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Attacking poverty at the grassroots through microfinance
By: MicroloanFoundation
Posted: Oct 28 09
Witnessed: 1118 times
Regions: Malawi, Namibia, Zambia
Issues: Women's rights
Tags: economic justice, entrepreneurship, microcredit, microfinance, microloans, Poverty, women
Microloan Foundation gives loans directly to groups of women throughout Southern Africa to break the vicious cycle of poverty.
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