On August 12th, President Barack Obama awarded 16 U.S. and International “agents of change” with the Medal of Honor award. One of the recipients of America’s highest civilian honor was Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank. Often noted as the pioneer of microfinance, Yunus began the afamed microfinance institution with just $27. Today, the bank has lent over $8 billion to the working poor of Bangladesh and been the prime example of microfinance done right over the past 3 decades. In THIS ARTICLE Same Daley-Harris, of the Microcredit Summit Campaign highlights Dr. Yunus’s “Yes We Can” attitude that ignited the growth of the microfinance industry and has earned him a number of globally-renowned awards. Watch The Video of Dr. Yunus after receiving the Medal of Honor.