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Published by Jerry Ostradicky on 02 Aug 2009

The Green Children Release New Song “Hear Me Now”

The Green Children are a pop duo from Europe that joined together with Muhammad Yunus in 2006 to help raise money for microfinance.  Recently they joined with the Whole Planet Foundation in a new fundraising campaign for more microfinance projects in India. On August 1, they released their newest song “Hear Me Now” which is available on iTunes.  This is one of the first times that microfinance initiatives have been available on iTunes, which I think is a great milestone. So everyone spread the word because 50% of the proceeds go to fund a new microfinance project!

Source: Mother Nature Network – The Green Children fight poverty on iTunes

Published by Jerry Ostradicky on 30 May 2009

More and More Celebrities Are Supporting Microfinance

yeardlyWith the Simpsons having almost as many years as I’ve had in my life, the show has been there by my side growing up.  So when I saw the Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson, was with Alex Counts from the Grameen Foundation working with MFIs in Haiti, I was immediatley a big fan.  They do a great job of documenting the journey on the Grameen Foundation Blog: Creating A World Without Poverty.