Microfinancing

Meet Andrew Whelan, Actor Turned Green Cleaning Entrepreneur

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's hard to support yourself in New York. It's even harder to support yourself as an actor. Meet Andy Whelan, actor turned green cleaning entrepreneu...

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The World's First Hip-Hop Microfinance Music Video

Fred Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fred Graves

As an intern for the Grameen Foundation, I was excited at the chance to combine my passions for microfinance and for hip-hop music. The result is the first hip-hop microfinance music video.

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In Haiti, Support Local Communities, Not Microcredit Agencies

Kasia Paprocki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kasia Paprocki

Any significant shift of disaster-relief funds for Haiti to support microcredit programs as a strategy for rebuilding after the earthquake would be a misguided and potentially destructive decision.

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CNN Readers Donate $116,000 Overnight

Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN's Tuesday story about a small donation aggregator, Modest Needs brought out an unprecedented giving spirit among their Web site's reader. Accordi...

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