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Grameen Foundation

The Grameen Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC with an office in Seattle. The Foundation was established in 1997 by friends of Grameen Bank to help microfinance practitioners and to spread the Grameen philosophy worldwide.

The Microcredit Summit Campaign

The Microcredit Summit Campaign is a project of the RESULTS Educational Fund, a U.S.-based grassroots advocacy organization committed to ending hunger and poverty.

SKS Microfinance

SKS Microfinance is an Indian NGO that distributes small loans that begin at Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 12,000 (about $44-$260) to poor women so to enable them to start and expand simple businesses and increase their incomes. The micro-enterprises range from raising cows and goats in order to sell the milk,...

Unitus

Unitus is an international nonprofit organization established in the USA. The organisation aims to fight global poverty by accelerating the growth of microfinance — small loans and other financial tools for self-empowerment — where it is needed most.

SECDA ( Small Enterprises & Community Development Association)

SECDA (Small Enterprises & Community Development Association) is an Egyptian NGO that aims not only to develop SMEs financially but also to raise their capabilities and to improve the work environment of SMEs in Egypt. SECDA provides loans to support small and micro-enterprises that have no...

BancoSol

BancoSol is a Bolivian microfinance bank that provides financial services to micro-entrepreneurs. After over eighteen years in business, BancoSol has disbursed more than USD 2 billion for more than 1.5 million micro enterprise projects. Currently, the Bank has more than 130,000 clients who...

Cheeky Chops

Cheeky Chops Ltd is an initiative set up by Jamie Oliver. The organisation aims to provide opportunities for disadvantaged young people to learn about the hospitality and catering industry through training and practical experience. College learning is supplemented by real-world experience in...

San Arts and Crafts

San Arts and Crafts exists as a sustainable channel for primarily San producers to access external markets, and for wholesaling their art and crafts. It is currently the only IFAT (International Fair Trade Association) registered organisation in Botswana and the only Propriety Ltd Company within...

Jirmit Papyrus Group

Jermit Papyrus Group is a company that makes hand-painted cards, bookmarks and other art on authentic Egyptian papyrus. The company aims to generate work for unemployed young people in the Upper Egyptian town of Mallawi, located approximately 300 km south of Cairo. Jermit Papyrys employs 42...

Upwardly Global

Upwardly Global is a nonprofit organisation that helps immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals find jobs in their career fields. The jobseekers Upwardly Global helps are already permanent residents of the U.S. and work-authorised. Upwardly Global helps them write résumés, sharpen interviewing...

LINGOs

LINGOs is a consortium of over 45 international humanitarian relief, development, conservation and health organisations that share learning resources and experiences. By providing the latest learning technologies and courses from partners, LINGOs helps NGOs to increase the skill levels of their...

Farmers Own Trading

Farmers Own was established in 1997 and works with groups of poverty stricken subsistence farmers in Kenya to help them eradicate their poverty by Fair Trade business developments. In compliance with a Fair Trade supply contract, Farmers Own collects the produce and sells on in the market,...

Kazuri 2000 Limited

The mission of Kazuri is to provide and sustain employment opportunities to the disadvantaged members of the Kenyan society. Kazuri began in 1975 as a tiny workshop experimenting with making handmade beads. It started with two Kenyan women and soon discovered that there were many other women in...

Acumen Fund

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. The organisations seeks to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve large numbers of the...

TBL Capital

TBL Capital is a capital venture fund focused on the needs of the entrepreneur with a balanced emphasis on people, planet and profits. The firm invests in entrepreneurs who are committed to building companies with strong triple bottom line returns. TBL provides growth capital to help...

The Alliance for Rural Electrification

The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) is an international non-profit organisation that promotes and provides efficient renewable solutions for rural electrification in developing countries. The Alliance was created in 2006 in response to the need for access to sustainable electricity in...

China Association of Microfinance

China Association of Microfinance (CAM) is the only national member-based association in the microfinance sector in China. The organisation offers inclusive financial services to financially under-serviced groups (especially the poor and low-income populations), provides services and support...

mothers2mothers

mothers2mothers is a South African NGO that focuses on educating women about HIV/AIDS and how to combat the disease. The organisation trains and employs new mothers living with HIV to provide education and support to women like themselves. These Mentor Mothers work alongside doctors and nurses...

MicroDreams

Microdreams is a charitable organisation registered in the United States and New Zealand. The organisation is focused on helping young microenterprise development organisations (MEDO’s) follow the path to commercial permanence through credit and education. Microdreams aims to empower the world’s...

Fair Trade Group Nepal

The Fair Trade Group Nepal (FTG Nepal) is a consortium of fair trading organisations that work together to improve the socio-economic status of underprivileged and marginalised producers in Nepal.