Statement from Alex Counts, President and CEO of Grameen Foundation, on the resignation of microfinance pioneer Professor Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of Grameen Bank.
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Peter Bladin, Grameen Foundation’s executive vice president for programs and regions, was today named one of the finalists for the 2009 Integral Fellows program awards by the Microsoft Alumni Foundation.
November 11, 2011 – Grameen Foundation, in collaboration with Chiapas International, announced the launch of the Last Mile Initiative, a five-year campaign to help 1 million poor people living in rural Lati
Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson on the award-winning animated television series, The Simpsons, has joined the ranks of microfinance’s most generous and visionary supporters with a combined donation of $1.14 million to Grameen Foundation and Fonkoze, a Haitian microfinance institution.
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New Fundraising and Education Efforts Announced
Collaboration will Strengthen Entrepreneurship through Telecommunication
Latest Release of Open Source Software for Microfinance Includes Support for Spanish and Firefox 3.0 Browser and Interface for Banking Systems
Will Lead Initiatives to Expand Poverty-Focused Financial and Information Services in the Region
First of its kind service allows Schwab Charitable donors to support the world’s poorest entrepreneurs
Will Receive America’s Highest Civilian Honor
Will Help Educate 200 Bangladeshi Girls
Program Provides Skills-Based Volunteers for Microfinance and Other Pro-Poor Organizations
Cloud computing offers new advantages to reach more of the world’s poor through scaling and increasing transparency of microfinance institutions