Category - microcredit

Growing global alternatives locally

Press Office — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:01:33 +0000

In response to the huge Put People First rally in London on 28 March 2009, co-sponsored by Ekklesia, the think-tank's co-director Simon Barrow commented:

Give loans to the developing world and get a ten percent return

staff writers — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:34:07 +0000

A pioneering charity has launched a new initiative in the face of the credit crunch, to take loans from people who need a decent return on their income, and invest their money to help those in the developing world.

New initiative to provide small loans to developing world

agency reporter — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:06:59 +0000

Opportunity International, the world's largest Christian microfinance organization, has announced the launch of OptINnow, a new initiative in the fight against global poverty. Based in the US, OptINnow connects people who want to make a difference with the working poor around the world who need small business loans to lift themselves out of poverty.

Tanzanian poor supported by church bank

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:10:28 +0100

On the southern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, a small bank owned by 330,000 members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania's Northern District is improving the lives of poor people, while still managing to make a profit.