Microcredit Summit Campaign*Cool Site* - Conference information, international action plans, and reports on the state of microcredit in the world offered, as well as campaign newsletter, councils database, and related links. Also available in Spanish and French.
Five Talents UK - The microfinance initiative of the worldwide Anglican Church. It helps establish, develop and support microfinance initiatives in developing countries, providing loan capital and training for entrepreneurs.
100 Friends Project - Humanitarian organization providing funds and various services for education, housing, small business grants and loans, medical treatment and other needs for individuals and small organizations in developing countries.
Grameen - Gateway to affiliated enterprises, foundations, and projects. Provides an overview of microcredit, annual report, newspaper articles, and newsletter.
Grameen Foundation - A nonprofit organization offering small loans, financial services and technology to alleviate poverty by helping people start self-sustaining businesses.
The Green Children Foundation - Committed to helping the poor of the world by supporting microcredit, education and healthcare.
HOPE International - Microfinance organization helping people around the world to escape poverty by providing microloans, savings services, training and mentoring.
Jamii Bora Trust - Microfinance institution in Kenya providing loans for micro-businesses, school fees, health and housing.
Katalysis Bootstrap Fund - Katalysis promotes sustainable economic development by making small loans to poor entrepreneurs (mostly women) in Central America. Information about microcredit, case studies and how to make a donation.
Kiva - Offer people in the industrialised world the opportunity to lend small sums of money through a network of microfinance institutions, to help entrepreneurs in developing countries start self-sufficient businesses. Includes information about the loan cycle, reports on current and earlier projects, and repayment statistics.
Lift Above Poverty Organisation - Based in Nigeria and aiming to alleviate poverty through microcredits and savings services. Includes information about its history and officials, interviews with clients, and sister organizations.
The MicroFinance Challenge - Invites members of the public to participate in a microfinance project that will essentially cost them nothing.
The Microfinance Gateway - Comprehensive online resource for the global microfinance community. It includes research and publications, feature articles, organization and consultant profiles, and the latest news, events and job opportunities in microfinance.
The Microinsurance Centre - Created by MicroSave-Africa to promote and provide resources for associations between insurance carriers and microfinance institutions (MFIs) active in the developing nations of Africa.
Mimo Finance - Provides microfinance services to the poor in selected parts of Uttarakhand and Western U.P., India.
Opportunity International - A non-profit organization dedicated to helping the poor break the cycle of poverty by providing small business loans, other financial services, training, and counsel.
Opportunity International UK - British charity specialising solely in microfinancial services for the developing world. Provides an overview of clients and activities, affiliated organizations, and accounts, as well as past publications.
People-Centered Economic Development - P-CED is based in UK as a profit-for-purpose company. It uses the model: do business as usual and invest profits for social benefit.
United Prosperity - Encourages members of the public to combat poverty and multiply the impact of their money by providing a loan guarantee system for small entrepreneurs to finance and grow their businesses.
Veecus - Social network geared towards microfinance and peer-to-peer lending. Members can browse projects of microentrepreneurs and personal pages of users and lenders.
Virtual Library on Microcredit - Articles, events, and other information on alternative financial systems and related subjects such as community mobilization and enviro-economic development.
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