We are pleased to announce that FinanceAsia has raised $42,842 for the Grameen Foundation, the charity we have been supporting for the past two-and-a-half years.
HSBC contributed $20,000 to the effort, Goldman Sachs gave $10,000 and Citi donated $5,000. In addition to that, we raised HK$61,172 $7,842 by selling raffle tickets at our annual Awards for Achievement gala dinner, which was held on February 4 this year. Thanks to all of you who contributed.
Grameen Foundation's mission is to ensure that poor people, especially the poorest and those living in harder-to-reach areas, have access to microfinance and technology and, as a result of access to these services, move themselves out of poverty....