Social Business
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
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
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...
গ্রামীণ কমিউনিকেশানস্ কর্তৃক করোনা প্রার্দুভাবে অসহায় পরিবারের জন্য খাদ্য সহায়তা কর্মসূচি।
প্রেস রিলিজবিশ্বব্যাপি ভয়াবহ মহামারী আকারে করোনা ভাইরাস ছড়িয়ে পড়েছে। বাংলাদেশেও এর সংক্রামন প্রতিদিন বেড়েই চলেছে। সংক্রামন রোধে সরকার প্রায় ১ মাস ঢাকা সহ দেশের বিভিন্ন এলাকা লকডাউন ঘোষ...
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 ...
PPEs for Bangladesh Medical Association
Grameen Fashion and Fabrics Ltd. (GFFL) supplied 3,000 PPEs to the Bangladesh Medical Association in Dhaka on April 7, 2020. It may be mentioned that BMA has purchased these PPEs from GFFL at cost, to equip and protect healthcare professionals of their hospitals during the Corona crisis. Earlier GFFL had provided nearly three thousands PPEs sponsored by Grameen Telecom to Kuwait Moitry Hospital, Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, Khulna Shishu Hospital, Airport Medical Dept, Ambu...
PPEs to Protect Healthcare Professionals During Corona Crisis
Grameen Fashion and Fabrics Ltd. (GFFL) continues to produce PPEs for doctors and all healthcare professionals. Grameen Fashion and Fabrics Ltd handed over PPEs to Khulna Shishu Hospital, Kuwait Moitry Hospital and to the Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital over the last two days.Sponsored by Grameen Telecom, the PPEs are being provided to protect healthcare professionals during the Corona crisis....
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
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
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...
Grameen Trust (GT) crosses 12,000 Nobin (New Entrepreneurs)
February 24, 2020Grameen Trust (GT) has crossed 12,000 Nobin (New Entrepreneurs) in its 841st Executive Design Lab (EDL) held on February 20, 2020 at Hobiganj Unit under Narsingdi Anchal. The Design Lab was chaired by Mr. Sanwar Hossain, Anchal Prodhan, Narsingdi Anchal. A total of 19 project proposals were presented by the potential new entrepreneurs, all the proposals were unanimously approved during the Lab and 100% of the entrepreneurs are women. Till February 24, 2020...
A Note on Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship
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
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...
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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...