Internal
Qualitative Impact
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY TEAM
innovation effectiveness
integrity inclusiveness
External
- Better employee attendance - Higher retention rate - Improved workplace morale - Improved relationships with people with disabilities - Empowerment of people with disabilities and their families and caregivers - Increased inclusion and mainstreaming of people with disabilities into society
Increasing opportunities and incorporating reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities Incorporating disabilityinclusive approaches into development initiatives Scaling up medical, educational, and rehabilitation programs for people with disabilities Modeling inclusive perspectives and attitudes towards people with disabilities
Quantitative Impact
External Costs (Bangladesh Operations) Population: 150,493,658 % with disabilities: 15,049,366 % treated Y1: 15,049 Cost per person: $140 Total External Costs: $2 mil Internal Costs (Global Operations) Employees of BRAC: 100,000 Ideal % with disabilities: 10,000 % incorporated Y1: 10 Cost Per Person: $138 Total Internal Costs: $138,000
Final Total:
$2 million in Y1
Organizational Overview
Organizational Challenge
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A Definition of Disability
IMPAIRMENT PERSPECTIVE / MEDICAL MODEL: disability is seen as fixed in an individuals body or mind, thus requiring an individual to change to fit their environment.
INTERNAL
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT / HUMAN RIGHTS MODEL: disability is seen in terms of the socioeconomic, cultural and political disadvantages resulting from an individuals exclusion, thus requiring the environment to change to accommodate the individual.
IMPLICATIONS
The needs of people with disabilities served by BRAC are not comprehensively addressed
EXTERNAL IMPLICATIONS The second definition fits BRACs vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential.
Founded in 1972 as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee Now the largest non-government organization in the world, known simply as BRAC South-South development approach: spreading knowledge and best practices to 10 other developing nations Current programs reach an estimated 126 million people worldwide, focusing on these priority program areas: - Social and financial empowerment of women - Grassroots empowerment - Health and education 97,000 community health workers Runs the worlds largest private, secular education system, with 38,000 schools - Empowering farmers - Inclusive financial services Disburses over a billion dollars in microloans annually Augments microfinance with additional services like financial literacy training Self-sustaining solutions