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BRAC Sierra Leone
BRAC International
Founded in Bangladesh in 1972 as a small relief effort, BRAC is now one of the largest development organizations in the world, reaching over 100 million people living in poverty every year. In 2009, BRAC International was set up as a nonprofit foundation in the Netherlands to govern and manage BRAC’s programs outside of Bangladesh. BRAC International currently operates in six countries in Africa (Liberia, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda) and three countries in Asia (Afghanistan, Myanmar, and the Philippines). Our interventions aim to achieve large scale, positive changes through economic and social programmes that enable men and women to realise their potential.
About BRAC Sierra Leone
BRAC Sierra Leone is a legally registered branch of BRAC International. Since its inception in 2008, BRAC Sierra Leone has implemented various programs in youth empowerment, agriculture, health, emergency response and microfinance. In 2017, BRAC Sierra Leone was awarded the ‘Best NGO for Women’s Empowerment’ by the Council of Chief Executives, a leading association of business leaders in Sierra Leone that is committed to sustainable economic growth and human development. Currently BRAC Sierra Leone is following an integrated approach to development across 12 districts of Sierra Leone.
About BRAC’s Early Childhood Development Technical Assistance in Sierra Leone
BRAC has championed the importance of early childhood development for decades. Since the 1990s, BRAC’s pre-primary programs have reached millions of children in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Liberia, the Philippines, Tanzania, and Uganda. Building on this experience, BRAC developed the Play Lab model for quality, playful early childhood development in 2015 in partnership with the LEGO Foundation. Through the Play Lab project, BRAC has worked closely with governments in Bangladesh, Uganda, and Tanzania to strengthen national approaches to play-based learning in early childhood development.
Through this project, BRAC will work in collaboration with Right To Play, a Canadian International NGO that works with partners to integrate play-based learning into policy, curriculum and pedagogy. This project will use a technical assistance model to support Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) as it begins to implement its newly-approved Integrated ECD policy and build the education system back better in light of COVID-19. Together, BRAC and Right To Play will support the MBSSE in providing high-quality, play-based early childhood development and primary education to children aged 3 -12. BRAC will support the MBSSE in developing quality, playful early childhood development services, while Right To Play will work at the primary level in order to provide a strong foundation in play-based learning starting in early childhood and extending throughout their early school experience.
