{"id":82,"date":"2019-09-14T11:40:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T02:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wso-au.org\/2019\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2024-03-03T21:31:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T10:31:15","slug":"founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wso-au.org\/en\/wso\/founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"82\" class=\"elementor elementor-82\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e41b73b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e41b73b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb95ab8\" data-id=\"eb95ab8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1b081f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1b081f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Message from the President<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-188bdb4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"188bdb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-481ab52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"481ab52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Hello, my name is Masahito Yamaguchi, the founder of WSO. I want to share my experiences to explain how we founded WSO.<\/p><p>When I first visited New Delhi, India, in 1978, I was confronted with the appalling living conditions of the destitute, which were far beyond the imagination of people in developed countries. Since then, I have wanted to do something meaningful to help these people.<\/p><p>In 1998, I had the honour of meeting Mother Teresa, for whom I held the greatest respect, and had an opportunity to volunteer at \u201cHome for the Dying\u201d in Kolkata (formally Calcutta). While caring for the dying people who had suffered unthinkable poverty all their lives, I decided that one day I would follow Mother Teresa\u2019s footsteps and set up a charity to help the destitute.<\/p><p>In December 2012, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, I had the privilege of meeting with Prof. Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate who founded the Grameen Bank and pioneered the concept of microfinance and microcredit. 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