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British Bangladeshi Professional Volunteer Programme

British Bangladeshi Professional Volunteer Programme, 2008 – 2009

At BRAC UK, we are currently in the process of piloting a programme to send between 15 and 20 British Bangladeshi professionals or skilled workers to volunteer with BRAC in Bangladesh.  We have been working with VSO UK, an international development charity with fifty years experience of working through volunteers, to develop Porishōd, the British Bangladeshi Professional Volunteer Programme.

An opportunity to offer your skills to the development of Bangladesh

Volunteer Placements with BRAC in Bangladesh January/February, April and June 2009

BRAC UK has been working in partnership with BRAC in Bangladesh, VSO UK and the UK Department for International Development to develop Porishōd, a programme which provides British Bangladeshi professionals and skilled workers with an opportunity to offer their skills to the development of Bangladesh and raise awareness about development issues here in the UK.

Kidnapped BRAC Afghanistan Staff Released
02 November 2008, DHAKA – The two BRAC staff members who were kidnapped in Afghanistan last week have been released. BRAC Afghanistan area managers Akhter Ali and Mohammad Shahjahan Ali, who were abducted on 23 October from Ghazni, Afghanistan, were left in front of BRAC’s Ghazni office on Saturday evening by their captors.
BRAC Bangladesh Cyclone Relief and Rehabilitation Work
A terrible cyclone hit 15 coastal districts of Bangladesh on the night of Thursday, 15th November 2007.  The death toll has been put at over 3,500 and is expected to rise.
BRAC UK Is Launched
BRAC UK has held two introductory events. On 16th October 2006 the organization was introduced to Bangladeshi/British professionals working in finance, banking, business, medicine, law, social welfare and other specializations.
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BRAC UK’s second introductory
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