The Unsung Heroes of Microfinance
Justinano Osco drove his dirt bike right into the meeting room where 11 members of a village bank sat awaiting him. Justiniano is the loan officer who leads their twice-monthly meetings, providing trainings, facilitating the loan process and supporting these women who are working to better their lives with the help of microfinance.
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Q & A with Rick Beckett
On the eve of Global Partnerships' first Social Investor Forum on June 8, we sat down with President Rick Beckett to talk about GP's microfinance investment strategy.
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Banking on Good Health
GP microfinace partner Pro Mujer's integrated health serives program saved the life of Ana Luz García by detecting early-stage cervical cancer. Ana received treatment and recovered, and now has a thriving seafood business. Ana’s case is but one example of the kind of health success story that Global Partnerships hopes to multiply through a new microfinance-health initiative with Pro Mujer and PATH, a Seattle-based global health nonprofit.
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Success story
Etbel Janet Bonifacio de Urbina
Location: San Martín, El Salvador
Work: Storeowner, homemaker and mother of two
MFI: Apoyo Integral
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