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Climate change is undermining progress on poverty reduction, gender equality, and food security. We’re making a big bet to change that. For far too long, however, efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change have been piecemeal, fragmented, and incremental. Rarely have “big bets” or “moonshots” been made with the view of helping people, particularly women, adapt to climate change—until now. Our vision is to enable nearly two million women smallholder farmers in Asia and Africa to lift themselves and their families—roughly nine million people in total—out of climate vulnerability by 2030 and make a transformative impact on poverty reduction, gender equality, and food security in a changing climate.

Every child deserves a childhood where they can play, learn, grow, and thrive. 90% of brain development occurs before age five, making quality early learning opportunities one of the most powerful investments in both children's futures and society at large: ECD programs can generate returns of $7 to $17 for every $1 invested. In 2015, BRAC partnered with the LEGO Foundation to develop the Play Lab model—a low-cost, play-based preschool that delivers learning opportunities in humanitarian extreme poverty contexts—and research shows it works. By 2030, BRAC's goal is to raise $150 million to reach 1.5 million children living in crisis and poverty with quality learning and development opportunities. Building on 10 years of collaboration, BRAC and the LEGO Foundation recently took a major step toward that ambition, launching a five-year, $50 million partnership to reach 400,000 children with joyful learning experiences.

700 million people live in extreme poverty, and we know what works to end it: the most widely adopted, evidence-backed solution to poverty alleviation, Ultra-Poor Graduation. BRAC’s flagship Ultra-Poor Graduation approach combines livelihoods promotion, financial inclusion, social protection, and social empowerment to permanently break the cycle of poverty. The wealth of evidence on the long-term impacts of Graduation has influenced widespread adoption, including among 15 governments in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. BRAC is working with governments in Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Rwanda, and South Africa on integrating Graduation into existing systems at scale to achieve greater, more lasting impact. Now, we aim to build political will and multisectoral support to continue to scale it through existing systems, enabling millions more to escape the poverty trap.

Confident girls grow up to be bold women who transform their own lives and communities. The Mastercard Foundation and BRAC recently expanded their long-term Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) program. By 2033, AIM will empower 2 million adolescent girls and young women across seven African countries with the skills, confidence, and resources they need to shape their futures and strengthen their communities. Since its inception in 2021, the AIM program has engaged over 382,000 girls and women through more than 2,800 youth clubs and more than 18,000 microfinance groups, providing age-appropriate training in entrepreneurship, employability and life skills, along with the tools to start and grow their own businesses.