Devastation in Haiti
January 14, 2010
By Kay Hixson, Director of Marketing and Communications, Grameen Foundation
Photo by Ben Depp.
United Nations
Muhammad Yunus Calls for World Leaders to Address Food Crisis
May 20, 2008
In a May 16 op-ed piece in the Guardian, Muhammad Yunus issued a call to action to world leaders for more aggressive action in solving the looming global food crisis. Yunus laid out a six-point plan to prevent a humanitarian disaster of world starvation, the potential scale of which has prompted the United Nations to dub it the “silent tsunami.” Key to his plan is the formation of a “poverty and agriculture fund” paid for by a small tax on the sale of oil.
New Social Business Paves Way for Clean Water
April 21, 2008
Professor Muhammad Yunus announced this week the launch of another social business, a joint venture between Grameen Bank and Veolia Water designed to bring drinking water to the poorest people of Bangladesh. Grameen-Veolia Water will supply clean water to more than 100,000 Bangladeshi and expand throughout Bangladesh.