, BRAC was recognized as the world’s largest non-governmental development agency, with services reaching over 126 million people. BRAC’s initiatives include- Women’s Health Development Programme, Social Development, Human Rights and Legal Services Programme, BRAC’s Dairy and Food Scheme, BRAC University and Non-Formal Primary Education. BRAC’s contribution to Bangladesh and its neighboring countries is extensive, and it continues to be a leading force in providing and promoting development assistance.
BRAC is an international development Organization based in Bangladesh. In order to receive foreign donations, BRAC was subsequently registered under the NGO Affairs Bureau of the Government of Bangladesh. BRAC is the largest non-governmental development Organization in the world, in terms of number of employees as of September 2016. Established by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972 after the independence of Bangladesh, BRAC is present in all 64 districts of Bangladesh as well as 16 other countries in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
BRAC states that it employs over 90,000 people, roughly 70 percent of whom are women, and that it reaches more than 126 million people with its services. The organization is partly self-funded through a number of social enterprises that include a dairy and food project, a chain of retail handicraft stores called Aarong, seed and Agro, and chicken. BRAC has operations in 12 countries of the world.
