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For 15 years, the Grameen Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Foundation has contributed to the fight against poverty and inequality through financial inclusion, particularly for women and in rural areas of some of the most fragile countries. It provides long-term support to microfinance institutions and social impact businesses through a comprehensive relationship with each partner, with financing through loans or guarantees, technical assistance missions, equity investments, and as an investment fund advisor.<\/p>\n
As of the end of September 2023, the Foundation was operating in 37 countries<\/strong>, 79 partners<\/strong> were supported including 69 microfinance institutions<\/strong> and 10 impact companies with an outstanding amount of 87.8 million Euros.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Foundation was born from the meeting of two cultures<\/strong><\/p>\n The Grameen Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Foundation emerged from the Cr\u00e9dit Agricole cooperative movement, which financed French farmers, to whom no one lent in the 19th century. The Foundation embodies Professor Yunus's vision that lending to the poor creates jobs and generates sustainable income for the benefit of all. This is microcredit, born in the late 1970s in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus's Grameen Trust and the Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Group are driven by a shared mission: to provide access to essential financial services to those excluded from the traditional financial system, particularly women, in rural areas so that they can develop their own businesses and in the most vulnerable countries.<\/p>\n The Foundation stands out by operating in difficult areas excluded from financial services, with unstable geopolitical and economic contexts (in the Sahel region, for example), and by supporting its partners over the long term. Over the past 15 years, the Foundation has established a socially responsible partnership.<\/p>\n