Dr. Yunus receives Big Change Award: All human problems can be solved through business

Staff Correspondent

Dr. Yunus was honored by an organization in New York. He was presented with the honor at The World’s Annual Global Education Dinner.

He was presented with the ‘Unlock Big Change Award’ at a ceremony held at a New York hotel on Monday, September 22. The award was given for his contribution to social and economic ‘development’.

The event was co-hosted by Gordon Brown, the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, and Sarah Brown, Chair of The World.

Apart from Dr. Yunus, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was also honored at the event. However, Yunus’ microfinance-based work was also told to the guests present.

Gordon Brown claims that in the last 50 years, no private organization has contributed as much to poverty alleviation as Grameen Bank.

Dr. Yunus said, “Credit is a basic human right, like food, healthcare and education. If we open the doors of the financial system, no one will be poor anymore. I have linked education with microcredit, so that women can send their children to school.”

Stressing the need for reform of the existing education system, he said that children should be taught to be entrepreneurs from an early age. Universities should teach how to use business as a force for human welfare.

Dr. Yunus also said that all of humanity’s problems can be solved through business.