Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Fall 2003 : GF-USA Announces 2003 Award Nominees
GFUSA Announces 2003 Award Nominees
The following microfinance institutions have been nominated for GFUSA's microcredit awards:
Excellence Award:
CARD, Philippines
Capital Aid Fund for Employment of the Poor (CEP), Vietnam
Al Amana, Morocco
Nirdhan, Nepal
Pioneer Award:
Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF), South Africa
Moris Rasik, East Timor
SKS Microfinance, India
Sinapi Abba, Ghana
Integrated Development Foundation (IDF), Bangladesh
Following selection by a jury, winners will be announced in two categories: the Pioneer Award, which recognizes programs that successfully bring poverty-focused microcredit to a new and/or uniquely challenging environment, and the Excellence Award, which honors outstanding overall achievement in the field of microcredit.
The awards ceremony will take place on November 5, 2003 in New York City. GFUSA will present Graça Machel, the former First Lady of both Mozambique and South Africa, with its 2003 Humanitarian Award in recognition of her lifetime contributions to creating a better world for women and children.
Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Fall 2003 : GF-USA Announces 2003 Award Nominees
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 55 microfinance institution (MFI) partners including our Growth Guarantee partners has touched more than 34 million people in 24 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 28.
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