Fw: GF June 2010: Spotlight on Scholarships, Reaching the Poorest Billion & Get Out the Vote

"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". 社會企業家的事業 my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my blog --- 2010年6月3日 星期四，Grameen Foundation <info@grameenfoundation.org> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: Grameen Foundation <info@grameenfoundation.org> 主題: GF June 2010: Spotlight on Scholarships, Reaching the Poorest Billion & Get Out the Vote 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2010年6月3日,星期四,上午5:02   Get Involved   Vote for Grameen Foundation. Help us win a $200,000 grant!  We need your support to help us win a grant as part of Members Project® to help us keep fighting poverty! Here's how you can help: 1. Vote today & every week! 2. Download a calendar reminder! 3. Forward this newsletter to your friends and ask them to vote! 4. Follow our updates on Facebook & Twitter and SHARE with your friends!  Support Grameen Foundation by donating or volunteering today! In the News / On Our Blog Mifos® Earns High Ratings in CGAP Review of Software for MFIs [VIDEO] Our VP of Technology David Edelstein Speaks at TEDxSeattle  Connecting Rural Farmers with Vital Knowledge Village Banking in a Potato Field Living On $2 a Day in San Diego, CA On Our Site  Fall 2009 Edition of Grameen Connections is Now Available Online Unsubscribe Click to instantly unsubscribe from this mailing list. Send to a friend Send this email to someone you think may be interested.   Follow us on Facebook   and Twitter ! Delivering Solutions: Grameen Foundation Scholarship Program Asma is a shy 12-year-old Bangladeshi girl, but she shines the brightest in the classroom. Grameen Shikkha helps her to do so. The institution, supported by the Grameen Foundation Scholarship Program, provides scholarships to poor, meritorious students, especially in rural Bangladesh. Just $1,500 funds a child’s education for five years, awarded in monthly installments. Donations to this program remain deposited at a local bank in Bangladesh, generating the necessary interest income that produces the monthly scholarships that are awarded to a new student every five years. Each year, program supporters receive progress updates on the students they sponsor. Back to top MFI Founder is First Pakistani Woman to Earn Vital Voices Global Leadership Award Roshaneh Zafar, managing director of Kashf Foundation, became the first woman from Pakistan to earn the Vital Voices Global Leadership Award for Economic Empowerment. The Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards honor and celebrate women leaders worldwide that work to strengthen democracy, increase economic opportunity, and protect human rights. Roshaneh was honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., in March. Since she started Kashf Foundation in 1996, the MFI has lent $225 million to one million female entrepreneurs. The MFI services 295,000 clients annually. Roshaneh recently served as a delegate for President Obama’s Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship. Back to top Solutions for the Poorest Program Tests Innovative Approach to Microfinance In April, our Solutions for the Poorest (SfP) team began working with BASIX, an Indian MFI, to test the financial and social impact of an integrated approach to microfinance. This approach will not only provide loans but other services India’s poorest households need to establish businesses and improve their lives.   This project’s pilot will launch in Bihar, India, in August and will reach up to 200 households.  Luckshmi Sivalingam recently joined the SfP team as Program Officer, helping the team answer key questions about reaching the poorest and helping local organizations effectively design services for these people. Back to top Meet Francisco Guia: Inspiring Giving Within the Hispanic Community Francisco Guia and his wife have been Grameen Foundation donors since 2006. When he heard our President and CEO Alex Counts speak in Miami, Francisco was moved to do more. This year, he founded PhilanthroGuia to inform, educate, and promote charitable giving within the Hispanic community in the United States. Francisco has invited Alex to deliver the keynote address at the first PhilanthroGuia event this fall.  Originally from Venezuela, Francisco believes in giving to organizations working to alleviate poverty in Latin America. Over the years, we’ve facilitated $13 million in local currency financing throughout the region, reaching more than 270,000 people. Back to top GF President and CEO to Speak at First Ever Social Development Conference in Hong Kong Grameen Foundation President and CEO Alex Counts will speak at the 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development in Hong Kong. This first ever consortium, held June 10-14, offers a unique platform for more than 2,000 professionals, academics, practitioners, social planners, policy makers, and advocates to meet, exchange, and develop an action agenda for social work and social development in the next decade. The International Association of Schools of Social Work, the International Council on Social Welfare, and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) are organizing the event. Back to top Learn More about Grameen Foundation Today Unsubscribe from receiving email, or change your email preferences.

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