AsmaBegum and Rohima Begum, two Board members of Grameen Bank are sitting in front of me watching CNN interview Yunus live, broadcast around the world. In unison they said we have no fear…we were not afraid to take the plane here.” Asma added that “I am seeing things I have never seen in my life!”.
Asma has been a member of Grameen for 18 years. She runs a small shop. Rohima has a sewing machine and runs a small tailoring business. Their lives used to be very hard. Now they say it’s ok. And today, they are overjoyed. “For all poor people in the world, this is an incredible day.”
In the same room earlier Taslima Begum, another board member and borrower, accepted the Nobel prize on behalf of 7 million members and 20000 staff. Breaking the rules, Taslima spoke out spontaneously before the whole crowd filling the packed Oslo City hall. Taslima’s voice had no fear. She spoke out loud and proud.
Quite honestly her empowered spirit touched me in a way that I’d never felt before and reduced me to tears.
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December 23rd, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Hola señor Yunus, cómo jóven 22 años y conociendo la gran obra que hace usted por los más necesitados, acudo a usted por lo siguiente:
Me pongo a sus ordenes , para desde Ecuador en al Mitad del Mundo , continuar con su misión de ayuda .En mi caso , me gustaría ayudarle: con jóvenes que gusten la informática , y que por cierto hay muchos talentos en mi País . El problema no hay incentivos , como es en mi caso , que se me hace dificíl conseguirlo, por lo qué acudo a su persona, tratando de conseguir ayudas para la creación de software .Desde ya le comento: que mi afán es la de integrar en una gran central de datos a todos los ecuatorianos y latinoamericanos para que comerciialicen sus productos directamente desde el campo ¿como? eso me gustaria conversarlo con usted .Le aseguro que sería una gran oportunidad de salir del subdesarrollo , o por lo menos de ayudar en gran medida a los más desposeidos no sólo en los paises latinos , sino , en todos los paises del mundo
saludos cordiales
alexander Rodríguez Muñoz
director de compujuegos digital
December 23rd, 2006 at 9:48 pm
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December 31st, 2006 at 11:41 pm
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