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"The poor stay poor, not because they are lazy but because they have no access to capital." Milton Friedman, Economist and Nobel Prize Winner
"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Give a woman microcredit, [and] she, her husband, and her extended family will eat for a lifetime." Bono, The New York Times September 21, 2005
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Helping the Poor Liberate Their Families From Poverty ... One LOAN at a Time
VisionFund provides microcredit loans to the entrepreneurial poor living in communities served by World Vision*
By combining loans with relief and development, VisionFund and World Vision provide a holistic approach to tackling the root causes of poverty.
In 43 countries around the world, the VisionFund microfinance institution network is serving over 624,000 borrowers and 2.2 million children are benefiting from increased family income. VisionFund's loan portfolio of US$381 million has a 96.7% repayment rate. For more details, please visit the financial overview section.
Take some time to explore this site and discover how you can partner with VisionFund to help break the cycle of poverty with microcredit loans.
HaitiResponse
A massive, 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti near the capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010. World Vision is on the ground, working to rush emergency supplies to survivors of this catastrophe.
VisionFund is the microfinance subsidiary of the relief and development organization, World Vision. Although VisionFund has no affiliated microfinance institutions operating in Haiti, you can support relief and development work in Haiti through your nearest World Vision office. To find those websites, visit: http://www.wvi.org.
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*World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organisation dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. |
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