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Grameen Foundation Australia
{{complex|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox organization
| name              = Grameen Foundation Australia
| image             = 
| type              = non-profit organization
| ceo               = Shan Ali
| location          = Sydney
| origins           = Grameen Bank
(contracted; show full)

GFA focuses on Asia and has particular experience in developing microfinance and social business activities in the region.

==Mission==

The mission of GFA is to see poor people, especially the poorest and those living in harder to reach areas, to extract themselves from poverty t
hrough micro finance, andto enable them to lead lives of respect, dignity and opportunity for the long-term. GFA works for   empowerment of targeted populations, not dependence (non paternalist organization).

==Projects==

Rather than provides funds and technical assistance to local and regional microfinance organizations directly administering microfinance programs, GFA '''directly''' administers microfinance programs.
The Current GFA Projects  are :
1.	Poverty alleviation in Northern Samar, the Philippines (see separate presentation)
(contracted; show full)
[http://www.amazon.com/Building-Social-Business-Capitalism-Humanitys/dp/1586488244/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs by Muhammad Yunus]

==Other websites==

[http://grameen.org.au/ Official website]

[[Category:Non-profit organizations]]