Although I don’t really follow or care much for celebrity gossip, it’s always good to see a celebrity in the news supporting microfinance.  I came across this picture on the daily start where Hugh Jackman poses with Muhammad Yunus at the opening of the manhattan branch.  Here’s what the Daily Star had to say about Jackman:

“Jackman is a strong supporter of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and a longtime advocate of microcredit. The actor has made a commitment to promote Yunus’s work on social business.
Professor Yunus invited Jackman to visit Bangladesh. Jackman assured him that he’d come to Bangladesh as soon as his schedule permits.
Jackman wrote a letter to Professor Yunus that he was inspired and moved by Yunus’s book ‘Banker to The Poor.’ The actor said in a recent article (The Oprah Magazine) ‘He (Yunus) is fighting at the frontline of poverty, and you couldn’t find a happier guy.’”

Celebrities always support non-profits as we’ve seen over the years, but very few of them are supporting microfinance.  I’m hoping that the trend continues and microfinance will get some more exposure in pop culture.

Professor Yunus (left) with Hugh Jackman. *picture from the Daily Star*