Comments on: Nobel Press Conference Packed & Punchy http://blog.grameenfoundation.org/2006/12/09/nobel-press-conference-packed-punchy/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Liaquat Ali http://blog.grameenfoundation.org/2006/12/09/nobel-press-conference-packed-punchy/#comment-17 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:32:37 +0000 http://blog.grameenfoundation.org/2006/12/09/nobel-press-conference-packed-punchy/#comment-17 Thank you Dr. Mohammud Yunus and Grameen Foundation I wake up 6:45am EST without alerm clock, When I listen Dr.Muhammad Yunus speach, during that time tear my eyes. Thank you http://usmle.inbangladesh.com/ http://www.doctorworldbd.net/ Thank you
Dr. Mohammud Yunus and Grameen Foundation
I wake up 6:45am EST without alerm clock, When I listen Dr.Muhammad Yunus speach, during that time tear my eyes.
Thank you
http://usmle.inbangladesh.com/
http://www.doctorworldbd.net/

]]> by: susandavis http://blog.grameenfoundation.org/2006/12/09/nobel-press-conference-packed-punchy/#comment-13 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 23:21:54 +0000 http://blog.grameenfoundation.org/2006/12/09/nobel-press-conference-packed-punchy/#comment-13 How fascinating Brenda! I learned today from Yunus that 4 of the 9 Grameen Board members are also Village Phone Operators. They have made a roaring business he said from selling phone service to people without phones since they get a wholesale rate on minutes from Grameen Telecom. As you must know, Grameen Foundation used the same business model to negotiate this arrangement with RwandaCell. I hope you stay involved. This movement needs everyone's talent and energy to defeat poverty. How fascinating Brenda! I learned today from Yunus that 4 of the 9 Grameen Board members are also Village Phone Operators. They have made a roaring business he said from selling phone service to people without phones since they get a wholesale rate on minutes from Grameen Telecom. As you must know, Grameen Foundation used the same business model to negotiate this arrangement with RwandaCell.

I hope you stay involved. This movement needs everyone’s talent and energy to defeat poverty.

]]> by: Brenda Tobe http://blog.grameenfoundation.org/2006/12/09/nobel-press-conference-packed-punchy/#comment-12 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:57:10 +0000 http://blog.grameenfoundation.org/2006/12/09/nobel-press-conference-packed-punchy/#comment-12 It’s nice to hear about all of the media and stories and ceremonies, but there is nothing like first hand experience. I went with Grameen Foundation to the remote villages of Rwanda when they introduced their mobile phone tech system, sort of like pay phones in the villages to connect them to the each other. It was an eye opener. We never think about it, but those phones made a major difference in their lives. The mobile phone operators earned enough money to pay for uniforms so their children could go to school. And people in the villages could contact relatives in other villages and apply for jobs and get medical help. But what really grabbed my heart were the big eyes of the little children, so happy and so expectant, like the children on every corner. Microfinance is real. It’s nice to hear about all of the media and stories and ceremonies, but there is nothing like first hand experience. I went with Grameen Foundation to the remote villages of Rwanda when they introduced their mobile phone tech system, sort of like pay phones in the villages to connect them to the each other. It was an eye opener. We never think about it, but those phones made a major difference in their lives. The mobile phone operators earned enough money to pay for uniforms so their children could go to school. And people in the villages could contact relatives in other villages and apply for jobs and get medical help. But what really grabbed my heart were the big eyes of the little children, so happy and so expectant, like the children on every corner. Microfinance is real.

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