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ActionAid is responding to flood affected peoples of south Asia
Aug 25, 2017News Hour Over a third of Bangladesh and Nepal and large areas of India have been flooded and there are real fears that polluted flood waters will lead to outbreaks of disease and severe food shortages.... -
Deputy head of the DFID Pakistan visited BRAC in Pakistan
Aug 21, 2017News Hour The newly appointed deputy head of DFID Pakistan, Ruth Lawson, visited BRAC in Pakistan head office in Islamabad. Lawson met with BRAC in Pakistan’s higher management and the head of education programme where she... -
Government of Bangladesh wants to work with NGOs to deliver inclusive social protection
Aug 3, 2017News Hour: Save the Children, with six other consortium members, is implementing Suchana aiming to significantly reduce the incidence of stunting in the districts of Sylhet and Moulvibazar in Bangladesh, where the highest rates of stunting... -
Her excellency Liberian president Sirleaf honoured BRAC
Aug 2, 2017News Hour BRAC in Liberia was honoured by the President of Liberia, Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, during the celebrations marking the 170th Anniversary of the independence of Liberia. The investiture ceremony took place on... -
BRAC is celebrating diversity in Liberia
Jun 8, 2017News Hour: BRAC in Liberia celebrated the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development across the country. All area offices, branch offices and the country office got involved for the occasion. The country office... -
Bus drivers will get training to reduce road accidents
Apr 24, 2017News Hour: At a recent event held in BRAC Driving School (BDS) in Dhaka, speakers stressed the urgency of ensuring international standard drivers training for all professional drivers. They also stated that such training would improve... -
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed visited Uganda
Apr 7, 2017News Hour: Sir Fazle Hasan Abed visited Uganda from 11-16 March 2017. On his visit, he met various government officials including Janet Kataha, the first lady and the minister of education and sports; Dr Ruhakana Rugunda,... -
Learning of SPRING shared in the concluding workshop
Mar 23, 2017News Hour: “It has been good to engage with reputed organizations in order to boost up nutrition interventions in the southern Bangladesh and we would like to continue good work initiated by SPRING”- said Dr. A... -
Microinsurance for 5 million microfinance clients
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: BRAC has partnered with Guardian Life Insurance Limited to offer our first microinsurance product – credit shield insurance to our 5 million microfinance clients. The product is targeted towards the lower-income population of Bangladesh... -
Drought resistant Potato introduced in Somalia
Feb 25, 2017News Hour: IOM, in partnership with the Rural Education and Agriculture Development Organization (READO), a local NGO, is introducing a drought resistant variant of sweet potatoes which will help mitigate the impact of drought in Somalia....
