Mr. F H Abed, President BU Governing Board was interviewed for publication in the March 2005 issue of the Alliance Magazine. The interview, focusing on social entrepreneurship, highlighted BRAC's success in the development arena, the sustainability of its programs and its success in scaling up to meet national needs. The interview, published in the March 2005 issue of the Alliance can be found online at: http://www.allavida.org/alliance/mar05e.html The March issue of the Alliance magazine which ran a special theme of Social Entrepreneurship also included an overview of social entrepreneurship along with articles and studies on various development programs and organizations. Alliance Magazine is a publication of Allavida, established in August 2001 as a merger of Charity Know How (CKH) and Alliance magazine, both of which were formerly part of the Charities Aid Foundation. Currently, Allavida has programs and partnerships spanning three continents, priority areas being the Balkans, East Africa and Central Asia, with the mission to "help people acquire the skills, knowledge, confidence and resources to lead local action and achieve constructive change in their communities.