A vision for the future...
"My fondest dream is th some day our next generations, our children and grandchildren, will go to the museums to see what poverty was like because there will no longer be any on this planet. And they will accuse us, their forefathers, for letting it continue until the 21st century -because there is no good reason why it should have continued. I believe that day will come. I believe we can create a poverty -free world. I am sure many of you do, and many of you who do not believe now will soon believe in it. And together, we'll create a poverty-free world. "
- Muhammad Yunus, Nobeal Peace Prize Winner 2006.
See his whole moving speech here:
http://www.grameen-info.org/mcredit/timeline.html
- Muhammad Yunus, Nobeal Peace Prize Winner 2006.
See his whole moving speech here:
http://www.grameen-info.org/mcredit/timeline.html
posted by Kurt | 10/14/2006 09:14:00 AM
1 Comments:
This guy is incrdible!
You said a decade ago that our grandchildren will have to go to museums to see poverty. Do you still hold fast to that conviction?
Yes, absolutely: 58% of the poor who borrowed from Grameen are now out of poverty. 2005 was declared the Year of Microcredit and there are over 100 million people now involved with microcredit (programs). At the rate we're heading, we'll halve total poverty by 2015. We'll create a poverty museum in 2030.
Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1546100,00.html
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