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BRAC becomes world’s top NGO for 3rd straight year


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Bangladesh’s renowned non-government organization (NGO) has again swiped up the accolade of world’s number one NGO for the third consecutive year.

NGO Advisor, an independent media organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, publishes the rankings every year.

After being named the top global NGO in 2016 and 2017, BRAC has again topped 2018 Top 500 NGOs World Rankings published by NGO Advisor.

This also marks the fourth time in last five years that BRAC has earned the number one ranking.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson of BRAC, said, “We are deeply honoured to be ranked as the top global NGO for the third consecutive year.”

“This accolade belongs to all BRAC staff for championing the BRAC values of integrity, innovation, inclusiveness and effectiveness in everything we do. Our over 110 million programme participants worldwide, who play an active role in their own transformative journeys, are the real winners. We are inspired by their resilience and spirit to continue striving for a just and equitable world,” Sir Abed added.

NGO Advisor releases the Top 500 NGOs World Rankings every year to highlight the outstanding organisations in the non-profit sector.

It conducts exhaustive research, evaluates hundreds of NGOs against a rigorous set of criteria, and ranks these organisations according to a robust methodology.

“We will continue to evolve and focus on a humanitarian development approach, to maximise the impact for both displaced people and host communities. In the long run, we aim to leverage our expertise to support people in crises anywhere in the world,” said BRAC’s executive director.

“For any organisation to be a part of the top 100, not to mention the top ten, they need to score strongly in the three pillars of our methodology: innovation, impact, and governance. BRAC continues to chart new territory in all three, pioneering creative, cost-effective, and sustainable interventions that reach millions of the most vulnerable people worldwide,” Jean-Christophe Nothias, editor-in-chief of NGO Advisor, said in a statement.

BRAC is one of the few development organisations based in the global south that operates worldwide. Founded in Bangladesh in 1972, the NGO is now active in 11 countries, running programmes in microfinance, education, healthcare, legal rights, girls’ empowerment, and agriculture, socially responsible businesses, a bank, a university, and one of the world’s largest mobile money platforms — bKash.

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