BRAC is one of the world’s largest development organisations based in Bangladesh. It operates with the twofold objective of reducing poverty and emancipating the poor.
BRAC is also active in Africa. BRAC Tanzania Finance is a leading microfinance organisation supporting people, predominantly women, with small to medium-sized loans through a network of branches. Other programmes include early childhood development, accelerated learning programmes for girls who have dropped out of school, and a solar project that tackles two issues: creating economic opportunities for women and provide access to clean energy, especially for rural areas.