Publications
The Daily Tell, a newspaper dedicated to showcasing "the better side of human nature", discusses actress Yeardley Smith's gift to Grameen Foundation and Haitian microfinance institution Fonkoze.
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: November 6, 2009
Date created: November 6, 2009
Grameen Foundation's Community Knowledge Worker initiative is among nine grants totalling $120 million that have been awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support agriculture in developing countries. This Seattle Times article profiles the Gates Foundation's efforts to boost agriculture and support poor farmers.
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: October 15, 2009
Date created: October 15, 2009
In this New York Times article, Eric Cantor, director of Grameen Foundation's AppLab Uganda initiative, explains how cell phones are being used to give Ugandans health tips and information to protect their livestock and produce.
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: October 5, 2009
Date created: October 5, 2009
Question Box, a joint project between Grameen Foundation's AppLab and Open Mind, is giving poor Ugandans without direct access to the Internet a new way to get answers to their questions. This piece in the New York Times explores its impact.
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: September 27, 2009
Date created: September 27, 2009
The Economist examines Grameen Foundation's AppLab initiative as part of its special report on "telecoms in emerging markets." David Edelstein, director of GF's ICT Innovation program, and Eric Cantor, GF's ICT Innovation AppLab director, discuss how cell phones open the door to a variety of services that benefit poor people.
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: September 25, 2009
Date created: September 25, 2009
In Kenya, microfinance institution Jamii Bora is building and selling homes to former residents of Nairobi's slums. In this Seattle Times article, GF president Alex Counts discusses this new venture as an example of microfinance being used as a platform for providing non-financial and other services to poor people.
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: September 13, 2009
Date created: September 13, 2009
Grameen Health Trust has announced a new collaboration with Cure2Children of Italy to create a bone marrow transplantation center to treat thalassemia, a blood disorder that results in excessive destruction of red blood cells and anemia. In this Daily Star article, Professor Muhammad Yunus discusses the importance of the new center to Bangladeshis.
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: September 3, 2009
Date created: September 3, 2009
In this Boston Globe article, GF president Alex Counts discusses the role microenterprise can play in generating economic activity and revitalization in low-income communities in the U.S.
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: August 18, 2009
Date created: August 18, 2009
In this Thomas Friedman op-ed in the New York Times, Eric Cantor, manager of GF's AppLab operations in Uganda, explains the huge impact access to cellphones and the internet can have on the lives and livelihoods of those living in poor African communities.
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: August 17, 2009
Date created: August 17, 2009
GF is one of the featured organizations in this Forbes magazine piece which hightlights jobs that allow you to "make the work a better place."
Content Type: Grameen in the News
Publication Date: August 14, 2009
Date created: August 14, 2009