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March 2009 eNewsletter

Grameen Foundation Enewsletter


 March 2009   Grameen Foundation E-newsletter
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Our global network has touched more than 45 million people in 23 countries. Technology initiatives in Cambodia, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda bring our total country outreach to 28.
Social Investing

Newly Released Guidelines Help Socially Responsible Investors

A newly released series of guidelines from GF's Progress Out of Poverty [11] guides investors interested in maximizing the positive social impact of their investments. More [12]

Bankers without Borders

New Way For volunteers to Join Fight Against Poverty

China Volunteer TripGrameen Foundation is pleased to announce our newest initiative, Bankers without Borders®. [13]We are offering exciting and challenging opportunities for volunteers from all professions and walks of life from across the globe to become part of the solution to global poverty. More [14]

Recycle to Eradicate Poverty

Instead of throwing your old cell phone away, recycle it and give a poor woman a chance to start a new life! A new initiative by GF partner, the Chiapas Project [15], aims to turn old cell phones into microfinance loans. More [16]

Small Loans, Big Dreams

 

GF President Alex Counts Speaking Tour Goes Worldwide

200803_small_loans_jpgGF President and CEO Alex Counts [17]is spreading the word about microfinance and technology to groups around the world. Upcoming events include engagements at the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists in Abu Dhabi, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland, where he will discuss his most recent book Small Loans, Big Dreams: How Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance are Changing the World [18]and microfinance as a platform. Register for these events, or see if there is one coming near you [19].

 

 

 

 

 

 
StopPovertyNow.org

Give Today and Double Your Impact

StopPovertyNow.orgYour urgently needed gift will mean twice as much support for programs that help the poor, mostly women, start businesses and begin their journey out of poverty. In honor of International Women’s Month [20]and to jumpstart our final push for March, Jacqueline Cambata Designs will match the first $10,000 of contributions received before the end of the month. More [21]

GF Online

Grameen Foundation Goes Viral

Grameen Foundation invites YOU to join us online! Get fast facts about poverty and updates on opportunities to join us in our mission by following us on Twitter [22] @Grameen_Fdn. Meet other GF supporters, trade ideas or talk to us! Friend us on Facebook [23]!

Millenium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals: Women’s Empowerment Key to Reaching Goals

Microfinance Client, BoliviaA statement issued by the United Nations has declared that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) [24] will not be realized “unless and until women’s empowerment, rights and development are achieved.” More [25] 

 



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Last month, we asked, "What is YOUR New Years Resolution to Help Fight Poverty?"

Reader Amrit Lal Ghosh wrote:

My work with the poor for a few years, shows that there is a relationship between work and poverty. My new year’s resolution is to do more research in the field of poverty and microfinance so that,with the grace of God, We can find out some ways and means, so that poor can break the circle of poverty.

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