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.
Links:
[1] http://grameenfoundation.org/what-we-do/microfinance/financing-microfinance
[2] http://www.grameenfoundation.applab.org/AppLab-Ag.html
[3] http://www.grameenfoundation.org/what-we-do/technology/mobile-microfranchising
[4] http://progressoutofpoverty.org
[5] http://www.bankerswithoutborders.com
