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Grameen Foundation news releases
GF Secures More Than $5 Million in Funding for Ethiopian MFI ACSIFirst Growth Guarantee Placement in East Africa
2008-05-05
Muhammad Yunus To Be Honored by Tech Museum of Innovation
Will Receive James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award
2008-04-03
New Book By GF President Gives Voice to Microfinance Clients
Spotlights microfinance at work in Chicago, New York and Bangladesh
2008-03-28
Grameen Foundation Launches Social Business Blog
Grameen Foundation has launched a blog to stimulate ongoing discussion about social business, microfinance, and social change.
2008-02-07
Grameen Foundation Appoints Sandra Adams Vice President for External Affairs
Will spearhead fundraising, marketing and communications activities
2008-01-24
Call to Action: Join Grameen Foundation Day Jan 24 on Facebook
Facebook announces an exciting new challenge to promote online giving and highlight the many important causes that use Facebook to raise awareness. Donate January 24 and help us reach our goal.
2008-01-22
Grameen Foundation in Global Mobile Awards Finals
Village Phone Direct Nominated for "Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development"
2008-01-22
GF Celebrates Women on the Front Lines of Microfinance
2008-01-17
Grameen-Jameel: One Year and 200,000 clients later…
2008-01-17
MENA Client Profile: Fatima, Yemen Women's Center Abyan, Yemen
"I have never thought that I would be able to earn money and support my whole family." These are the words of 27 year-old Fatima, a university history graduate living in the poverty-stricken rural area of Abyan, Yemen.
2008-01-17
Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Newsroom : News releases
Grameen Foundation uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and
bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans and financial services, we help the poor, mostly women, start
businesses and escape poverty. Our global network of 52 microfinance institution (MFI) partners including our Growth Guarantee partners has touched more than 31 million people in 23 countries. In addition, we introduced and now sustain technology initiatives (Mifos and Village Phone) in Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, bringing our total country outreach to 27.
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