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Grameen Telecom carries out its responsibility towards ensuring the health and safety of doctors and healthcare workers

Created By: Yunus Centre 16th April, 2020

Grameen Telecom carries out its responsibility towards ensuring the health and safety of doctors and healthcare workers

Press Release (16 April, 2020)It is crucial to ensure the safety of doctors and healthcare workers engaged in tackling the coronavirus. Along with the government, various private institutions and organizations are currently distributing protective gear. Since the start of the corona virus outbreak in Bangladesh, Grameen Fabrics and Fashion Ltd., financed by Grameen Telecom, has been manufacturing PPE (gown) for the safety of doctors, nurses and health care workers. Upto today, 25,000 safety gown...

Grameen Shikkha Emergency Food Distribution Program for the Extreme Poor in Mirpur Slums in Dhaka

Created By: Yunus Centre 15th April, 2020

  Grameen Shikkha Emergency Food Distribution Program for the Extreme Poor in Mirpur Slums in Dhaka

Press Release (15 April, 2020)Grameen Shikkha (Grameen Education), one of the organizations in the Grameen family, has been conducting different development programs for the poor especially poor children and students for more than two decades. These programs include the Scholarship Management Program, Non-formal Primary Schools, Pre-primary Schools, Vocational Training Program, Early Childhood Development Program etc. and have directly benefited more than 360,000 people. One of the programs...

DIGITAL HEALTH OFFERING FREE COVID19 INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR 100,000 PEOPLE

Created By: Yunus Centre 14th April, 2020

DIGITAL HEALTH OFFERING FREE COVID19 INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR 100,000 PEOPLE

Press Release (April 14, 2020)Another Healthcare Initiative from Digital Health (DH)DIGITAL HEALTH OFFERING FREE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR100,000 Persons To Cover Corona Related ExpensesDHAKA, April 14:  Digital Health (DH) is launching a new insurance product today to cover the individuals from coronavirus related expenses. Digital Health (DH), previously known as Telenor Health, is a Grameen social business.   It is offering digital healthcare services for the last four years and h...

Grameen organizations have come forward to tackle the Corona pandemic

Created By: Yunus Centre 11th April, 2020

Grameen organizations have come forward to tackle the Corona pandemic

Press Release (11 April, 2020)Grameen Telecom distributed high quality PPE (gowns), masks and food for the distressed.In order to combat the COVID 19 pandemic, the government and all private and public enterprises and institutions in the country are working relentlessly to ensure healthcare, personal safety and food security during these trying times. The Grameen group of organizations has also come forward along with others with various initiatives to tackle the challenge.With a view to ensure ...

A Letter From Professor Muhammad Yunus on Super HappYYness Festival and Beyond

Created By: Yunus Centre 4th April, 2020

A Letter From Professor Muhammad Yunus on Super HappYYness Festival and Beyond

03 April, 2020 Subject: Announcement of Postponement of Super HappYYness Festival and Call for Preparations For Building the Post-Corona World Dear Friend,I should have written to you much earlier; but COVID-19 has its own way of derailing everything. I am writing to you about our Super HappYYness Festival. There is no way we can hold the Festival in these dire circumstances - it is postponed until next year, same dates, same venue. I am writing to you to thank you for your a...

Gowns for Kurmitola Hospital

Created By: Yunus Centre 29th March, 2020

Gowns for Kurmitola Hospital

Grameen Fashion and Fabrics Ltd. (GFFL) today delivered the first batch of PPE (gown) to Kurmitola General Hospital. The remaining pieces, out of an order of 3,000 pieces, will be delivered in a day or two. GFFL is receiving requests from several hospitals for supplying PPE (gown). They are trying to produce them as soon as materials are available. It may be mentioned that Grameen Fashion and Fabrics Ltd. has received formal approval from DGDA of Health Ministry for use of these PPE (gown) by do...

Supply of PPE for Hospitals and Clinics

Created By: Yunus Centre 28th March, 2020

Supply of PPE for Hospitals and Clinics

Grameen Fabrics and Fashions (GFFL) Limited has produced Personal Protective Equipment (PPE or gown) for the doctors of Grameen Eyecare Hospitals and Grameen Kalyan rural healthcare centres all around the country. The first batch of production of these gowns has already been supplied to them. GFFL produced only a limited quantity because of shortage of appropriate materials in Dhaka market to produce these gowns. GFFL is now trying to bring a larger quantity of the high quality material from Chi...

A Note on Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship

Created By: Yunus Centre 12th January, 2020

Muhammad YunusJanuary 12, 2020 This is a short note to draw your attention to the difference between Social Business, Social Entrepreneurship, and Social Enterprises. In some writings I see the differences are blurred or even the terms are used interchangeably. It will be damaging to the concepts to use these terms interchangeably. I have tried to clarify this in my writings in the past. But I see that the confusion still persists. I have defined social business as a business which is ...

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS CENTRE – UNIVERSITA’ DI URBINO, ITALY

Created By: Yunus Centre 22nd January, 2020

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 YUNUS SOCIAL BUSINESS CENTRE – UNIVERSITA’ DI URBINO, ITALYThe Yunus Social Business Centre-Università di Urbino was established on May 20th, 2019 during the visit of Prof. Muhammad Yunus at University of Urbino, on the occasion of which the newly established Yunus Social Business Center - Urbino organized in his honor the world premiere of the "27 dollari" opera, dedicated to him and inspired by his book "Banker to the poor ".During this period, in the year...

Want to explore more about social business and microcredit?

Created By: Yunus Centre 5th January, 2020

Want to explore more about social business and microcredit?

Yunus Centre offers two different visit programs to let people know about the journey of social business and microcredit. Join our “Exposure Visit Program” and “Immersion Program” for gaining the best experience of social business learning journey.Exposure visit program is a 5-day long visit; including field trips that will help the visitor to understand the essence of social business and microcredit within a short time. Write to: ycexposure@yunuscentre.org for more infor...

In Memory of Abed

Created By: Yunus Centre 21st December, 2019

In Memory of Abed

21 December, 2019You Will Remain Our Companion ForeverMuhammad YunusAbed has left. But it is not possible to bid farewell to him. He remains with us as our companion forever. Since the Liberation War he is in the very grain of our society.  There is no layer and sub-layer of our societal make up which has not been touched by Abed’s work. He is the principal architect of the massive transformation that has taken place in Bangladesh society since liberation.Abed made skillful steps to w...

Yunus in Japan: Meets Rola, Bangladeshi Japanese Super Model, Launches Yunus Yoshimoto Social Action Company, Addresses Social Tech Summit and Social Business Forum Osaka

Created By: Yunus Centre 27th November, 2019

Yunus in Japan:  Meets Rola, Bangladeshi Japanese Super Model, Launches Yunus Yoshimoto Social Action Company, Addresses Social Tech Summit and Social Business Forum Osaka

Yunus Centre Press Release (27 November, 2019)Yunus Raises Question “Who Would Rule The World: Human Beings or Artificial Intelligence?”Japan's glamorous super model, actress, singer, TV personality, and author Rola came to meet Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus in his hotel while he was on a social business tour of Japan during this month. She was accompanied by her twin brother and manager. Both are Bangladeshi Japanese, born of a Bangladeshi father. She says she misses Bangl...

Grameen Trust (GT) crosses 11,000 New Entrepreneurs(Nobin)

Created By: Yunus Centre 25th November, 2019

Grameen Trust (GT) crosses 11,000 New Entrepreneurs(Nobin)

Grameen Trust (GT) has crossed 11,000 New Entrepreneurs in its 735th  Executive Design Lab (EDL) held on November 24, 2019 at Rajbari Unit under Faridpur Anchal. The Design Lab was chaired by Mr. Delwar Hossain,  Anchal Prodhan, Faridpur  Anchal. A total of  6 project proposals were presented by the potential new entrepreneurs and all the proposals were unanimously approved during the Lab.  Till November 24, 2019, GT has approved a total of  11,031 Nobin projects wi...

Yunus in Taiwan for Social Business East Asia Conference; Addresses Celebration of 380th Anniversary of Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan

Created By: Yunus Centre 24th November, 2019

Yunus in Taiwan for Social Business East Asia Conference; Addresses  Celebration of 380th Anniversary of Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan

Yunus Centre Press Release (24 November, 2019)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Taiwan to attend the 2nd Social Business East Asian Conference as chief guest from 17th to 19th November 2019. During this conference, he had dialogues with the business community of Taiwan including Terry Gou, Taiwanese billionaire and Founder, Chairman of Foxconn. He is the richest person in Taiwan. Terry Gou announced to contribute USD 3 million to create a Social Business Venture Capital F...

The YSBC of Urbino University at the closing event of the Financial Education Month organized by the National Committee for Financial Education in Rome. 31 October 2019.

Created By: Yunus Centre 17th November, 2019

The University of Urbino was among the partners invited to participate in the closing event of the "Financial Education Month 2019" organized by the "Committee for the planning and coordination of financial education activities", which was held in Rome on October 31st 2019 at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.The Month of Financial Education is an initiative of the Committee that promotes free and quality opportunities, without commercial purposes, to increase the basic knowledge on the manage...

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