www.kiva.org

This is an interesting site that invites you to lend to a specific entrepreneur in the developing world – allowing them to lift themselves out of poverty?

Question??? Could this be a model of something we might do within our congregations, the federation?

www.opportunity.org

Opportunity International is a global leader in building microfinance banks for the working poor. This organization strives to reach the world’s poorest people through its microenterprise development programs. Recognizing that the large majority of the world’s poorest people are women and that they contribute decisively to the well-being of their families, Opportunity International makes it a priority to support programs that serve the particular needs of women.


 www.microcreditsummit.org

This is a very comprehensive site in English, French, and Spanish that provides information about the nature of microcredit, successful projects and ongoing reports from and about regional microcredit summits.


 www.soundessenceproject.org

The Sound Essence Project is an international network of resources and partnerships to achieve sustainable advances promoting peace, gender equality, and eradicating extreme poverty and hunger worldwide. Under “current projects” on the website are the details of several successful micro-financing projects.