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Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist who founded the Grameen Bank to provide microloans to the poor without collateral. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this work. Nelson Mandela was South Africa's first black president who helped abolish apartheid. As president, he introduced policies to provide healthcare, education, housing and other services to the poor and disadvantaged. Both Yunus and Mandela worked tirelessly to fight poverty through providing access to financial resources, education, healthcare and other necessities.

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Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding of the Grameen Bank. Yunus together with 3 others founded Yunus Social Business Global Initiatives (YSB) which creates and empowers social businesses to address and solve social problems around the world. In 2012, he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland. Yunus has won a Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
Nelson Mandela was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. Mandela negotiated with President F. W. de Klerk to abolish apartheid and establish multiracial elections in 1994. He led the ANC to victory and became South Africa's first black president. He also investigated past human rights and fought for the poor, so that poverty will become history. He is still greatly respected by not just his own country but also the world because of his selflessness.
Professor Muhammad Yunus is an example of a person who helped fight poverty. He saw firsthand how the loansharks enslaved the villagers and came up with the initiative to help the people in Jobra. He created the Grameen Bank Project ,arranged loans, and added a savings program. He taught people how to write and created the Grameen Bank. Educational loans allow children to study to become engineers and doctors and many have completed their education. Grameen Bank has benefited so many people that it received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Nelson Mandela is another person who fought against poverty. Mandela lived simply and donated a third of his 552,000 rand annual income to the Nelson Mandela Childrens Fund. He also introduced parity in grants for communities, including disability grants, child maintenance grants, and old-age pensions. Free healthcare was also introduced for children under six and pregnant women. Due to his policies, children were brought into the education system, clinics were upgraded or constructed , water access was extended to 3 million people, and 750,000 houses were constructed, housing nearly 3 million people.
Team Members: Dominic Tan Jeverey Chiang Nicholas Lim Samuel Lee Sources: http://www.grameen-info.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org

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  • 2. Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding of the Grameen Bank. Yunus together with 3 others founded Yunus Social Business Global Initiatives (YSB) which creates and empowers social businesses to address and solve social problems around the world. In 2012, he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland. Yunus has won a Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
  • 3. Nelson Mandela was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. Mandela negotiated with President F. W. de Klerk to abolish apartheid and establish multiracial elections in 1994. He led the ANC to victory and became South Africa's first black president. He also investigated past human rights and fought for the poor, so that poverty will become history. He is still greatly respected by not just his own country but also the world because of his selflessness.
  • 4. Professor Muhammad Yunus is an example of a person who helped fight poverty. He saw firsthand how the loansharks enslaved the villagers and came up with the initiative to help the people in Jobra. He created the Grameen Bank Project ,arranged loans, and added a savings program. He taught people how to write and created the Grameen Bank. Educational loans allow children to study to become engineers and doctors and many have completed their education. Grameen Bank has benefited so many people that it received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
  • 5. Nelson Mandela is another person who fought against poverty. Mandela lived simply and donated a third of his 552,000 rand annual income to the Nelson Mandela Childrens Fund. He also introduced parity in grants for communities, including disability grants, child maintenance grants, and old-age pensions. Free healthcare was also introduced for children under six and pregnant women. Due to his policies, children were brought into the education system, clinics were upgraded or constructed , water access was extended to 3 million people, and 750,000 houses were constructed, housing nearly 3 million people.
  • 6. Team Members: Dominic Tan Jeverey Chiang Nicholas Lim Samuel Lee Sources: http://www.grameen-info.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org