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The world congratulates Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank

We got thousands of messages from over 150 countries. Many gave us permission to share their enthusiastic messages with the world; click the countries on the map to read those messages.

The original letter:

"In my travels in Bangladesh and around the world, I have had the opportunity to meet many of those who are participants in Grameen's programs and hear their stories of the ways in which these loans have transformed their lives. I continue to be inspired by the beneficial impact of these projects on low-income women and their families." Read more >
- Senator Hillary Clinton, United States

"This is a great achievement for your consistent effort. It is also a victory for the world's poor. We need your good ideas in Africa south of the Sahara and particularly in Maasailand where the war against poverty is far from being won."
- Putunoi Kampan, Kenya

"The microfinance system is not only a system of dealing with poverty and its associated hardships, it is a wonderful model for conflict resolution. I take every opportunity I can to point friends in the direction of Grameen. It is the globalization we truly need and want."
- Mike Sowerby, Australia

"Peace will come after eliminating the poverty. Your contribution make us move one big step forward towards the peace. Thank you, may Buddha (God) bless you."
- WeiKean Chong, Malaysia

"Congratulations on being awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Microcredit is an innovative concept that marries compassion for the poor with personal empowerment. It is people like you who inspire the rest of us to turn our thoughts into actions."
- Anna Kinard, United States

"Congratulations and I hope we can take this project as an example that when we have a firm conviction... it comes to be real."
- Lilita Engelmann, Argentina

Other messages include thanks from Peru, where a group "will be giving women we work with in the Peruvian Amazon money for microloans," from a New Zealander who accepted Yunus' "challenge to create a Social Business Model to create a Social Entrepreneurs Business Centre," from a Somali who wants to start a microloan program "when the war is over" there, from an Italian who said Yunus' best-selling autobiography, Banker to the Poor, "really changed my life," and from an American pastor for inspiring "the rest of us to turn our thoughts into actions.

 

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