On Tuesday, October 27, Grameen Foundation will launch a new online awareness campaign ? the Ingenuity Fund ? aimed at inspiring individuals to activate their friends, families and social networks to help raise $1 million online in the next year. We?re kicking off the campaign with our ?$27 on the 27th? initiative. On [...]
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Grameen Foundation today announced a new private-public partnership to support local currency financing to microfinance institutions (MFIs) throughout the developing world. Alonzo Fulgham, Acting Administrator of USAID, and Alex Counts, CEO and President of Grameen Foundation, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize the collaboration. To [...] As the international community prepares to celebrate World Food Day, Grameen Foundation today announced that it will expand its Community Knowledge Worker (CKW) initiative in Uganda, supported by a $4.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative is building a self-sustaining, scalable network of rural information providers who use cell phones [...] Grameen Foundation’s Community Knowledge Worker initiative is among nine grants totalling $120 million that have been awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support agriculture in developing countries. This Seattle Times article profiles the Gates Foundation’s efforts to boost agriculture and support poor farmers. Support Grameen Foundation — Fighting poverty with microfinance [...] Grameen Foundation has announced the appointment of Alberto Solano as regional CEO for the Americas. Under his helm, Grameen Foundation will focus on increasing access to microfinance and technology for the poor, especially the poorest people in the region, and exploring avenues for using microfinance as a platform for delivering other services to them such [...] La Fundación Grameen ha nombrado Alberto Solano como el Director Regional de las Américas. Bajo su mando, la Fundación Grameen se centrará en aumentar el acceso a las microfinanzas y la tecnología para los pobres, especialmente los más pobres en la región. La Fundación también explorará avenidas para el uso de las microfinanzas como una [...] In this New York Times article, Eric Cantor, director of Grameen Foundation’s AppLab Uganda initiative, explains how cell phones are being used to give Ugandans health tips and information to protect their livestock and produce. Support Grameen Foundation — Fighting poverty with microfinance Share/Save Question Box, a joint project between Grameen Foundation’s AppLab and Open Mind, is giving poor Ugandans without direct access to the Internet a new way to get answers to their questions. This piece in the New York Times explores its impact. Support Grameen Foundation — Fighting poverty with microfinance Share/Save The Economist examines Grameen Foundation’s AppLab initiative as part of its special report on "telecoms in emerging markets." David Edelstein, director of GF’s ICT Innovation program, and Eric Cantor, GF’s ICT Innovation AppLab, discuss how cell phones open the door to a variety of services that benefit poor people. Sections:-Eureka momentsBeyond voiceFinishing the job Support Grameen Foundation [...] At the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City today, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, announced the launch of the Grameen Nurse Institute. It expects to train 1,251 students, reaching 50,000 adolescent girls in rural villages. The Nike Foundation will support the Institute with an initial $2 million in funding over five years. Support Grameen Foundation [...] |
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