BRAC through a SEED-SCALE Lens

OPERATIVE PRINCIPLES of SEED-SCALE

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After successfully implementing core programs including economic development, education, health, social development, and human rights across Bangladesh, BRAC expanded its work to other countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Liberia.

What is an example of BRAC building from community success? (Operative principle 1)

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BRAC's early efforts to train traditional birth attendants (TBAs) failed without adequate referral mechanisms and other TBA supports. BRAC learned it was more effective to organize and motivate the community to better utilize government services, while BRAC assisted the government to provide them.

What is an example of BRAC forming 3-way partnerships? (Operative principle 2)

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Founded in 1972, BRAC’s first activity in Sulla Bangladesh was to perform a full survey of its 187 villages, including population, housing, nutrition, medical needs, land use, and livelihoods.

What is an example of BRAC developing the foundation for evidenced-based decision making? (Operative principle 3)

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BRAC Afghanistan’s health workers make home visits to 50,000 households monthly to promote maternal and child health by teaching women about family planning, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and hygiene.

What is BRAC’s approach to changing community behavior? (Operative principle 4)

COMPONENTS of SEED-SCALE

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Another word from Dr. Abed "Fazle Abed - Innovator for the Poor" (1.37-end) Ashoka Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MGlT5rzrk

What is SEED?

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In response to the problem of childhood diarrhea, BRAC's oral therapy extension program expanded countrywide between 1980-1990 to 13 million households (80% of households in the country).

What is an early example of a BRAC health program going to SCALE?

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Seventy-percent of women in rural areas of Bangladesh raise poultry and livestock. BRAC started a program in the early 1980's to protect farm animals against disease. The program trained extension workers (para-veterinarians) to distribute chicks, cattle, and fish feed. To date 2.1 million extension workers have been trained.

What is an example of SCALE in a BRAC program?

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Examples of BRAC's approach to going to SCALE: -BRAC began its health program in Sulla Thana of the Sylhet district in 1972 and expanded to other areas -Programs were initiated in response to local needs and prevailing illnesses in the communities -Main agent of health service delivery, the shasthya sebika, was recruited from the village organization -Programs are supported through micro-finance and income-generating activities

What is the ADDITIVE approach to SCALE?

THREE DIMENSIONS of SCALE

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In the early 1980s, women from various villages approached BRAC to address high dropout rates among school-age children. After data gathering, BRAC launched a successful pilot program involving 22 schools, which eventually become the Non-Formal Primary Education program.

What is an example of SCALE ONE?

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The Manikganj Integrated Project was the second integrated project to be established by BRAC. It incorporated many of the lessons from Sulla including training of Shasthya Sebikas and their empowerment to take on more responsibilities including TB and malnutrition.

What is SCALE SQUARED?

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BRAC University opens, offering multi-disciplinary graduate and post-graduate degrees to the next generation of global health leaders.

What is SCALE CUBED?

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In this dimension of SCALE, the acronym changes to "Systems for Collaboration, Adaptive Learning and Extension".

What is SCALE CUBED?

MISCELLANEOUS

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Mix with much care, Good water, half a litre, A pinch of salt with a fistful of gur [sugar] Remove the menace for good. (stamped on all letters by the Bangladesh Post Office 1993-1994)

What is an example of government action in support of a three way partnership with BRAC and the community?

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Soon after founding of BRAC, TARC was established as the first Training And Resource Center at Savar in 1977, where staff and other development workers could learn and share. Today there are 22 such TARCs in Bangladesh.

What is an example of SCALE SQUARED?

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In Manikganj, a community survey was conducted to determine the most prevalent and widely suffered conditions before designing the training course for shasthya shebikas.

How did BRAC follow the principle of action based on locally collected data?

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BRAC's TB Program: - BRAC trains community health workers to collect specimens and provide treatemtn - Government provides medication and lab testing - Patients pay a 200 taka deposit. - If the patient completes the treatment, 100 taka is refunded to the patient, and 100 taka goes to the community health worker.

What is an example of a 3-way partnership?