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Some of the MicroLoan Foundation's clients in action in Malawi.
The MicroLoan Foundation (MLF) is a not-for-profit microfinance institution set up in 2002. It provides small loans and savings services to the poorest of the poor to sustainably help them to work their way out of poverty.
To learn more visit www.microloanfoundat ion.org
Opportunity International client Alba of Honduras took out her first loan of $92 to start a shoe-making business. Now she has nea Opportunity International client Alba of Honduras took out her first loan of $92 to start a shoe-making business. Now she has nearly tripled her income, and hired four employees who can also now support their families. See more success stories at www.opportunity.org
Here is the opening of a micro-lending bank in rural Nicaragua. These villagers walked fifteen miles in order to receive loans averaging about $90, mostly for livestock
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When Nargiza Kataev and Shelli-Mann Steinberg set out to start their own business, they encountered many obstacles to finding a loan to support their dream. But, with the help of microfinance lender ACCION New York, the two women are now enjoying the independence, steady income, and empowerment that comes with business ownership. Learn how they used a microloan to build the AromaNet Café.
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In April 2008 our Andrew headed off to Malawi to visit an innocent foundation project with The Microloan foundation
To find out more about Andrew's trip you can read his blog posts here:
http://innocentdr inks.typepad.com/inn ocent_drinks/andrew_ in_malawi/index.html
You can also learn more about the innocent foundation here:
http://www.innoce ntfoundation.org
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"Life Change" is a microloan program organized by the Presbyterian Church USA Mission Presbytery Guatemala Partnership. This video presentation introduces the program to children's Sunday School Classes. See http://www.cessmaq.o rg for more information.
Mildred Eufemia, client of ACCION partner Banco Ademi, started a kindergarten for neighborhood children with the help of a microloan. Here, she goes over a numbers lesson with her class.
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http://www.pbs.org/f rontlineworld FRONTLINE/World travels to Uganda to explore the impact of microfinance and, in particular, how one San Francisco-based nonprofit is using the Web to forge a more direct connection between lenders in the U.S. and borrowers in developing countries. For more information go to http://www.pbs.org/f rontlineworld
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Interview with 3 different opportunities: two businesses and a school. The people explain how the loans have made a difference and given them an opportunity to grow their activities.