The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in more than 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities, the IRC is helping to restore safety and dignity to millions forced to flee from war, persecution and natural …
Berendina Micro Investments Company Limited (BMIC) is the successor of Berendina Microfinance Institute Guarantee Limited (BMI), which commenced its operations in 2007 with the objective of uplifting the living standards of underprivileged segments in the population of Sri Lanka by enhancing the access to microfinance, Enterprise Development Services (EDS) and …
LiftFund’s mission is to provide credit and services to small businesses and entrepreneurs who do not have access to loans from commercial sources and to provide leadership and innovation to the microlending industry.
Microfinance Solutions. S.A. (Microserfin), a member of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, has a mission to improve the lives of low-income entrepreneurs and their families. For two decades, Microserfin has built a significant trajectory in the microfinance environment, becoming the first Panamanian entity leading the financial inclusion of small entrepreneurs through …
RENEW is a Bhutan non-governmental organization dedicated to the relief and empowerment of disadvantaged women and adolescent girls. RENEW stands for Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women. In Bhutan, many low-income households do not have access to formal financial services. Therefore, the project objective is to strengthen Bhutan’s microfinance sector by …
Founded in 2010, Rent-to-Own is a social business that seeks to provide productive assets to microentrepreneurs in rural Zambia. These assets (such as refrigerators, hammer mills and irrigation pumps) help catalyze business growth for clients who do not have access to such equipment in underdeveloped and disadvantaged communities. In Zambia …
Entrepreneurs du Monde, founded in 1998, is a French public interest association which works with populations in developing countries. The organisation helps thousands of women and men living in extremely difficult circumstances to improve their living conditions, by supporting their own entrepreneurial ventures and giving them access to products which can …
Grameen in the UK began in Scotland in 2014 with support from local TESCO Bank, the Glasgow Caledonian University and the Scottish government. The microfinance institution provides microcredit to those in the hardest to reach communities and groups to start or grow existing small businesses. Initially, the Grameen in the UK is …
Grounded Holistic Approach for People’s Empowerment (GHAPE) alleviates poverty in Cameroon. GHAPE’s mission is to make credit accessible to the bottom 50% of those living below the poverty line.
Kaaba Micro finance Institution’s (K-MFI) is a financial service provider that aims to strengthen the economic base of the low-income women and youth in Somaliland through loans and savings service. The institution offers different kinds of help and combines cost-efficient methodologies with a very high level of customer service.
