by | Jul 5, 2012 | BRAC, Community Development, Poverty Reduction
In their efforts to tackle some of the world’s most challenging social issues, Kravis Prize winners always go one step further. BRAC works to alleviate poverty in Bangladesh by offering support services in the areas of human rights and social empowerment, education...
by | Apr 6, 2012 | BRAC, Fazle Abed, Poverty Reduction
In its Poverty Matters blog, The Guardian recently focused on extreme poverty in Bangladesh and on the extraordinary impact of our 2007 Kravis Prize winner Sir Fazle Abed in reducing poverty and empowering the poor. Through BRAC, Sir Abed has been tirelessly working...
by | Feb 7, 2012 | FAWE, Female Empowerment, Poverty Reduction
Kravis Prize winners share many things in common, including an exemplary record of effective programs that drive socioeconomic development around the world. In fact, 2008 Kravis Prize winner Forum for African Women Educationists (FAWE) officially launched a $2.5...
by | Feb 2, 2012 | Female Empowerment, Landesa, Poverty Reduction, Roy Prosterman
Did you know that 42 percent of children under the age of five in India suffer from malnutrition? Thankfully, international development organizations are working to eradicate this problem by implementing health programs and other community development initiatives. One...
by | Dec 8, 2011 | Landesa, Poverty Reduction, Roy Prosterman
In 1981, 2006 Kravis Prize winner Roy Prosterman founded the Rural Development Institute (RDI), now Landesa, with a mission to secure land rights for the world’s poor. Landesa partners with governments around the world to extend land rights to the poor and has offices...
by | Nov 3, 2011 | BRAC, Poverty Reduction
The Huffington Post published another article by BRAC USA President and CEO Susan Davis, who discussed the organization’s partnership with the MasterCard Foundation. The MasterCard Foundation is helping BRAC implement their anti-poverty solutions in Africa and has...
