We're a nonprofit organization that uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people.
With tiny loans (around US$100), financial services and technology, we help the poor, mostly women, start self-sustaining businesses to escape poverty. Our global network of microfinance partners has already reached over 2 million families in 22 countries.
Learn more at www.grameenfoundation.org.
Microfinance video: Breaking Through
How you can help
There are lots of ways to get the word out about the power of microfinance. Here are a few; please try some out, and if you think of others, let us know.
Squidoo lensmasters:
1. Grameen Foundation is one of the charities you can donate your lens revenues to. Just choose "Payment Options" under My Account. Feel free to let visitors to your lens know that you support microfinance.
2. Link to our lenses to help spread the word. For example, lensmaster Jeffry Vance included us on his Mother's Day lens because we help poor mothers around the world.
People who aren't Squidoo lensmasters (yet): Give it a try -- build a lens about something you care about, then see above.
Bloggers: Link to our microfinance lens, or feature our Word of Blog ad on your blog. We do interviews too.
Del.icio.us users: Tag our stuff! If you see useful/interesting info on our Squidoo lenses or our website, be sure to let others know.
Everybody: Tell your friends! And thanks for your support.
Squidoo lensmasters:
1. Grameen Foundation is one of the charities you can donate your lens revenues to. Just choose "Payment Options" under My Account. Feel free to let visitors to your lens know that you support microfinance.
2. Link to our lenses to help spread the word. For example, lensmaster Jeffry Vance included us on his Mother's Day lens because we help poor mothers around the world.
People who aren't Squidoo lensmasters (yet): Give it a try -- build a lens about something you care about, then see above.
Bloggers: Link to our microfinance lens, or feature our Word of Blog ad on your blog. We do interviews too.
Del.icio.us users: Tag our stuff! If you see useful/interesting info on our Squidoo lenses or our website, be sure to let others know.
Everybody: Tell your friends! And thanks for your support.
Stay informed
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Our Squidoo lenses
- Microfinance - Empowering the world's poorest people
- Microfinance is often considered one of the most effective, flexible, and sustainable strategies in the fight against global poverty. It consists of making small loans, usually less than $200, to individuals, usually women, to establish or expand a small, self-sustaining business.
- Grameen Bank of Bangladesh
- A trailblazer in microfinance, and the source of the microfinance methodology we use.
- Poverty
- Poverty's face is largely female and young. Learn more about how poverty affects women and children, the health of communities, and hunger.
- The ONE Campaign
- Grameen Foundation is proud to be an official partner of the ONE Campaign -- the campaign to make poverty history.
- Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank win the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize
- We congratulate Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank on this great news.
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