Reflection by Jenalyn Dominguez

“Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.” –King Whitney Jr.

We are all aware that the onset of global financial and economic turmoil now only proves that the world is experiencing a worsening crisis. The number of the jobless and underemployed has been increasing tremendously. Thus, leading only to one controversial subject in the society, which is poverty.

Poverty, being both natural phenomenon and the product of human act is being felt, measured, defined and demonstrated in the environment. It greatly affects people being “it” as a social menace.

It is a great relief though that just having the mere thought, there are still fiery enthusiasts of hope and confidence. It shows in the life of Mr. Muhammad Yunus, a social entrepreneur, situations could get better soon.

Plainly understanding why poverty exists is difficult that is why it takes one ambitious man with one ambitious goal of eradicating poverty to step up and make a change. So many of the world’s citizens live in poverty that is why Mr. Muhammad Yunus being a contemporary social entrepreneur is a perfect role model for recognizing a big social problem that made him organize, create and manage a successful venture--- Grameen Bank.

I can say that I am completely arranged by Mr. Yunus’ strong vision and focus to make a social change. His selfless existence manifests that his social initiative leads to a noble cause. His works impact the society for he paved way to help the poorest of the poor and empowering women to achieve a world without poverty. His optimism moulded him to have a brave heart to face the fearful risks of his micro-finance. I strongly agree to his belief to empower women because society benefits when women are supported and empowered since they perform an unremarkable role in the family, which constitutes the basic unit of the society. His discovery of lending small loans to poor people really make a difference. It is indeed a noble act to lend those who have nothing.

Give chance, build opportunities, be selfless, for progress and success can be achieved if people work together.

Social entrepreneurs like Mr. Yunus have a great responsibility to perform in the society most especially today. We need more entrepreneurs who have innovative solutions, brilliant ideas towards a wide-scale change. Entrepreneurs, who have the initiative to take time and observe what doesn’t work, take the guts to change the system and help spread the solution for the economy to leap forward. Focus on the less fortunate who have been left behind rather than thinking of yourself getting at the peak of success because it would be a worthless contribution to the society. If most of us would just stand-up seize the idea and work on it to become reality, then most of us would also be role models who can prove that citizens who channel passion into action can do almost anything even alleviating poverty towards successful economic rebirth.