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Are Haiti's Cholera Victims Warren Buffett's "Girls in the Convertible?"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, United Nations, Fonkoze, Swiss Re, Haiti, Barack Obama, Berkshire Hathaway, Clinton Global Initiative, World Health Organization, Insurance, Micro Loans, Health Insurance, Women's Health, Cholera, Epidemic, Centers for Disease Control, Contagion, Regine Barjon, Buffett Rule, Warren Buffett, Ethics, Impact News
Georgianne Nienaber

Are Fonkoze and Mercy Corps unwittingly helping major stockholders in the reinsurance firm Swiss Re turn Haitian women into Buffett's "girl(s) in the convertible?"

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On the Road in Rwanda

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, Rwanda-Women, Humanitarian-Intervention, Humanitarian, Micro Loans, World News
Marcia DeSanctis

Here in Karama, the Tubeho Association, which consists of 76 women and 34 men all afflicted with HIV, decided on honey as not only a logical high-return commodity indigenous to the fertile hills of Southeast Rwanda.

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Thanks for the opportunity, Starbucks. Now let's create some jobs!

Nell Merlino | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Starbucks, Count-Me-in-for-Womens-Economic-Independence, Create Jobs for USA, Opportunity Finance Network, Unemployment, Micro Loans, Small Business News
Nell Merlino

This is a story about the potential ordinary Americans have to make a difference when it comes to job creation, and we have Starbucks to thank for it....

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Sam Adams Launches Micro-Loans For Food & Beverage Entrepreneurs

Grub Street New York | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Samuel Adams, Small Business, Brewing the American Dream, Accion, The Boston Beer Company, Breweries, Food Entrepreneurs, Micro Loans, Entrepreneurs, Small Business America, Food News

The Boston Beer Company, maker of Samuel Adams, is looking to distribute up to a million dollars in micro-loans this year, all through its Brewing the...

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Small Good News: Maria Shriver Says, Show Me The Money

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Maria Shriver, Aig, California, Money, Micro-Loans, Ponzi Scheme, Bernie Madoff, Kiva, Small Good News, Healthy Living News
Karen Stabiner

If we have learned anything this year, it is the first rule of Ponziconomics: If an investment sounds too good to be true, it undoubtedly is. ...

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Kiva.org: Change The World With $25 And A Click

Janet Kinosian | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Third World Poverty, Kiva.org, Poverty, Kiva, Micro-Loans, Online Donations, Global Banking, Entrepreneurs, Donations, Global Poverty, Online Banking, Premal Shah, World Finance, Healthy Living News
Janet Kinosian

For as little as $25, anyone in the world can log on to kiva.org and loan an entrepreneur somewhere in the world the money to improve their business.

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From Machete To Microfinance: A Double Amputee's Recovery

Nicholas Sabin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yenku Sesay, Microloans, Micro Lending, Microfinance, Kiva, The Giving Life, Micro Loans, Healthy Living News
Nicholas Sabin

Yenku Sesay looks down where his hands used to be. He answers my question with a sickening quickness: "1998. May 6. 10am." That was when the rebel ar...

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Micro Lending Is Sweet

Jaime Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Make a Difference, Micro Lending, Kiva, Micro Loans, Healthy Living News
Jaime Acosta

This is what so distinctive about Kiva: it allows lenders to find entrepreneurs who they can connect with.

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