BRAC USA invites all its friends and supporters for a meet-and-greet with Ariful Islam, Country Manger of BRAC Uganda

Ariful Islam, who has played a critical role in scaling up BRAC's programs in Africa, will be in New York for just one week at the beginning of October. Join BRAC USA for a meet-and-greet with Arif.

Topic: Scaling up Microfinance in Africa - Learning from What Works: The Story of how BRAC grew in less than three years to become one of the largest microfinance institutions in Uganda.

When: October 1, 2009; 6:30-8 pm

Where: Weil Gotshal, 767 5th Ave.
(SE corner of 59th St), Room 24 D&E.

RSVP: Alyssa Herman at alyssa@bracusa.org

Many thanks to Weil Gotshal for sponsoring this event.

About Ariful Islam:
Ariful Islam is the Country Manager of BRAC Uganda. He has played an instrumental role in launching BRAC's programs in Uganda in November of 2005, and growing it to become one the largest microfinance institutions in the country, within a span of three years. BRAC Uganda has disbursed $35 million in loans to more than 90,000 borrowers through its network of 85 branch offices. It has also scaled up health, agriculture, adolescent development and education programs. Under Arif's visionary leadership, BRAC has emerged as the largest non-profit in the country, employing more than 1,500 people and touching the lives of more than half a million poor people in Uganda.

Arif joined BRAC in 1983 as a Program Organizer, and has since served as Regional Manager, Zonal Manager, and Program Manager of BRAC’s education program in both Bangladesh and Afghanistan. He holds a Masters in Education and Development from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.