TOPIC: MICRO FINANCE (19)

Modest Needs

https://www.modestneeds.org

At Modest Needs, we empower members of the general public to make small, emergency grants to low-income workers who are at risk of slipping into poverty. Our mission is to keep people self-sufficient by crowdfunding requests from those living paycheck-to-paycheck when they’re faced with unexpected or emergency expenses. 
With the help of our generous donors, we stop people from entering the cycle of poverty before it can begin.

The Adventure Project

http://theadventureproject.org

The Adventure Project is a non-profit organization established to increase investments in positive social enterprises around the world. Founded in 2010 by Becky Straw & Jody Landers, who met while traveling through Liberia, West Africa. They have joined forces to raise awareness and funds to support the world’s most-effective social ventures.

Challenges Worldwide

http://www.challengesworldwide.com

Challenges Worldwide has over a decade of experience in private sector development in low and middle income countries.
We provide direct support to SMEs helping to create an enabling environment for business and facilitate impact investment. 

Microfinance Focus

http://www.microfinancefocus.com

Microfinance Focus is an online knowledge platform about microfinance and sustainable development. Our worldwide recognition has been driven by a great need for shared information regarding the microfinance industry. Much of our growth can be attributed to our commitment to help the industry excel by plugging the knowledge gap, via free access to news and information that will benefit microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their practitioners.

Zidisha

https://www.zidisha.org

Zidisha is the first peer-to-peer microlending service to offer direct interaction between lenders and borrowers across the international wealth divide. We eliminate the middleman, ensuring that entrepreneurs' profits stay right where they belong – in their communities.

Raven+Lily

http://www.ravenandlily.com

Raven + Lily is a socially responsible brand dedicated to empowering women through design partnerships and sustainable economic opportunities.

GoGetFunding

http://gogetfunding.com

GoGetFunding is a crowdfunding website that lets you raise money for anything that matters to you. From personal causes and events to projects and more. We’ve helped people from all over the world raise millions online.

End Poverty

http://www.endpoverty.org

endPoverty.org helps enable the very poor of the world to lift themselves, their families and their communities out of poverty. We provide small loans, business training and community development programs through a network of locally-led organizations in twelve countries to equip poor families to improve their lives.

Grameen Foundation

http://grameenfoundation.org

At Grameen Foundation our goal is simple – we want to see poor people, especially the poorest and those living in harder to reach areas, have access to microfinance and technology and as a result of access to these services, move themselves out of poverty.

Pro Mujer

http://promujer.org

Pro Mujer provides poor women in Latin America with the means to build livelihoods for themselves and futures for their families through microfinance, business training and health care support.

Blassys...the Microenterprise eMagazine

http://www.blassys.com

Blassys … the Microenterprise eMagazine, is an online publication about microfinance and microenterpreneurs’ efforts, gains, and challenges. Our goal is to inform, educate, and entertain by bringing to our readers universal spectrum of ideas on Microfinance as well as thoughtful opinions by practitioners, scholars, professionals and of course, the microenterpreneurs.

ASA

http://asa.org.bd

The institutional mission of ASA is to support and strengthen the economy at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid by facilitating access to financial services for the poor, marginalized and disadvantaged.

Women's World Banking

http://www.swwb.org

The mission of the Women's World Banking global network is to expand the economic assets, participation and power of low-income women and their households by helping them access financial services, knowledge and markets

Water.org

http://water.org

Water.org works with local partners to deliver innovative solutions for long-term success. Its microfinance-based WaterCredit Initiative is pioneering sustainable giving in the sector. Co-founded by Matt Damon and Gary White, Water.org is a nonprofit organization that has transformed hundreds of communities in Africa, South Asia, and Central America by providing access to safe water and sanitation.

KickStart

http://www.kickstart.org

KickStart’s goal is to get millions of people out of poverty quickly, cost effectively and sustainably. KickStart creates opportunities for poor, rural, entrepreneurial farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to make money and offers a permanent solution to address the deepest root of poverty; lack of income.