Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world
Founder of Grameen Bank and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
| Date: | Tuesday, February 3 |
| Time: | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Invitation-only reception 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Public event with Professor Yunus |
| Venue: | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 600 Atlantic Avenue #100 (Frank E. Morris Auditorium) Boston, MA 02210 For security, please bring a photo I.D. |
| Cost: | Free but registration is required, as seating is limited. |
| RSVP: | RSVP required ~ kindly register by Wednesday, January 28 Please call 617-542-8995 ext. 103, or e-mail wb@worldboston.org |
| Speaker: | Professor Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983, fueled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human right. His objective was to help poor people escape from poverty by providing loans on terms suitable to them and by teaching them a few sound financial principles so they could help themselves. From Dr. Yunus' personal loan of small amounts of money to destitute basket weavers in Bangladesh in the mid-70s, the Grameen Bank has advanced to the forefront of a burgeoning world movement toward eradicating poverty through microlending. Replicas of the Grameen Bank model operate in more than 100 countries worldwide. Professor Yunus is the recipient of numerous international awards for his ideas and endeavors, including the Mohamed Shabdeen Award for Science (1993), Sri Lanka; Humanitarian Award (1993), CARE, USA; World Food Prize (1994), World Food Prize Foundation, USA; lndependence Day Award (1987), Bangladesh's highest award; King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Award (2000), King Hussein Foundation, Jordan; Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth (2004), Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan; Franklin D. Roosevelt Freedom Award (2006), Roosevelt Institute of The Netherlands; the Seoul Peace Prize (2006), Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation, South Korea; and the Global Entrepreneurship Leader Award (2007), National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, USA. He is a member of the board of the United Nations Foundation. |