Say you have $100 and want to find out how to improve your program. What do you do? Munshi Sulaiman (see details below) shares some fascinating tips and experiments from BRAC Uganda. All are welcome! ...Read More
Last week I visited a few families that have taken microfinance loans from BRAC in Sri Lanka. One woman had used a loan to start a business making black tamarind paste, an essential ingredient of ma...Read More
– Guest post by Nameera Nuzhat, intern at the Social Innovation Lab On my fourth day as an intern at BRAC, I made a trip to Manikganj, my first ever BRAC field visit. In fact, it was my first ...Read More
Few days back Social Innovation Lab team along with Pushpita Apa, who is currently in charge of setting up low cost secondary schools project, went for a field visit, in Savar, Dhaka. The project we w...Read More
Guest post by Luke Pardue. Luke is in his second year studying Economics and Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He is currently completing a two-month internship ...Read More
“Ora hashlo jokhon oder bollam je ami chole jabo.” “They laughed when I told them that I would leave.” This is how Amina Begum, a 76 year old mother, expressed her sorrow and helplessness. Aft...Read More
During the Social Innovation Lab’s last field trip to Hazaribag – a very poor area on the edge of West Dhaka– the team met Feroz (on the far left of the picture, wearing an orange lungi) a ricks...Read More
What makes a successful video? Erik Gregory‘s sessions on quick and effective ways of video editing, ended with an obvious take away: you don’t have to be an expert to produce an outstanding video...Read More
Post by Maria May, Social Innovation Lab Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Boston and attend a scientific conference at Harvard. Hosted by the South Asia Initiative, the topic was Health i...Read More
The blog post I am writing today is to share the idea of business incubation and involvement of development sector in this, apparently, profit driven concept. The reason I tried to bring in this topic...Read More