Grameen Foundation : Who we are : Our Grameen Heritage : Grameen Family
The Grameen Family
Grameen Bank (GB) has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral. As of May, 2008, it has 7.50 million borrowers, 97 percent of whom are women. With 2,515 branches, GB provides services in 82,072 villages, covering more than 97 percent of the total villages in Bangladesh. Visit site >>
Under its Grameen Bank Replication Program (GBRP) program, Grameen Trust (GT) supports and promotes poverty focused microcredit programs all over the world. It organizes Dialogue Programs for potential replicators and provides training and technical assistance to replication projects. It provides funding to selected projects and monitors their performance. To date it has provided support to 141 replication partners in 38 countries of the world. Visit site >>
Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation offers a combination of financial support and technical assistance to microfinance institutions and "social business" enterprises and projects. The human and financial resources that will mobilise to defend the cause of the poorest people make the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation a leading operator in microfinance. Visit site >>
Grameen Shikkha was founded in 1997 to promote access to education, especially to the rural poor and women. Grameen Shikkha provides scholoarships, and promotes access to education through the establishment of facilities for education and training, and the promotion of new technologies that will enable the education of the rural poor. As of April 2008 Grameen Shikkha has provided financial support to approximately 2,000 poor students. Visit site >>
Grameen Foundation : Who we are : Our Grameen Heritage : Grameen Family
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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