• Child on cycle
  • woman-field
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  • A female BRAC staff member rides a motorcycle to work

Always a way to realise potential

We work hard to address the causes, not merely the symptoms, of deeply entrenched social injustice, poverty and hunger, focusing on the long-term development of human potential.

Sarker Protick

Who we are

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that has partnered with over 145 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise human potential.

Unlocking potential

2.3M+

households lifted themselves out of extreme poverty in Bangladesh

12.4M+

microfinance borrowers and savers globally

50%

children graduated from BRAC schools

Global Impact

Born in the global south, working through Africa and Asia