25 May, 2015
House: 42
Road: 15
Section: 11
Uttara 1230
Dear Mehedi,
Thank you very
much for your letter. You have wanted to know about the activities of Grameen
Bank in Bangladesh. Sorry friend, I cannot tell you its history. But I can
certainly inform you about the changes that have taken place in rural areas of
Bangladesh. Perhaps, it was 2004 and I along with my brother went to one of our
neighbouring villages after four years. I was surprised to see the houses and
the villages.
Every house
was lighted with electricity and the thatched houses had been replaced by
brick-built houses. Children were sitting on reading tables and some houses even
had a TV set. Four years ago, these people would live from hand to mouth. No
child was sent to school. Some of them even depended on begging. I asked an
elderly uncle what had brought the change. He told me about the ‘Khudra Rin
Prokolpo’ (Micro-credit Scheme) of Grameen Bank.
You will be surprised
to know that a person has to deposit only Tk. 4/= per week but they are granted
a loan of Tk. 20000/=. This small loan strengthened them enough to change their
lot. Hope you understand what a magical lamp Grameen Bank is! No more today.
Yours ever,
Sonnet.
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