http://blogabiv.com Defeating World Poverty by 2025 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:06:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_245" align="aligncenter" width="407" caption="Amusing sign at the Dhaka zoo..."][/caption] So, for those of you who know me, it's pretty clear that I do my fair share of joking around, laughter has always been the best type of medicine. With that being said, I've put togther three videos chronicling some of ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=241 [caption id="attachment_235" align="aligncenter" width="370" caption="Our group with a Grameen microenterprise loan borrower!"][/caption] One of the highlights of the Grameen internship is certainly the chance to spend four to five days in a rural Bangladesh village and having the opportunity to observe many Grameen operations. I had three others accompany me on ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=228 [caption id="attachment_218" align="aligncenter" width="427" caption="Left: Grameen Bank Dhaka Headquarters. Right: View Atop 20th floor Library. "][/caption] Below are some quick data points on Grameen Bank that many of have you requested: Dr. Yunnus, founder of the Grameen bank, explored the concept of microfinance first in 1974, when he lent $27 to ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=211 [caption id="attachment_193" align="aligncenter" width="287" caption="Child Safe Center"][/caption] It was a Wednesday late evening, and I was getting back into Dhaka from my four day overnight Grameen village visit. Naturally, I was quite exhausted from traveling and visiting various Grameen's sister companies, field programs, and borrowers. I checked back into my hotel, ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=192 Let's dig into the numbers. As the old adage says, the numbers don't lie, it's very interesting to compare Bangladesh with the four comparison countries. Here are some of my thoughts and observations on the numbers, feel free to comment and share your opinions. Population & Population/Sq Km Bangladesh is the ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=161 This is a two part series on Bangladesh-whenever doing any sort of development work, it is important to understand as much as possible about a country. This post (first in a two part series) will address some of the basic facts and history of Bangladesh, and the second part will ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=155 [caption id="attachment_142" align="aligncenter" width="272" caption="Dhaka slum child in preschool class"][/caption] On Tuesday morning, myself and a group of 5 other Grameen interns had the chance to visit a sister company of Grameen Bank, Grameen Shikkha, which focuses on providing and financing education to many poor children of the urban, rural, and ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=141 [caption id="attachment_135" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Distributing materials at Child Safe Center"][/caption] Hope all of you are doing well! I arrived from the Barguna District in South Bangladesh on Monday morning. Our group organized a relief effort in unison with Uddipan (United Development Initiatives for Programmed Actions), the 7th largest NGO in Bangladesh, ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=134 Folks, just got back from my 4 day village visit. The trip was an amazing experience, and I have many stories, photographs, and interviews to post on the blog. However, I will not be able to post these until Monday or so;  I am off to South Bangladesh to help ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=127 I am on a 5 day village visit to the rural villages of Bangladesh (starting tomorrow), north of the capital city of Dhaka. There should be a lot of new content on the blog following the visit. I will have very limited internet access  during this time. For a lighter moment, ... http://blogabiv.com/?p=119