BRAC USA President Susan Davis visited Bangladesh in early June and met with staff in the head office of BRAC International. Along with Executive Director Aminul Alam, these are the people who support and oversee BRAC's work in a growing number of countries outside of Bangladesh.
Having begun as a small relief organization in Bangladesh in 1972, BRAC spent the next 30 years organizing communities and expanding services throughout the country, building its knowledge base, and developing innovative new solutions to fight poverty and injustice. Then in 2002 BRAC was invited to start operations in Afghanistan, an action that has spurred further growth in other parts of South Asia as well as Africa. BRAC now operates local development programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Tanzania, Southern Sudan, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and provides technical assistance in Haiti and Indonesia, among others.
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