Posted by: Sabine McNeill | November 9, 2009

Helping the poor just got popular

This article in the Financial Times reminds people of Prof. Yunus and the Grameen Bank.

Posted by: Sabine McNeill | October 29, 2009

Grameen Healthcare teams up with US university

Another article from the Daily Star Dhaka that reports about Professor Yunus’ remarkable activities.

Posted by: Sabine McNeill | October 11, 2009

Commencement address at Duke University

The Daily Star in Bangladesh reports:

Yunus to deliver commencement address

Duke University is in Durham, North Carolina and announces the address as The Banker to the Poor here

It is really good to read how Prof. Yunus’ ability to act as role model for students is expressed in giving commencement addresses. Last year at MIT!

Posted by: Sabine McNeill | August 14, 2009

Yunus changed the world

“Yunus changed the world”

says Obama as he confers US Presidential Medal of Freedom upon micro-credit guru
Afp, Washington
Here is the full article in The Daily Star
Posted by: Sabine McNeill | August 9, 2009

Yunus to Receive the Medal of Freedom

Although listed as last of 16 recipients, Dr. Yunus will be honoured as “Agent of Change” and receive America’s highest civilian honour on August 12.

Posted by: Sabine McNeill | August 8, 2009

Prof Yunus for recognition of photography as branch of art

I find the different kinds of battles that Prof Yunus fights most amazing! As he said at our event in February 2008: the biggest hurdles are people’s minds…

And thus he inaugurated a photography exhibition at Pathshala, the South Asian Media Academy and Institute of Photography.

Here is the article in The Daily Star.

Posted by: Sabine McNeill | August 2, 2009

Yunus congratulates Nelson Mandela

This is a most moving account of Dr Yunus meeting Nelson Mandela, written by the remarkable Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam.

Dr. Yunus delivered this speech on the 91st anniversary of Nelson Mandela: We can create a world of our choice – YUNUS

Posted by: Sabine McNeill | July 6, 2009

Grameen Glasgow, here we come!

Posted by: Sabine McNeill | May 18, 2009

Microcredit one bright spot in the recession

The Daily Star in Bangladesh reports regularly on the achievements of Dr. Muhammad Yunus and / or Grameen.

This article is a review that took place at the launch of the Bangladesh Microfinance Statistics for 2007.

Posted by: Sabine McNeill | May 7, 2009

Third world debt is rich pickings for vultures

This blog post demonstrates what Dr. Yunus keeps saying: governments and institutions are notoriously slow and keep letting us down.

The problems are deep and they are institutional above all else. One just has to ‘follow the money’:

– who pays government officials?
– who pays civil servants?
– who pays politicians?
– who pays bankers?
– who pays central bankers?

What is the difference between what we believe happens and what is really happening with money: who prints it and for what purpose? More on Money as Debt also known as Credit.

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