$ cat ./records/committed-17-2-million-to-brac-for-a-large-scale-water-sanitation-2011.txt
Committed $17.2 million to BRAC for a large-scale water, sanitation, and hygiene program in Bangladesh
[RECORD.TXT] · cat --full
The Gates Foundation committed $17,208,219 to BRAC — the world's largest development NGO — for the BRAC WASH II program, which ran from 2011 to 2015 and scaled safe water access, improved latrines, and hygiene behaviour change across 250 sub-districts in Bangladesh. Though focused on rural Bangladeshi communities generally, the investment built BRAC's institutional capacity and infrastructure that would later be directly applied to the Rohingya refugee crisis — when over 700,000 Rohingya fleeing Myanmar arrived in Cox's Bazar from 2017 onward and BRAC became one of the primary responders.
Free forever · No ads · Solo developer
If this was worth a read, help make the next entry possible.
Every entry in this archive was researched, verified, and written by one person — for free. No corporate funding. No ad revenue. Just a developer who believes verified history should be accessible to everyone. Your donation directly funds new entries.
Crypto accepted · No subscription required
← Previous
Gates Foundation Partnership Reduces Rotavirus Vaccine Cost from $200 to $1 Per Dose
Next →
Gates Attends First Documented Dinner at Epstein's Manhattan Townhouse
[CROSS_REFERENCES] · grep --category='Global Health'
Related Accomplishments
January 2026
Gates-backed World Mosquito Program reaches 16 million people protected from dengue via Wolbachia method
The World Mosquito Program — backed in part by the Gates Foundation — announced in January 2026 that its Wolbachia-infected mosquito releases had reached over 16.1 million people across multiple countries, including Colombia, Indonesia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. Wolbachia-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes — which block dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever transmission — had established self-sustaining populations in treated cities without requiring ongoing releases. Gold-standard randomised trials in Indonesia showed a 77% reduction in dengue incidence. The program represented one of the largest and most cost-effective vector control deployments in history.
2025
Gates-Funded Monoclonal Antibody Shows Early Promise as a Single-Shot Malaria Shield
[ARCHIVE_FUNDING] · INDEPENDENT · NO ADS
One developer. >300 verified entries. Zero ads. Forever free.
No sponsors, no paywall, no algorithm. If this archive has been useful to you, reader support is what keeps it running.