Poverty and Hunger Non-Governmental Organizations - Brac (Ngo), Bridge Asia Japan, Camillian Social Center in Rayong, Care for Africa, Danchurchaid, Da (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: BRAC (NGO), Bridge Asia Japan, Camillian social center in Rayong, Care for Africa, DanChurchAid, Dayemi Complex Bangladesh, Development Education Society, Distressed Children & Infants International, Foundation for God's Glory, Global Poverty Project, Human Development Foundation, Muslim Hands, Naandi Foundation, National Center for Children in Poverty, No Child Born To Die, One World Action, One World Trust, Petarian Foundation, Ride for Refuge, Survie, The Oaktree Foundation, The Reality of Aid, Urban Poor Associates, Wings of Hope (charity), World Association of Children's Friends, World Neighbors, World Relief, Young Lives. Excerpt: BRAC, an international development organization based in Bangladesh, is the largest non-governmental development organization in the world, measured by the number of employees and the number of people it has helped, as of November 2012. Established by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972 soon after the independence of Bangladesh, BRAC is present in all 64 districts of Bangladesh as well as in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Haiti and The Philippines as of 2012. BRAC employs over 100,000 people, roughly 70 percent of whom are women, reaching more than 126 million people. The organization is 70-80% self-funded through a number of commercial enterprises that include a dairy and food project and a chain of retail handicraft stores called Aarong. BRAC maintains offices in 14 countries throughout the world, including BRAC USA and BRAC UK. BRAC has organized the isolated poor and learned to understand their needs by finding practical ways to increase their access to resources, support their entrepreneurship and empower them to become agents of change. Women and girls have been the focus of BRAC's anti-poverty approach; BRAC recognizes both...