BBC

February 22, 2011

Bangladesh farmers fatten crabs on flooded land

Below is an article published on BBC by Junaid Khan about BRAC's crab fattening projects in Khulna, Bangladesh"We realised that there was no chance of the water receding anytime soon," says Dr. Babar Kabir of the non-governmental organisation BRAC, which has been helping with relief and rehabilitation work in the area.
July 7, 2010

Watch an interview with Sir Fazle Hasan Abed on BBC World News on Thursday July 8

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed:'Change culture which keeps women subjugated' Watch an interview with Sir Fazle Hasan Abed on BBC. Sir Fazle has spent much of his life trying to improve the lives of the world's poorest people. In the process he has created BRAC - arguably the world's biggest development organisation. From its home in Bangladesh, to Afghanistan and Africa BRAC has tied development to social change and economic self-help.