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Micro Loans For Women Impacted by HIV/AIDS, Zambia
Zambia, Microfinance
This project provides micro loans and business training to 50 women "local entrepreneurs" impacted by HIV/AIDS in Zambia. The beneficiaries become self reliant and are able to break the poverty cycle. progress reportread updates from the field
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Support Sustainability for Guatemalan Farmers
Guatemala, Microfinance
Families in the village of Villa Linda will be able to increase their incomes through various economic and agricultural projects and, in turn, buy the land that they are working. progress reportread updates from the field
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Tailoring: A Small-Business Skill for Afghan Women
Afghanistan, Microfinance
About 700 women each month learn tailoring and how to run a small tailoring business from their homes. Women enter the 6-month course not knowing how to thread a needle; they leave with a livelihood. progress reportread updates from the field
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Sponsor Microfinance: Empower Small Businesses
Sierra Leone, Microfinance
Project will provide training and financial booster-shot to small businesses, enabling them to start, expand and become self-sufficient. This assistance will help them to break the cycle of poverty. The beneficiaries receive education / training in business management that helps them succeed in their small businesses. Individuals and businesses become self-sufficient and this boosts economic development. Priority is given to women. progress reportread updates from the field
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Support Sustainability for Nicaraguan Farmers
Nicaragua, Microfinance
Supporting the Agros villages of Nicaragua will enable families to increase their incomes through various economic and agricultural projects. The families can then buy the land that they are working. progress reportread updates from the field
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Provide long-term livings for 300 women in Malawi
Malawi, Microfinance
Your donation will allow us to buy a motorbike to extend our reach to rural women who would otherwise have no access to microfinance. Our loan officers' ride up to 70 kilometres on dirt tracks to deliver training, mentoring and loan capital to some of the poorest women in the world. MicroLoan Foundation fosters entrepreneurial spirit and independence, offering a hand up not a hand out. progress reportread updates from the field
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Micro-finance Project in Egypt-Empower 200 women
Egypt, Microfinance
Our B' edaya (pronounced Beh-uh-day-uh) "With My Own Hands" microfinance initiative provides interest-free loans to female-heads of households, who are particularly disadvantaged in rural Egypt, to start income-generating projects. Upon the successful setup and operation of the project, each woman will repay the original loan which will then go to a revolving fund. progress reportread updates from the field
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