Muhammad Yunus started the Grameen Bank in 1974.And he started it with just 27 dollars.In 1974 Yunus met a woman named Sufia.She was a 21-year-old mother of three children.She made seats from bamboo wood to make money.Yunus could tell Sufia worked very hard with her hands.They had many marks on them.But, Sufia was poor, even though she worked hard.One day, Yunus asked Sufia how much money she made from each seat.Sufia told Yunus that she borrowed nine cents to buy the bamboo to make each seat.After she sold a bamboo seat, she had to pay back the money she borrowed, with a very high interest.In the end, Sufia only made two cents for each seat she sold.
