Grameen Foundation

Have you heard of the Grameen Foundation?

Founded in 1997, the Grameen Foundation works to help the world’s poor “reach their full potential, connecting their determination and skills with the resources they need” (1).

The Grameen Foundation takes a technology-oriented approach to this, mainly in the following ways:

1) They work with the poor to develop tools to help them create businesses, save and manage money, and make plans for the future.
2) They use mobile technology to “improve health outcomes” (1) for those in poverty.
3) They help farmers get important agricultural information so as to help “improve their livelihoods” (2).
4) They provide tools for other anti-poverty organizations to use, such as their Progress out of Poverty Index.

While not an official partner of the Grameen Foundation, Weekly Charity highly encourages helping them out.

Now for some stats:

Charity Navigator gives Grameen Foundation USA: 3 out of 4 stars
Charity Watch gives them (Grameen Foundation USA): An A rating
Grameen Foundation meets 20/20 of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance’s Standards for Charity Accountability.

Thanks for your time! Here’s the link to the Grameen Foundation’s website:
http://www.grameenfoundation.org

SOURCES

(1) The website, “www.grameenfoundation.org”, on the “What We Do” page, retrieved from the url “http://www.grameenfoundation.org/what-we-do” on Sunday, June 19, 2016

(2) The website, “www.grameenfoundation.org”, on the “Agriculture” page (under the folder, “What We Do”), retrieved from the url “http://www.grameenfoundation.org/what-we-do/agriculture” on Sunday, June 19, 2016