A poem for Prof. Mohamed Yunus, the founder of Microfinance and Grameen Bank, also a Nobel Peace Prize winner for lifting hundreds of millions of people out from poverty. He started with giving a tiny loan of 27 dollars to 42 poor women in the villages of Bangladesh. Today these women own a bank that gives out a sum of 1.5 billion dollars as a loan to mainly poor women around the world. Before he gave loan to these women in 1976, they were being harassed in the most inhumane way by loan sharks, but when humanity stepped in, the attackers left the women in peace and the entrepreneurial energy trapped inside these women had been unleashed. Prof. Yunus deserves our support and respect.

Through the window of his heart
He looked into the heart of humanity
In the alleys of his soul he took turns
He stood in the shoes of the poor
Whose hearts craved for a tender touch
But received nothing more than empty hearts
Tiny loans soon descended like drops of hope
Trust had started building up itself just within
Like a piece of wood thrown into a dying fire
He had revived their spirit with a breath of love
It is not loan that had changed the life of the poor
But the power of empathy that had touched them
The harsh treatment of the middle man disappeared
Loan sharks were no longer a threat to the poor women