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Creating Hope and Opportunity in Haiti for Extremely Poor Women and their Families

Susan Davis | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Brac, Women, Clinton Global Initiative, Susan Davis, Microfinance, Ultra Poor, Fonkoze, Haiti, Muhammad Yunus, World News
Susan Davis

After two years of support -- asset transfers, skill training and social linkages -- over 90% of our program women "graduate" into becoming successful microfinance members.

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Microfinance as a Solution: Beggars, Thieves, AIDS and Prostitution

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Millenium Goals, Microfinance Summit, Microcredit, Muhammad Yunus, Sam Daley-Harris, Microfinance, Columbia, Results, Poverty, Sex Trafficking, Fonkoze, Grameen Bank, World News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

At a recent Microfinance Summit, Sam Daley-Harris spoke about making credit available not only to the poorest of the poor, but to those usually excluded from civil society, like beggars and rebels.

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Fonkoze: Haitian Diaspora Unites Across U.S.

Jim Luce | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Anne Hastings, Overseas Remittances, Organized Poor, Thought Leaders, Western Union, Global Citizens, Jimmy Toussaint, Haitian Students Association of Long Island University, Jim Luce, Port-Au-Prince, Father Joseph Philippe, CNB New Jersey and UMASS, HEC Montreal, University of Massachusetts, Alianza International, Barbara Magnoni, University of Fondwa, Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad, Haitian Diaspora, Haitian American Business Network, Inter-American Development Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development, “Dollars and Diaspora”, Haiti, Catholic Theological Union in Chicago., Katleen Felix, University of Montreal, Latin American & Caribbean Center, Jennifer Ching, National Association for the Advancement of Haitians, Youtube, Appleseed, Moneygram, Fonkoze, Haitian-American, World News
Jim Luce

"The Diaspora is the driving force for the economic development of the country, but in order to reach that objective, overseas Haitians need to be organized locally, state-wide, and nationally."

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