BRAC is a global leader in developing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes to empower the most marginalized people in extremely poor, conflict-prone and post-disaster settings. BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972, and today touches the lives of more than 100 million people in 11 countries in Asia and Africa. BRAC takes an integrated approach to poverty alleviation, with programmes in education, health, agriculture, food security, enterprise development, disaster preparedness and climate change. BRAC believes that people living in poverty can be agents of change if they are given the tools and opportunities they need.