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Oct 13, 2006 at 16:38 o\clock

Nobel Peace Prize - Friedensnobelpreis 2006

by: bangladesh   Keywords: Grameen, professor, Yunus, Bangladesh

I would like to begin this blog today with a very joyful message.

The Nobel peace prize 2006 of this year goes to a Professor of Economics Mohammed Yunus of Bangladesh and the Institution Grameen Bank. Prof. Yunus has develop a system, that allow bank credits for poor people. I know Mr. Yunus very well and also his solar energy project „Grameen Shakti“. Five years ago I have created for German public a website GRAMEEN. Therefore it makes me personally happy with Grameen and Professor Yunus. Two prizes go in equal parts to the Microcredit institution Grameen bank and its founder Mohammed Yunus.

It is remarkable that an economist receives the Nobel peace prize. But he earned this glorious prize not only for the achievement in the field of economics but also his commitment to fight against poverty. Prof. Younus and Grameen Bank has develop a successful strategy against the misery of the world, against hunger and poverty of millions to humans. -Mir Monaz Haque, Blog Editor, Berlin

Eine sehr freudige Nachricht möchte ich Euch auf dieser Weise mitteilen.

Der diesjährige Friedensnobelpreis geht an den Wirtschaftsfachmann Prof. Mohammed Yunus und seine Grameen Bank aus Bangladesch. Der Professor organisiert vor allem Bankkredite für arme Menschen. Ich Kenne Herr Yunus sehr gut und auch seine Solarenergie Projekt „Grameen Shakti“. Die deutsche Version der Website "Grameen" habe ich vor 3 Jahren für deutsche Publikum ins Netz präsentiert http://www.grameen.de/. Darum freue ich mich besonders mit Grameen und Prof. Yunus.Der Preis geht zu gleichen Teilen an die Kleinkredit-Initiative Grameen Bank und ihren Gründer Mohammed Yunus.

Es ist sehr seltsam dass einen Wirtschaftswissenschaftler die Friedensnobelprise erhält, doch sein Verdient beschränkt sich nicht nur im Bereich Wirtschaft sondern dass er ein neue These „wie man mit Mikrokredit das Armut der Welt bekämpfen kann„ bewiesen hat. Es gibt eine erfolgreiche Strategie gegen das Elend der Welt, Gegen Hunger und Armut von Millionen Menschen. -Mir Monaz Haque, Berlin 

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1. quoteAndré Berger wrote at Oct 13, 2006 at 20:47 o\clock:Guten Tag Herr Muhammad Yunus,
   ich gratuliere Ihnen von ganzem Herzen zur Verleihung des Friedensnobelpreises.
   Ich habe von Ihnen vor ca.6 Monaten erst durch einen Bericht in einer Finanzzeitschrift erfahren und fand Ihre Idee erstklassig.
   Heute lese ich im Internet, dass Sie der diesjährige Nobelpreisträger sind.
   Sie sagen, jeder solle Ihre Idee stehlen? Wenn alle so denken würden, dann könnte es auf der Welt bald keine Armut mehr geben.
   Ich möchte in Zukunft Ihre Idee von Deutschland aus unterstützen. Wie kann ich das für Sie am effektivsten tun?
   Mit den Besten Grüßen aus Deutschland (Zwickau in Sachsen)
   André Berger
2. quoteTahera Jabeen, Dhaka wrote at Oct 14, 2006 at 05:47 o\clock:Dear All,
   It was indeed a great moment for all of us. I just came back from Grameen after attending a rare moment with others. It was a mere coincidence that some of old Grameen colleagues met today at Iftaar. It was pre-arranged. And afternoon around 3.30 PM when I first heard the news I was speechless. I feel so happy. I started my career in Grameen's family and then almost one decade is over, I am now in different org. But I still feel I am part of Grameen family. So when heard the news, me and my old colleagues, who met today's get together, we felt that we should go to Grameen to join the celebration. When we went to Grameen after Iftar, Yunus Bhai was too busy surrounded by the visitors, journalists. When I managed to get through the crowd and been able to meet him face to face he gives me a big smile and hug me.
   Just heard a small news in a TV channel. Someone proposed to Abdul Mannan Bhuiya (BNP leader), when he visited Dr Yunus today, to declare national holiday to honor this great event. The channel representative stated that Dr Yunus in reply asked the nation to wok for more hours on that day to celebrate this event.
   This particular incident shows again why Dr Yunus is different from the others/
   Anyway, I hope that we will show our true respect and honor to Dr Yunus on this special occasion through our dedication to work.
   Regards to all.
   Tahera Jabeen, Dhaka
3. quoteAbdul Momen, Boston wrote at Oct 14, 2006 at 12:10 o\clock:We should celebrate it. This is a great achievement and pride for all of us and especially for Bangladesh. It brought respect for Bangladesh and Bangladeshis across the globe at a time when their country is facing image problem due to violence, political polarization, corruption, and near failed governance.
   
   It is very interesting that last night, I was talking about micro-credit, Grameen Bank, Professor Yunus, Hillary-Clinton, 'welfare to work' and especially about the 'cell phone lady' in my class, and this morning I got the great news. I am pleased and excited that he finally made it. When I attended his Micro-credit Summit in Washington DC in 1996 and the standing ovation that he received from the global community made me convinced that he would get it....question was when. For the last few years, we have been waiting for such recognition each year.
   
   This Nobel Prize is long over due. Professor Yunus and the Grameen Bank richly deserve it. Let us congratulate him and let us celebrate it. Let us spread the word across the globe.
   
   This also proves that there is potential in Bangladesh and if political vicarage, bureaucratic red tape and corruption could be checked and its people are allowed to exercise their right, their creativity and ingenuity, I have no doubt that Bangladesh can achieve miracles. This gives us hope. Let us keep our hope alive. Thank you,
   
   Abdul Momen
   
   Boston
4. quoteMostafa Kaman, Vienna wrote at Oct 14, 2006 at 15:48 o\clock:Its a wonderful news for us Bangladeshi, that Grameen Bank founder Prof. Yunus got the Nobel Prize for Peace. Worm wishes to Prof. Younus and all success for Grameen micro credit philosophy. Kamal
5. quotebangladesh wrote at Oct 14, 2006 at 16:24 o\clock:

   Tahera:Dear All, It was indeed a great moment for all of us. I just came back from Grameen after attending a rare moment with others. It was a mere coincidence that some of old Grameen colleagues met today at Iftaar. It was pre-arranged. And afternoon around 3.30 PM when I first heard the news I was speechless. I feel so happy. I started my career in Grameen's family and then almost one decade is over, I am now in different org. But I still feel I am part of Grameen family. So when heard the news, me and my old colleagues, who met today's get together, we felt that we should go to Grameen to join the celebration. When we went to Grameen after Iftar, Yunus Bhai was too busy surrounded by the visitors, journalists. When I managed to get through the crowd and been able to meet him face to face he gives me a big smile and hug me. Just heard a small news in a TV channel. Someone proposed to Abdul Mannan Bhuiya (BNP leader), when he visited Dr Yunus today, to declare national holiday to honor this great event. The channel representative stated that Dr Yunus in reply asked the nation to wok for more hours on that day to celebrate this event. This particular incident shows again why Dr Yunus is different from the others/ Anyway, I hope that we will show our true respect and honor to Dr Yunus on this special occasion through our dedication to work. Regards to all. Tahera Jabeen, Dhaka

   
   
   Dear Tahera
   
   This is the difference between a corrupted politician and a Nobel peace prize winner. Politician don’t know the economic disaster when the working force of a country make one working day as a holiday, but a conscious economist saw the danger. I plead Professor Yunus for the next President of Bangladesh. In the country where I am living, Germany, their parliament has chosen an efficient executive of IMF (International Monetary Fond) , Mr. Horst Koehler as there State President. So our new elected parliament (in January) should select Prof. Yunus as the next State President. Greetings -Monaz Haque, Berlin
6. quoteThomas Kussmaul, Germany wrote at Oct 14, 2006 at 19:39 o\clock:Hallo
   
   Kann man bei Ihnen auch Fonds-Anteile zeichen?
   Falls ja, bitte ich um den Fonds-Prospekt - Danke
   
   Mit freundlichen Grüssen
   Thomas Kussmaul
7. quoteHarald Feierabend wrote at Oct 15, 2006 at 16:57 o\clock:Congratulation to Prof. Mohammad Yunus and Grameen Bank to win the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for 2006. You are also well known to the people of Germany through your various activities. I wish you and your institution all success. Harald Feierabend, Germany
8. quoteAndré Hobi, Luzern wrote at Oct 17, 2006 at 00:15 o\clock:Wie kann ich mich aus der Schweiz an der Grameenbank beteiligen ? Gibt es einen Fond, der direkt mit Grameen liiert ist ?
   
   Mit bestem Dank und freundlichen Grüssen
   
   André Hobi, 6006 Luzern
9. quoteDr. Samir Banik wrote at Oct 19, 2006 at 11:04 o\clock:I like to congratulate Dr Yunus and Grameen bank.It inspired us a lot. I am a doctoral student of Hiroshima university.Amoung all the student of Hiroshima university congratulate him.Thank you.
10. quoteAmin wrote at Oct 19, 2006 at 14:00 o\clock:Dr. Yunus pledged to spend the prize money on two projects; to start a social business, and to establish an eye hospital. Both are noble and inspiring goals.
    
    We can do something for the man who has done so much for the nation. How about starting a campaign to match the money, so that it is a little easier for him to achieve these goals? It will take only about $15 for about 100,000 expatriate Bangladeshis to raise the money. When many years later, we would be asked what we did or where we were when the first Bangladeshi received the Nobel Prize, we would be able to say that we were a part of it in a small way.
11. quoteMuhammad Emdad Ullah wrote at Oct 19, 2006 at 19:59 o\clock:It's a great honor and pleasure to get opportunity to congratulate such a priceless son ,of our beloved motherland, Dr. Muhd. Yunus.
    
    We all should celebrate the success of the nation, that came through our national pride, to send a message to every corner of the world to have a look at the potential of the country.
    Time has come to capitalise the moment to forget the differences among all classes of the society with a view to wiping out the piled up frustrations and kicking out the poverty.
    I hope the great son of the nation will circulate his latent ideas and intents in all media for the knowledge of and inspiration to each present and future child of the country.
    Long live our big brother with undaunted health, mission and vision.
    
    With Best Regards and Wishes,
    
    Muhd. Emdad Ullah, FCMA, FCA
    KSA
12. quoteAbdul Momen wrote at Oct 19, 2006 at 20:17 o\clock:

    Amin:Dr. Yunus pledged to spend the prize money on two projects; to start a social business, and to establish an eye hospital. Both are noble and inspiring goals.We can do something for the man who has done so much for the nation. How about starting a campaign to match the money, so that it is a little easier for him to achieve these goals? It will take only about $15 for about 100,000 expatriate Bangladeshis to raise the money. When many years later, we would be asked what we did or where we were when the first Bangladeshi received the Nobel Prize, we would be able to say that we were a part of it in a small way.

    
    I like your idea very much, Mr. Amin. We have been thinking of estabishing an Eye Hospital and created an Eye Foundation. Now we are extremely pleased that Professor Yunus whose words are his deeds has vowed to do it. We have no doubt that it would be done and let us all share and support him. Thanks, Abdul Momen
13. quoteMir Monaz Haque, Berlin wrote at Oct 20, 2006 at 02:24 o\clock:I plead Prof. Yunus for the non-politican state president of Bangladesh (not as chief of caretaker government) In the history there ware very few personifies who have this honour. The Nobel Peace Prize winner of the year 1983, Lech Walesa was Poland's president under the first democratically elected parliament of Poland. And he was the revolutionary leader of the entire east European Solidarnos movement. And under Salvador Allende‘s government, poet Pablo Neruda (Nobel Prize winner of 71) was Chile‘s Education minister and so fare I remember for a short period he was the President of Chile.
    
    Therefore I vote Prof. Yunus for President of Bangladesh. But some people are advising him to start a political party. I can not imagine that Prof. Yunus would feel proud to be a political leader of the country. He achieves the highest respect in the world now, and he has a lot of things to do in the word. We can accept him as a non political state president but not as a political leader. We could also see him as the "ambassador of the poor", cause the poor doesn‘t have any lobby in the world. May, peace be with you! Greetings -Monaz Haque, Berlin
14. quoteBrighid Squarr wrote at Oct 20, 2006 at 11:10 o\clock:Ich gestehe, mit Tränen in den Augen habe ich von der Verleihung des Friedensnobelpreises an Muhammad Yunus erfahren. Endlich wird seine Arbeit so gewürdigt, wie er es schon lange verdient hat. Seine Arbeit ist wirkungsvoller als alle staatliche Entwicklungshilfe es je sein könnte. Ich kenne das Buch schon seit Jahren und fand es schade, dass die Arbeit von Mr. Yunus und seiner Grameen Bank anscheinend nur einem kleinen Kreis von Insidern bekannt war.
    Meine herzlichste Gratulation zu der Auszeichnung und weiterhin viel Erfolg für Sie und die Menschen, die durch Grameen wirkliche Hilfe erfahren!
    Mit Hochachtung
    Brighid Squarr
15. quoteChristine Schmidt, Hamburg wrote at Oct 21, 2006 at 17:22 o\clock:Congratulation to Grameen and Yunus for wining this glorious Prize. You have created a great institution the Grameen bank that is renowned for lending money to the least well off, especially women, so that they can launch their own businesses.
16. quoteAnne Bauer, Germany wrote at Oct 23, 2006 at 01:06 o\clock:Congratulation for wining Nobel prize. How many employees do you have in Bangladesh and in other countries? Do you have any branch of Grameen Bank In Germany? Anne Bauer
17. quoteStefan Behringer, Deutschland wrote at Oct 26, 2006 at 13:19 o\clock:Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
    ich wäre interessiert, meine Ersparnisse bei Ihrer Bank anzulegen. Ich hoffe, damit mein Geld für Investoren zur Verfügung zu stellen, die das Geld wirklich benötigen. Dafür würde auf einen Teil der Rendite gerne verzichten.
    Andererseits möchte ich das Geld nicht sinnlos verlieren. Vielleicht bin ich bei Ihnen bei der richtigen Bank.
    Ich habe nur auf der Homepage nicht so die Informationen gefunden, die ich gerne hätte. Bitte teilen Sie mir doch folgendes mit:
    Wie funktioniert das?
    Wie hoch ist meine Sicherheit?
    Und meine Verzinsung?
    Gibt es vielleicht eine Broschüre für Anleger?
    Viele Grüße
    Stefan Behringer
18. quoteSiegfried Schmidt, Germany wrote at Nov 2, 2006 at 13:26 o\clock:Hallo Mir Monaz,
    ich mache mir wieder einige gedanken zur Grameen Bank.Wegen des nobelpreises
    ist die bank natürlich sehr im focus, und ich beschäftige mich wieder mehr
    damit. Den artikel in der ZEIT vom 26.10.2006 "Der richtige Preis zur
    falschen Zeit" fand ich deshalb wichtig, weil er nach den finanziers, dem
    gewinn oder verlust fragt. Die bank wäre noch überzeugender, wenn sie diese
    fragen offensiv beantworten würde.Auch interessiert mich, wie viel geld
    Yunus daran evtl. verdient oder ist es ein zuschussbetrieb? Versteh mich
    nicht falsch, ich finde die idee der Grameen Bank genial, je "normaler" die
    bank ist, desto besser, und verdienst ist nichts schlechtes. Solange aber
    fragen offen sind, bleibt der makel der undurchsichtigkeit. Letztendlich
    wäre es sogar nicht schlimm, wenn die bank zuschüsse bräuchte.Interessant
    wäre es auch, zu welchen konditionen die Grameen bank evtl. von anderen geld
    leiht. Dann wäre auch die zinshöhe besser verständlich. Allerdings finde ich
    einen Zins von 20%, egal wofür, als viel zu hoch. Mich interessiert auch,
    unter welchen bedingungen kredite evtl. abgelehnt werden.
    Hoffe auf weiteren gedankenaustausch.
    Liebe grüße
    Siegfried
19. quoteChristoh Moisel, Germany wrote at Nov 14, 2006 at 16:16 o\clock:Hallo,
    
    ich hätte interesse, bei der Garmeen Bank etwas anzulegen, wie läuft dies ab, könnte ich informationen dazu bekommen?
    
    gruß
    Christoh Moisel
20. quotesaskia.john@t-online.de wrote at Nov 17, 2006 at 09:11 o\clock:Hallo,
    ist ja ein wunderbares Projekt. Als ich davon las, fragte ich mich: Können auch arme Menschen aus anderen Ländern (z. B. Arbeitslose aus Deutschland) bei Ihnen einen Kredit aufnehmen? Über eine Antwort wäre ich sehr dankbar.
    Herzliche Gruesse, Saskia John
21. quoteDominik Pfaff, Germany wrote at Nov 23, 2006 at 00:13 o\clock:Hallo!
    
    Zurzeit schreibe ich eine Facharbeit im Fach "Wirtschaft und Recht" zum
    Thema "Mikrokredite in Entwicklungsländern".
    
    Ich werde darin das Mikrokreditsystem, die Organisationen usw. vorstellen.
    
    Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn sie mir Informationsmaterial per Post oder Email zuschicken würden.
    
    Meine Adresse:
    
    Dominik Pfaff
    Steinstraße 7, 63825 Schneppenbach, Deutschland
    
    Danke schon mal im Voraus!
    
    Viele Grüße
    Dominik
22. quoteDaniel Philipp, Berlin wrote at Nov 25, 2006 at 11:50 o\clock:Sehr geehrter Herr Haque,
    
    Gratulation zu Ihrem gelungenen Internetauftritt der Seite "grameen.de". Ich begrüße es sehr, dass es durch Ihr Engagement jetzt sogar eine deutsche Seite zur Beschreibung der Grameen Bank gibt. Mit Interesse habe ich gelesen, dass Sie diese Seite schon vor drei Jahren an den Start gebracht haben, ich davon aber erst durch Zufall Kenntnis bekommen habe.
    
    1980 wurde RESULTS in den USA gegründet mit dem Ziel, Armut zu überwinden. Seit 1988 bemüht sich der Verein RESULTS um eine bessere Wahrnehmung des Themas Mikrokredite in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit. Von Anfang an ist RESULTS dabei Partner von Professor Yunus und Grameen und hat mit ihm zusammen 1997 den MicroCredit Summit in Washington initiiert. Gerade hat sich dieser Gipfel in Halifax wiederholt und macht es sich zur Aufgabe die Grameen Idee, die Idee des Mikrokredits zur Überwindung von schlimmster Armut über 170 Millionen Familien weltweit zugänglich zu machen.
    
    Solche Ziele lassen sich nur mit einem breiten gesellschaftlichen Engagement erreichen. Dafür machen wir uns stark. Aus diesem Grund würde ich mich freuen, mit Ihnen einmal ins Gespräch zu kommen, um nach Kooperationsmöglichkeiten zu suchen.
    
    Über ein baldiges Gespräch bei einer gemütlichen Tasse Kaffee oder einem "Cha" würde ich mich sehr freuen.
    
    Mit freundlichen Grüßen
    
    Daniel Philipp
23. quoteMehzabeen Laizu wrote at Dec 9, 2006 at 10:19 o\clock:Dr. Younus’s recent utterances need some rebuttals. He said just prior to the dissolution of the parliament that he intended to float a political party. Then he left the country on a world tour by dodging the national political situation. He resurfaced again after the caretaker government took over. And this time he attended a ceremony thrown in his honor by the partisan BNP nominated president Iazuddin. His empty speech had applauds from a spineless president who has been subserviently carrying out strategies designed by Khaleda, Tarek and Nizami to set the stage for massive rigging of polls in 2007. The function was hardly attended by any notables of the country except for some BNP loyalists trying to associate themselves with him to give some boost to their waning popularity. He again attended a function arranged by the mayor of Dhaka at the parliament house premises. The audience was mostly former BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami ministers and their supporters. Dr.Younus had the audacity to propose his solution for resolving the current political turmoil. The solution was a ridiculous proposal that will not only derail the nascent democratic process in the country but also prepare the ground for illegitimate juntas headed by pseudogurus like Dr.Younus to sell off the country to his foreign masters. It would then be easier for him to invite PSCs from his masters to siphon off our 45 tcf of natural gas reserves at a cheap price. Petty commission from that pilferage will end up in his grameen account to fund his high interest banking venture.
    
    He further went to the extent of advising one of the major parties to call off their agitation program against naked injustice and unfairness of Khaleda-Iazuddin duo while keeping mum on the rampant corruption the outgoing government had indulged in over the last five years. It seems that he has been devising some graceful exit strategy for BNP after their disastrous performance in governing the country. It is almost clear that BNP will be routed if a free and fair election is held. The majority of the village folks would come out in droves to pulverize BNP this time for its myriad failures.
    
    By attending these two partisan occasions Dr. Younus has clearly identified himself as a BNP-Jamaat leaning so-called intellectual. If Dr. Younus thinks that he can somehow slip into power through some illegitimate way with the blessings of a junta then he should think twice. It is not unlikely since he had his grameen operations authorized and launched during the autocratic rule of Ershad. His political solution will actually give reprieve to the dacoits and killers who had plundered the economy and vandalized all branches of the government machinery by politicizing it. He is more intent on helping BNP to get away with its crimes. He has never said a word about the atrocities against minorities, assassinations of opposition MPs and assassination attempts for annihilation of the top brass of Awami League, and irregularities in all spheres of governance. By keeping silent he has exposed his weakness of strength of character to speak out against lies and falsehood. He has clearly identified himself with BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami and it is for sure he will never be trusted by Awami League in future. His escapist opportunist tendencies to evade facts have been exposed.
    
    Dr. Younus’s innovation is nothing new. Similar programs have been going on in many poor countries for over four decades carried out by dedicated honest souls without any patronization by any vested interested quarters. Akhter Hamid Khan and Mahbubul Alam Chashi were the pioneers in this field. Dr.Younus had been deliberately pushed into limelight by a billionaires’ club consisting of tycoons like Gates, Soros, Branson, etc., to promote their agenda. He is just a pawn in their game-plan to penetrate heavily populated economically viable countries like Bangladesh through parallel companies like grameen phone (a sister concern of Scandinavian Telenor) to siphon out millions of dollars out of embryonic economies by enjoying unheard of tax breaks unthinkable in those countries.
    
    Dr. Younus has powerful friends at high places. He can do a service to the nation if he can persuade his influential friends to help us recover our plundered and looted money from banks and investments in the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Middle East. I can even name a few banks where Tarek, Mamun, Babar and a host of other smugglers and terrorists have deposited their wealth. The banks include HSBC, Citibank, Bank of America, First Virginia Bank, Swiss Bank, Standard Chartered to name a few. He should ask grameen bank financiers and promoters to finance lobbyist firms to convince legislators in enacting laws and pass bills to plug leakages in international banking to prevent money laundering by politicians. This was how Khaleda Zia had put millions of dollars into lobbyist firms in the US through Tarek, Babar and Morshed Khan to influence the Congress and the Bush administration. If Dr.Younus can get us back the booty stashed by Khaleda, her son and relatives, and cronies in banks abroad Bangladesh can easily finance its next five budgets and appreciably reduce its budget deficits. Instead of openly identifying himself with fascist forces he must help us rightfully recover 2-3% of the annual GDPs that was robbed from the nation by Dr. Younus’ buddies inside BNP. Perhaps a fraction of our retrieved plundered treasury can then be doled out to Dr. Younus to distribute among destitutes without any strings attached (for God's sake no staggering interest rates please!!).
    
    Dr. Younus should also save the enormous amount of money he wastes on lavish trips abroad to invest on the poor and downtrodden instead of relying solely on his mentors.
    
    Wasn’t it Dr.Younus who had partnered with Monsanto in the past to introduce the ‘terminator’ hybrid rice gene in Bangladesh to eliminate the indigenously developed wild strains of Bangladeshi rice varieties evolved through centuries of natural selection? Was it not Soros, the financial wizard and venture capitalist who had soared high over the skies of Asia in the 90s to swoop on the mighty and fragile economies alike to reap profit by devaluation of the local currencies? Dr. Younus must resist the temptation to hyperinflate himself beyond what he really is. He should not be a mere tool to let unbridled foreign profiteers raid our economies and run away with the booty through the courtesy of Khaledas and Tareks.
    
    Dr. Younus should come out of his secure hideout and launch his next project the GrameenPolitics (GP) foundation to further the interests of the Gates-Soros consortium.
    
    Dr. Younus must not end up on the side of the most corrupt government in the history of Bangladesh. He ought to reeducate himself on the principles of democracy. He should learn the following paragraph by heart so that he doesn’t jeopardize Bangladesh’s fledgling democracy:
    
    “ A government-controlled media, everywhere it exists, is an anti-democratic institution. Similarly an executive branch that wields influence in the judiciary or bureaucracy poisons democracy. An educational system that does not teach economically viable skills is a disservice to the nation. Corruption denies citizens their equality, and it prevents achievement-based social mobility”.
24. quoteAnwarul Islam Mukul wrote at Dec 13, 2006 at 12:29 o\clock:I salute Dr. Muhammad Yunus for wining the Nobel Peace Prize 2006
    You bring pride for All Bangladeshis any where in the world.
    As a Freedom fighter of Bangladesh during the liberation war in 1971
    I feel joy just like the joy of 1971 which I can't express in words since it makes me so happy and proud
    
    Dr. Muhammad Yunus you won an international reputation for leadership in overcoming poverty and oppression Toiling for peace you are a leader who has managed to translate visions into practical action for the benefit of millions of people, not only in Bangladesh, but also in all around the world.
    Million thanks from the core of heart..
    
    Anwarul Islam Mukul
    North Carolina USA
25. quotePhilipp Klaus, Germany wrote at Dec 15, 2006 at 03:06 o\clock:Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
    
    Ich moechte Ihnen zu Ihrem Erfolg herzlich gratulieren. Privat verfolge ich die Geschichte der Grameen Bank seit einiger Zeit. Um sie nun zu unterstuetzen und fuer einen beiderseitigen Vorteil interessiere ich mich
    nun aber auch sehr fuer die Frage, ob man in die Grameen Bank investieren kann - in der Form von Aktien, Funds oder auf eine andere Art und
    Weise?
    In Ihrem Internetauftritt konnte ich leider dazu keine Information finden.
    Ich freue mich darauf, bald von Ihnen zu hoeren.
    
    Hochachtungsvoll, Philipp Klaus
26. quoteZakiul Islam, Bangladesh wrote at Dec 16, 2006 at 16:25 o\clock:Dear all,
    
    The huge cry and fever for noble in bangladesh, is very critical in oct nov december situation in bangladesh. I am very sure his dreams has served many, but could his dream touch any stupid politician of bangladesh.
    
    Bangladesh has become a country of all absurdity. can we hope Younus come forward brave and we all line up to kill all bustard politicians in a civil coup, and save this country from imminent destruction, and annihilation.
    
    Take care, this is that bangladesh for which u faught in 71. alas ! our ff are ununited, broken, shattered,used by politicians..... shame.....shame....
27. quoteProf. Dr. Klaus Scala wrote at Dec 29, 2006 at 00:47 o\clock:I would like to invest into shares at the Grameen Bank.
    I ask for information how to do that.
    
    Sinverely
    Klaus Scala
28. quoteSilvia Hölle, Uni Konstanz wrote at Jan 12, 2007 at 02:23 o\clock:Sehr geehrte Damen,
    sehr geehrte Herren,
    
    ich bin Studentin der Universität Konstanz und bin auf der Suche nach einem aktuellen, interessanten Hausarbeitsthema das ich ihm Rahmen meines Seminars "Entwicklungszusammenarbeit" schreiben könnte. Dabei habe ich an die Grameen-Bank gedacht. Um abzuklären ob die Grameen-Bank in den Kontext unseres Seminars passt wäre es hilfreich, wenn Sie mir Informationen über Finanzmittel von bilateralen oder multilateralen Organisationen, die die Grameen-Bank empfangen hat, zukommen lassen könnten. Insbesondere von großem Interesse wären Mittel, die u.U. vom deutschen Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung an Sie geflossen sind, da wir ausführlich im Seminar über das BMZ gesprochen haben.
    
    Auf der homepage http://www.grameen.de/ konnte ich schon erste Eindrücke gewinnen, aber wenn ich dabei an verschiedenen Stellen auf den "weiter-Pfeil" drücke, werde ich leider nicht im text weitergeleitet.
    
    Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn Sie mich hilfreich unterstützen würden und mir Informationen hinsichtlich den Finanzmitteln von bilateralen oder mulitlateralen Organisationen, insbesondere vom BMZ, die an Sie geflossen sind zukommen lassen könnten um mir das Schreiben einer Seminararbeit in diese Richtung zu ermöglichen.
    
    Mit freundlichen Grüßen:
    
    Silvia Hölle
29. quoteAntje Nuesse wrote at Mar 1, 2007 at 00:32 o\clock:Herzlichen Glueckwunsch an Prof. Yunus, an alle Mitarbeiter und an alle Menschen, die mit den Geldern fuer ihren Lebensunterhalt sorgen. Ich habe gelesen, dass Spenden nicht noetig sind.
    
    Gibt es trotzdem darueber hinaus etwas, mit was der Gedanke der Grameen-Bank weiter getragen werden und unterstuetzt werden koennte?
    
    Dankbare Gruesse
    Antje Nuesse
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