Agriculture plays an important role in the Ugandan economy as it accounts for three-quarters of employment and half of households’ income. Yet, agricultural growth has been slow with prevalence of subsistence farming. To enhance livelihoods and food security of poor smallholder farmers, BRAC Uganda initiated the Agriculture Extension Programme in 2008…
Liberia and Sierra Leone both emerged from the 90s conflicts that kept them off track on the delivery of most sustainable development goals (SDGs). The 2014 Ebola outbreak further contributed to widespread poverty in both countries. To enhance the homestead food production of the poor households, BRAC followed an integrated…
Food insecurity in Liberia is a challenge. The dietary consumption of majority population is deficient and unbalanced. Households spend half of their income on food. However, agriculture remains highly underdeveloped. Most of the poultry and livestock products are imported. With the support of the European Union, BRAC Liberia implemented the…
More than two-thirds of the population in Tanzania live in rural area and high majority of them live on subsistence level agriculture. This limitation of agriculture has been a big challenge to tackle poverty and hunger in Tanzania. Despite huge potential of agricultural and livestock production, different challenges like farming…
The agricultural sector in Uganda remains underdeveloped despite its substantial role to address the widespread food insecurity and poverty in the country. In combatting these challenges, BRAC used integrated support packages including agriculture, health and financial services to enhance the livelihoods and health outcomes of poor households. With the support…
Having been burdened with a history of civil war, more than half of the South Sudanese live under the poverty line. Unlike their neighbors in Western and Eastern Africa, the population has strikingly low access to basic services and education. Despite having only half of all children currently enrolled in…
Despite the overall educational system in Tanzania being similar across the mainland, there are persistent regional differences in school attendance and learning outcomes. Gender role beliefs often push young women to teen marriage and early pregnancy which keep them away from schooling. BRAC follows a community- and need-based approach within…
With the primary school in Uganda being free, it is no surprise that the enrollment is above 90%. Things, however, change as the students move to higher levels – secondary school enrollment is at around 20% of whom only a quarter finish it and about 5% enroll in tertiary education. To…
Declining poverty rates across the world substantially reduced gender inequality and strengthened women’s agency by increasing access to education and labour markets. Yet, a range of persisting disadvantages puts these hard-earned gains in peril of being swiftly erased or even reversed by external shocks, as evidenced during the 2014 Ebola…
Young girls in Liberia are particularly vulnerable to a number of challenges as opposed to their male counterparts. The long-lasting war until early 2000 further exposed them to the violation of their rights and increased their livelihood insecurity. To create a conducive learning environment and empower them economically and socially…
Decades of civil war have left South Sudan severely impoverished, underdeveloped and at the tail of the human development indicators. Today, it is one of the countries with a high percentage of youth under 25 with only about half of them being employed. Lack of decent job prospects makes young…
Many African countries are undergoing through a demographic transition with a high share of youth in the population. However, their healthy transition into adulthood faces multiple challenges of education, employability, and sexual and reproductive health. Tanzania is one of the struggling countries. BRAC injects both financial and non-financial interventions into…
Uganda has progressed at a slower pace in socio-economic empowerment of women compared to developed countries. Violence against women is more prevalent as they have limited control over their bodies. The majority of girls marry and have their first child at a young age. To contribute to their socio-economic empowerment…
Liberia is one of the low income countries in West Africa. Its Health and Demographic Survey 2013 reported few of the lowest health indicators even in Africa comparison – the life expectancy 53 years, under five mortalities 94 deaths per 1,000 live births, and maternal mortality 1,072 per 100,000 live births…
Uganda has a high number of under-five mortalities (U5M) due to severe shortage of health workers which is why a growing number of governments and NGOs see community health promoters (health promoters) as a viable strategy for extending primary health care to underserved rural areas. Based on a community approach…
More than three fourth of the population in Uganda lives in rural areas and a large number depends on subsistence farming. Although the percentage of the poor has decreased, their absolute number did not change accordingly because of the population growth. BRAC’s development model followed an integrated approach to maximize…
Uganda has made great strides in reducing poverty in recent years; yet, almost a quarter of the population still lives below the national poverty line. Three-fourths of the population lacks sanitation and potential avenues for meaningful livelihoods. To facilitate the sustainable livelihoods for the ultra-poor, BRAC applied an integrated approach…
