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February, 2010
Finding Inspiration in the Courage of Haitians

FINCA Haiti’s country director wrote last week about visiting clients in the decimated town of Petit-Goâve: “These resilient people still march on…they inspire me. The sheer magnitude of this event has made us reconsider our role, and allowed us to expand our mission to help in any way we can, so we are distributing food on behalf of the World Food Program, and giving tents to our homeless staff.”

December 2009
FINCA's Holiday Newsbrief

What better gift can you give this season than the opportunity for a poor woman to work her way out of poverty? The best thing about this gift is that someone you care about will share in changing the life of a deserving poor woman and her family. Get into the true spirit of the season, and give a gift full of meaning this year.

November 2009
FINCA Opens Canadian Outreach Branch

More than 350 Canadians joined FINCA Canada Board members Linda Wolfond and Mike and Jacquie Green at the historic Artscape Wychwood Barns in Toronto to raise funds for FINCA Haiti.

For two decades, FINCA has provided small loans to women living in the poorest country of the Western Hemisphere, providing them with the resources to build businesses and generate jobs in their communities.

September 2009
FINCA Armenia Celebrates Ten Years of Changing Lives

Founded in 1999, FINCA Armenia is celebrating its tenth anniversary this month, continuing to set high standards for both the region and the FINCA network.

August 2009
GE Capital Global Banking Continues Support for Village Banking Campaign

GE Capital Global Banking continues its $1.5 million, three-year commitment to FINCA’s Village Banking Campaign goal of reaching one million of the world’s lowest-income entrepreneurs with small loans, insurance and savings products.

“FINCA Mexico: Stories of Hope,” a moving new documentary, features Golden Globe Award winner Natalie Portman—FINCA’s Ambassador of Hope—visiting clients of the FINCA program in Mexico to learn of their struggles, triumphs, and determination to craft a better future for their families.

The National Peace Corps Association has named FINCA’s founder and former Peace Corps volunteer John Hatch the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service, presented to a volunteer who continues making sustained and distinguished contributions to humanitarian causes, or whose innovative, social entrepreneurial actions bring about significant, long-term change.

One of our most amazing new supporters is a seventh grader named Daniel, who raised more than $3,000 by holding a basketball tournament and raffle at his school to benefit FINCA’s efforts to help industrious women lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

The Board of Directors and staff of FINCA International are pleased to announce that, for the seventh consecutive year, FINCA has received Charity Navigator’s 4-Star rating for sound fiscal management.

You may have heard President Obama’s recent remarks about Afghanistan:
"I am absolutely convinced that you cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan— the Taliban; the spread of extremism in that region— solely through military means. We're going to have to use diplomacy. We're going to have to use development.”

December 2008
Giving Women in Haiti Hope This Holiday Season

Hurricane after hurricane has aggravated Haiti’s already depressed economy, and Rose found her business began to suffer. When a friend she spoke to about her situation told her about FINCA, Rose joined the "Fanm Debouve" Village Banking group.

October 2008
Growing a Tomato Business and a Family's Future with Village Banking

Sherida Mkama, who lives in Tanzania, started a small business selling tomatoes with only $10 in working capital. She hoped her business would grow enough to provide her family with a better standard of living.