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Throughout our 15-year history, we have put millions of opportunities into the hands of the poorest people in the world. Here is a sampling of just some of our many successful outcomes:

  • 9.4 Million...
    ...of the world's poor have been helped by our MFI partners, enabling them to begin their journey out of poverty.
  • More than 1.2 Million...
    ...new borrowers have received microloans because of our Growth Guarantees program.
  • $225 Million...
    ...in local currency has been leveraged through the Growth Guarantees program to support microfinance programs for 28 poverty-focused organizations in 13 countries .
  • More than 110,000...
    ...poor, rural farmers have been helped by more than 8,000 Community Knowledge Workers (CKWs) in Uganda.
  • 22% higher prices...
    ...were earned by farmers who had access to a CKW, compared with those who didn't, while these farmers' knowledge levels rose by 17%.
  • 1.2 million customers...
    ...have been served by the more than 12,000 microentrepreneurs we are empowering with mobile phone-based business opportunities in Indonesia.
  • 90% of active microfinance clients...
    ...are covered by Grameen Foundation's innovative Progress out of Poverty Index®, an easy-to-use social-performance measurement tool being used by more than 180 poverty-focused organizations to better understand their customers and their own operations.
  • More Than 100,000 hours...
    ...have been contributed by more than 700 Bankers without Borders® volunteers in 600 projects worldwide -- a contribution of in-kind services worth $5.5 million.
     

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