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A Milestone in Pictures: Microfinance-Health pilot Launched
In October 2009, Global Partnerships, PATH and Pro Mujer launched an initiative to retool Pro Mujer's health programming in Nicaragua to be financially sustainable, reach more clients and offer a focused package of health services and preventive education to address key health challenges for women in Nicaragua.
A year later, in October 2010, the project marked an exciting milestone: Pro Mujer launched a pilot in León, Nicaragua, to test the new health model with 5,000 clients.
The slideshow below tells the story in pictures.
Flash video: [Health initiative launched]
Photo credits: The photos in slides 2, 5, 8, and 9, by Ángel David Obando, courtesy of Pro Mujer in Nicaragua. All other photos by Lara Puglielli/Global Partnerships.
For more information:
October 2009 press release about the microfinance-health initiative
October 2009 backgrounder about the about microfinance-health initiative
June 2010 GP newsletter article about the initiative
About Global Partnerships: Global Partnerships is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1994, that expands opportunity for people living in poverty by supporting microfinance and other sustainable solutions in Latin America. http://www.globalpartnerships.org
About PATH: PATH is an international, non-profit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions that enable communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public-and private-sector partners, we help provide appropriate health technologies and strategies that change the way people think and act. http://www.path.org
About Pro Mujer: Founded in 1990, Pro Mujer is a women's development-and-microfinance organization that provides poor women in Latin America with an integrated package of financial services, healthcare, and training to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. Pro Mujer has a presence in Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru. http://www.promujer.org
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