Fazle Hasan Abed

Brac UK is a registered charity based in London, UK. Brac aims to empower people to rise above poverty by providing them with tools, opportunities, and skills to reach their potential. The British company offers various programmes such as agriculture, education, financial inclusion, healthcare, humanitarian response, social enterprises, ultra-poor graduation, and youth empowerment. Brac's approach involves community engagement, data-driven innovation, and sustainable solutions to address poverty's many dimensions. The private company has impacted 14 million children graduated from Brac schools, 9 million microfinance clients, 50,000 community health workers delivering last-mile care, and 2.2 million families graduated out of extreme poverty. The company was founded in 2006 by Fazle Hasan Abed, and Lewis Temple has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

BRAC operates as a non-governmental development organization. It offers disaster management and climate change, health, nutrition and population, water, sanitation and hygiene, education, migration, skills development, governance, management and capacity building, economic development and social protection services. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.