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1. The Man Who Created Microfinance I have a tremendous admiration for Professor Yunus, "the banker of the poor". Actually he is on my list of heroes along with Dr.Paul Farmer. Dr. Yunus was born in 1940 in Bangladesh. He came from a large family of 14 children. His parents were well...
2. Top 20 microphilanthropy sites As part of Charity CHAMPS I have done a lot of research on microphilanthropy sites that allow you to do good with very little. Practically everything that you do online, from shopping to sending email and doing web searches, can be done on sites (or...
3. Microfinance - Empowering the world's poorest people Microfinance is often considered one of the most effective, flexible, and sustainable strategies in the fight against global poverty. Microfinance consists of making small loans, usually less than $200, to individuals, usually women, to establish or e...
4. Microfinance This is a way to help people in need. Learn how to invest in businesses in the third world for a long term benefit for both them and you. Actually, you could get more than your money back in interest. Microfinance - or microlending - is a way for pe...
5. MicroFinance "Where once the poor were commonly seen as passive victims, microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge. And while the lack of financial services is a sign of poverty, today it is also understood as an u...
6. Kiva - Loans That Change Lives Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through loans for the sake of alleviating global poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as US$25 t...
7. Mohammed Yunus Mohammed Yunus is founder of the Grameen Bank and introduced the world to the concept of micro-credits. As an economist with an enterpreneurial background, he got started during a famine in Bangladesh. He talked to a women that was selling bamboo stoo...
8. construct a school for kids in africa(CAMEROON) In conformity with law No 90-53 of 19th December 1990 relating to freedom of Associations in the Republic of Cameroon, an association, Mustard Seed Charity Centre was born on the 14th of March 2007. The association is based in Kumba and it is a Chri...
9. Grameen Bank of Bangladesh Grameen Bank was started in 1976 by a young economics professor, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, when he discovered that poor women could break through poverty by taking tiny loans to start or expand tiny businesses. He launched his concept, microfinance, with t...
10. Grameen Foundation We're a nonprofit organization that uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans (around US$100), financial services and technology, we help the poor, mostl...
11. Changemakers or Social Entrepreneurs: Changing the Way We Change the World Changemakers or social entrepreneurs combine passion, creativity, business discipline, innovation, and relentless determination to address social issues and problems -- in short to change our world for the better. As Bill Drayton,...
12. Microloans Could be Your Ticket to Startup Funding Microloans are commonly defined as small business loans to businesses often referred to as micro-enterprises. A "micro enterprise" or "micro business" is a business with fewer than five employees having capital needs of under $35,000.
13. Sustainable food security and poverty alleviation in the South West Province of Cameroon through cassava production and processing. The southwest province of Cameroon especially the meme division depends on agriculture for it's subsistence,but due to poverty and the rudimentary tools used in cultivation,farmers don't realize what they deserve from their crops and as such despite...
14. Guide to Reducing Poverty in Developing Nations Poverty has many sources.  It can be at it's base a lack of capital and resources.  These lacking resources don't just mean that someone goes hungry, however.  They mean that they may not be able to get access to education or clean wat...
15. MyC4 - microcredit for African entrepreneurs
16. Freedom from Hunger - Self-Help for a Hungry World Freedom from Hunger is a non-profit with over 60 years of experience in fighting chronic hunger and poverty has been working with microfinance combined with education for the last 20 years. Microfinance is in the news a lot these days because Muhamma...