MILANO
Premio "Il Ponte" 2005 - is the bridge between business and non-profit organizations. This year this prestigious prize, initiated two years ago by Carla Venosta in memory of her husband Guido Venosta was appropriately awarded, in the international year of microcredit, to Professor Muhammad Yunus for his work to overcome poverty. Know as "banker to the poor", Professor Yunus started the Grameen Bank which Provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh without any collateral.