Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Summer 2004
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In this issue:
Reaching the Poorest: Is Microfinance the Right Tool?
Recent media coverage has highlighted the power of microfinance to combat poverty. Questions have also been raised as to whether women living in abject poverty can truly change their lives through microloans. Read on to see how Grameen Foundation USA and our partners around the world demonstrate every day that poverty-focused microfinance is making a difference.
Village Computing - Improving Lives, One Click at a Time
The Village Computing Program, an initiative of GFUSA’s Grameen Technology Center, gives rural communities access to vital information and communications technology. Partnering with Drishtee Foundation and ASA, a microfinance institution, GFUSA has launched 15 centers in the last year in India’s Tamil Nadu region. The result is new opportunities for center owners and customers alike.
Haitian Heroes Keep Their MFI Safe
Hats Off to Dallas Benefactors
Donors' Corner: Workplace Giving Makes Us All Philanthropists
By pooling small, incremental gifts, workplace giving campaigns add up to big contributions, says Paula Elerick, a financial consultant at Smith Barney in Dallas and a GFUSA supporter. Here, she describes the ways in which employees, companies, and causes such as GFUSA all can benefit from a workplace giving campaign.
Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Summer 2004
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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