Receivers of the loans then resell the goods to supplement their begging . the bank reports that it has lent $6.55 billion over the past 30 yast and claims a high repayment rate-98 percent . Nowadays Grameen banks are also in developed countries . One hundred women in Queens , New York , were among the first borrowers of Grameen America. The total number of borrowers worldwide is 7.84 million , 97 percent of whom are women.
Sabine Werth , Social Worker
Hunger is usually associated with deveioping countries, and not with places like Germany . However , even in a wealthy country like Germany , there are many bwho live in desperation . at the same time , the country wastes approximately 20 percent of all its foodstuffs . Bread that was baked the previous day , dairy products that are about to expire , and fruits and vegestadles with small blemishes are normally taken off supermarket shelves and thrown away . this happens even though the food is in perfectly good condition for consumption.
Social worker Sabine Werth saw this waste and started the Berliner Tafel (Table) organization in 1993 , in order to give the food to those who needed it . The problem was collecting all the food , which also included “remains” from parties and buffets , and distributing it to needy men , women , and children . sabine or ganized groups of volunteers with cars and vans to do this work . At first , the Berliner Tafel provided food only for homeless people , but nowadays anybody in need can pick up a dag of groceries for a low price-the symbolice of one euro. Today, Berliner Tafel feeds up to 15,00needy people a day , and there are approximately 800 food banks all over Germany .