Digital Farming

25 years of empowering HER dreams. HER tenacity. HER triumphs.

Grameen Foundation is celebrating 25 years of empowering women to lift entire communities out of poverty in 2022. We design digital platforms to help people in developing countries save for the future, invest in their businesses, and improve their farms. Then, we train some of these people, mostly women, to become Community Agents, who deliver these tools to their communities.

The result is a chain reaction of benefits for women and families. Incomes and food security increase. Families can pay fees to send their children to school. They can build assets and endure emergencies. Each Community Agent can reach an average of 100 vulnerable households—or 400 people—in a year. And to date, Grameen has trained nearly 12,000 Agents.

Since 2016, we've reached more than 16 million people with the services they need to improve their lives.

Will you help us create a world without poverty?

What's New

Malti, a Community Agent in Bihar, India, sits at her desk with a laptop. She is smiling at the camera.

What Do Community Agents Need to Succeed? Findings From Our Research in India

Malti is one of the thousands of Community Agents, also known as Business Correspondents, we support in India. And while our Agents put in the hours and dedication to make their businesses successful, we wanted to know: How can we best support them long term? What can we do to make sure they can continue to meet their clients’ needs and grow their income?

Here's what we found

Share Your Support for Women's Empowerment

With our new peer-to-peer fundraising tool, you can grow your own community of people passionate about ending poverty through women's empowerment.

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25 Years of EmpowHERment: Comfort

Women like Comfort are seen as victims of climate change. In the last quarter century, we at Grameen have partnered with millions like her to make sure they become the solution.

Empower women like Comfort