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Dear {FIRST_NAME},
As a supporter of BRAC and part of the BRAC family, we want to keep you up to date with our new initiatives and program developments. Your continued support is integral to breaking the grip of poverty in communities across Africa and Asia through BRAC’s proven Microfinance-Plus approach.
In this issue, you'll read about our new website, including our new giving page, where you can see what you're gift can do. You'll also see some exciting news from BRAC Uganda and meet one of our community health promoters in Bangladesh.
You can meet more people we're working with and learn more about BRAC's programs at our new website: www.bracusa.org. Enjoy!
Best wishes,
Susan Davis
President & CEO
BRAC USA
BRAC launches new website
BRAC has just launched a new website with interactive features where you can "meet" the people BRAC works with, learn about BRAC's programs in Africa and Asia, and get the latest information about what we're doing and how you can support our holistic approach to alleviate poverty.
Click here to visit the new website.
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See your gift at work
For $25 a month, you could provide training for 60 birth assistants in Afghanistan, who could reach as many as 9,000 households and reduce maternal mortality - the number one killer of women in the developing world.
For $50, you could can provide a loan for a girl in Uganda to start her own business and bring in extra income to pay for school supplies and support her family.
For $100, you could send a child who's been deprived of an education to school for a year.
What to see what your gift can do? Click here.
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BRAC Uganda reaches 100,000 borrowers
 BRAC Uganda has set a remarkable record by reaching 100,000 borrowers in less than 3.5 years since it started its microfinance operations in June 2006.
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Meet Shadia Khatun
There was a time when Shadia was afraid every time she left the house. "I would always cover my head and stand in the corner,” she recalled. Shadia’s life is now quite the opposite. Since becoming a BRAC Community Health Promoter (CHP), Shadia says, "Things are different than they were before. I am much more confident."
Continue reading Shadia's story...
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