Dear Nishat, I am not sure, when I was in CU Campus for a meeting of Consumer Affairs, one students asked about the NGOs business, she asked why not NGOs taking trade license from Government instead of registration under Social Welfare and others as charity. Your writing is alarming for us. BRAC not an NGO in Bangladesh, it is a model of the world. BRAC may have some limitations, but we proud of it. BRAC model is followed by many countries, specially the NFE is the excellent. For manipulating or mange fund from Government and donors sources, your absolutely rights, donors are also liable for this. Because the donors representatives are feel secured, if they provided grants to well established NGO, who are based in Dhaka with modern equipment and facilities and have huge assets and resources. I try to inform the news to others and what happen in last 7 years in NGO Funding in Bangladesh. A number of consultant groups has developed who are active to negotiating NGOs verses donors and unfair transaction. This is great loss for us. NGOs who are act as alternative for development model are active in wrong game to manage fund. But we have to go forward, if there is any limitations, we should overcome. Peoples are forgetting the role of NGOs, Charity now it treated as business, this is not true!!!!!!!!!!. Last rilling government forces to NGOs becomes corrupted and corrupted NGOs awarded by many ways. As a result many new NGOs seem this may right way. But we should recognized real NGOs who are really working hard for poor and disadvantaged groups. BRAC has many programme to serve the under-served community people. You also mentioned Mr. Rahul Gandi from India visited BRAC recently and appreciated its activities. Thanks again for your interesting comments about NGOs in Bangladesh, we are trying to recover it and refresh the NGO activities. But it is difficult many vested groups are active who are always disturbing us. Many of them are active in NGOs in the name of NGOs and serving their own agenda. We have no internal regulation. ADAB was done before, but last rilling government ban the ADAB.In absence of ADAB many of them dominated and manage fund from Government and external sources and some of them are makes business. I think present Government will not do same mistake. NGOs sector in Bangladesh are trying to ratify the roles and reorganized it. Thanks to all.
S M Nazer Hossain, EC Member, Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh(ADAB) 1/E(1st floor) Uttar Adabor, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh Tel: 880-2-9126358, Fax: 880-2-8117756, 01713110054, 01726757788(director)
--- On Fri, 5/8/09, nishat rana <nishat_@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: nishat rana <nishat_@hotmail.com>
Subject: [khabor.com] Where there is FUND, there is BRAC!
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Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:20 AM
Where there is FUND, there is BRAC! BRAC is largest NGO in Bangladesh, but BRAC is a brand name of NGO syndication for hiking fund from national and international sources. I was talked a NGO leaders in CU campus about the NGOs cheating with the country in the name of charity, transparency and accountability, they are manipulated the people through making money and business. Today I just mentioned the news in daily star title is "Investigative Journalism Centre launched". This is launched by BRAC under the support from USAID-PROGATI. In my last 2-3 years observation, I found if any fund comes in Bangladesh in areas, BRAC must targets the fund and open a section. If somebody will fund to bricks production BRAC will open a section for this. Just like when last ruling government trying to popularizing the black goats, BRAC was open a project for goat rearing. BRAC University and its many units are open that's ways. Last Caretaker government resume they open Institute of Governance Studies when USAID provided fund for good governance issue. Like this they have Institute of Education for ECD, CE, and others. They have some paid scholar like Dr. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, Advocate Shadin Malik, Dr. Manjur Hasan etc. Most of them uses as kits for making money hunting by the Dr. Fazle Hasan Abed. As you seen Mr. Abed is life time chief executive of BRAC. Now he is Chairperson and they have paid Executive Director Dr. Mahbub Hossain and Aminul Islam. They are only in by name but actual role is plying by Mr. Abed. As we seen last 4-party ruling government resume they recruited Abdul Muyed Chowdhury who was closely associated with the 4-party government. When the resume over new players take sits. This is the culture of BRAC and its democracy. Now The Journalism Training and Research Initiatives (JATRI) is the mission to convinced media and control journalists. Now we have got more information how the NGOs are controlling and manipulated government. Many of them are seen, after taking power by the current Government BRAC invites Rahul Gandhi to visit their project?, what is the sign? When they are failed nominated their representative is council of minister, they are arranging this game. What we have seen in last 10 years by the BRAC, they trying to purchased Government people like ministers, secretaries and political leaders for hunting money. As a result most of the international fund which is channels through government and non governments they are must managed it. As a result GFATM under Malaria, TB, WASH, Secondary education development projects, ROSC, PEDP-2, Housing grant of Bangladesh Bank, EEF, garments sectors progarmme etc now under BRAC capture. Last Caretaker government resume they were finalized to take over the responsibilities of Upazila Health Complex in Bangladesh. This is also very alarming for us, what games are playing by our donors; they are putting all funds to same bottle-BRAC. They feels it is very safe to hand over the fund to BRAC and a few big name, they will got quick reports, response and other benefits. If they finance to other organization which is based in remote places, it is difficult to monitor, get report and site by sites get extra benefit.. They are safe and got result through one AC room to another. As result BRAC and a few controlling whole funds some times says small NGOs have no capacity, capacity only have in BRAC centre. But BRAC and a few big NGOs getting fund from donors in one projects for long time, so that where is the transparency? They are receiving huge amount of money from same time for same projects. They shown one chicks to many others. They are receiving fund by BRAC, BRAC Bank, BRAC University, Arang Milk Factories, Bricks, Fabrics, BRAC Salt, garments industries, real state, Dairy and poultry firm etc many pockets. They have 100 pockets who are entry points to hunting money from various sources. Besides they have many faces who are uses as collectors. So, now the time to evaluated how many types of window they have open to manipulated peoples money in the name of NGO or charity? Are they charity? or multinational corporate body? They are saying business for charity, but how billon dolor money BRAC need? Is there any statistics how many corporate houses they have developed to hiking international donors. Now we have seen, the donors representative give incentive to BRAC personal to hand over the fund and to secure their job? I have doubt, the BRAC beneficiaries and NGO personnel must react my writing, but I have write it from my patriotic point of view. If we always uses by others for their personal interest, nor we will take action to save our nation. Nishat Rana, CU
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