{"id":23090,"date":"2017-05-07T14:36:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T19:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=23090"},"modified":"2017-05-07T14:36:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T19:36:26","slug":"lean-it-can-it-make-a-difference-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/lean-it-can-it-make-a-difference-in-uganda\/23090\/","title":{"rendered":"Lean IT: Can It Make a Difference in Uganda?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-07-at-12.08.30-PM-1024x701.png\" alt=\"gumbo, lean it, lean practices, lean six sigma, shmula blog\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-07-at-12.08.30-PM-1024x701.png 1024w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-07-at-12.08.30-PM-600x411.png 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-07-at-12.08.30-PM-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-07-at-12.08.30-PM-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-07-at-12.08.30-PM.png 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Grameen Foundation&#8217;s goal is to reach more people across the spectrum of poverty, while deepening the focus on the very poor, especially women. 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