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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)The Current GFA Projects  are :
1.	GFA Microfinance Business School in Manila, the Philippines
2.	Auto Mechanic Training Centre and Workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh  
3.	Khmer Japan Chicken Training Centre in Siem Reap, Cambodia

==Core Principles==


Every action made by GFA follows the core principles that the foundation impose to herself and which are:
§	A holistic approach to assisting development in a targeted region (i.e. not just micro-finance)
§	Effective use of partnerships (e.g. Rotary clubs, Farm Africa, local governments) which can bring particular skills, resources and local knowledge to help maximise project outcomes 
§	Hard work, efficiency, innovation, cost-effectiveness
§	Honesty,Grameen Foundation Australia's vision is to help communities to apply best practise business principles to help the poor out of poverty in developing countries. GFA's mission is to promote and deliver microfinance programs and social businesses through both direct involvement and advice to partners on creative program delivery.

In all our work, we embrace and draw inspiration from our rich Grameen Heritage.

In particular we:

* Seek to empower the world’s poor, especially the poorest women
* Hold ourselves and our partners accountable for transparency, accountability 
§	Constant improvement in the way that we operate
§	Maximizing the organization's leverage at all times so that we can have the maximum substantive effect on helping poor people in poor developing countries.
§	Empowerment of targeted populations, not welfare and dependence
§	Remain secular and respectful to others’ values and beliefs.nd measurable results, including social and financial performance
* Champion innovation focused on making sustainable difference
* Seek to form partnerships with those who can advance our mission
* Respect, invest in and promote local social entrepreneurs and local innovation.
* Replication is the essential methodology that underpins all programs in which we have direct involvement have direct involvement

==Current structure==
'''Board''' 
*[http://www.greenhillcaliburn.com/directorDetails.asp?ModuleID=2&PageFlag=1&RowId=5 Peter Hunt, AM (Chairman)]
*[http://www.globalcoaching.com.au/pmurnane.html Paul Murnane]
*[http://www.allardpartners.com/wayne-peters Wayne Peters]
*[http://www.aseanfocus.com/staff/team_profile.php?userid=4 Lindley Edwards]
*[http://www.grameen.org.au/the-board/ Nigel Ampherlaw]

==Further reading==
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1586481983/flatwave-20 Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus]<br />
[http://www.amazon.com/Creating-World-Without-Poverty-Capitalism/dp/1586486675/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus]<br />
[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]]