Muhammad Yunus and Lisa Simpson
Yeardley Smith, commonly known as the voice of Lisa Simpson, is one of several celebrity figures that have enthusiastically supported microfinance in recent years. Smith was the plenary speaker at the 2010 San Diego Microfinance Summit that was held this past April at the University of San Diego. Sharing from her experience of visiting Fonkoze, one of the Grameen Foundation’s partner microfinance organization in Haiti, Smith’s passion and humor inspired many around San Diego to become more involved in the poverty relief, particularly microfinance.
In the following article, Marco Werman from PRI’s The World interviews Smith to find out more about how her involvement in microfinance transformed into an upcoming episode of The Simpsons that will feature Muhammad Yunus. Yeardley speaks of how she was first introduced to microfinance and how she has gotten involved in this anti-poverty movement. For the entire transcript of the audio interview, click here.
