Posts Tagged ‘care’

By  Casey Conzett, Microfinance Focus, April 15, 2010: Nairobi, Kenya: Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE USA discusses the Village Savings and Loan Association program in an interview with Microfinance Focus. Here are Excerpts : Microfinance Focus: When did CARE begin incorporating microsavings and loan services into their activities and why? Dr. Gayle: It ... Full story

By Asma Azmi Microfinance Focus, Feb. 27, 2010: World’s poor are the major victims of any natural disaster striking our planet. Their meagre livelihood leaves them vulnerable to the post disaster upheavals. Faced with unemployment and unsteady market conditions, their lives become a constant struggle for daily sustenance. Although there is always a surge in aid and grants to a disaster affected region, they are often poorly ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Feb 21, 2010: The Walmart Foundation and CARE have launched the Peru Agricultural Economic Development Initiative, which seeks to help 2,300 small-scale farmers in Peru. The program is expected to increase participants'incomes by 30 percent and create more than 300 new jobs in the region. Through this initiative, women in Peru will become more involved in their family's farming operations. In addition, farmers will ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Oct. 12, 2009: SKS Microfinance’s securitized portfolio worth Rs. 137 crore (Rs. 1,370 million) with YES Bank has been rated by Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. (CARE) as PR1+ SO (Highest Safety) rating, said a press release on Monday. The Securitization enables YES Bank to purchase from SKS Microfinance 1,58,878 micro loans offered to Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe and other minority sections of ... Full story

By Naagesh Naaraayana Microfinance Focus, Sept. 18, 2009: Over the next 10 years, CARE plans to provide basic financial services for 30 million of Africa’s poorest people in 39 countries, and at least 70 percent of them will be women. CARE, a humanitarian organisation with its Access Africa program on village savings and loans, is empowering ... Full story