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By the Numbers

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 [1] 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 [2] (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 [3] in Indonesia.
90% of active microfinance clients...
...are covered by Grameen Foundation's innovative Progress out of Poverty Index [4]^®, 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 [5]^® volunteers in 600 projects worldwide -- a contribution of in-kind services worth $5.5 million.

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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