Travel Videos 365 - BETA version 1.02

"Life Change" is a microloan program organized by the Presbyterian Church USA Mission Presbytery Guatemala Partnership. This video presentation introduces the program to children's Sunday School Classes. See http://www.cessmaq.org for more information.

www.sem-fund.org The SEM Fund, or the Senegal Ecovillage Microfinance Fund, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to alleviating poverty by providing low-interest business loans aimed at strengthening the business skills and livelihoods of highly motivated microentrepreneurs that are excluded from the commercial banking.... more

Micro Loans to help the poor start a business - Nathan Fitzsimmons - Businessman

Scram speaks about his plan to create a village in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. To contact Scram directly, call 1-876-576-3422.

Social workers from CASP-Rajagiri explain the details of the loan given to recipients of the K.P. Paul Foundation project. Basically, 15 women got loans which they're supposed to use to raise cows or goats or quail. It's like a microloan, but without the bank, and is specifically for animal husbandry projects.

Indian-American filmmakers Abi Devan and Sudhi Rajagopal return to their homeland to document life in the desert communities of Rajasthan. Their journey leads them to the Panihari (women who fetch water). The film centers around one woman, Paru, a shoemaker's wife, as she struggles against nature and society to attain.... more

The best pineapple in the world and a floating lunch in the Loei province of North central Thailand. The raft-restuarant is run by the wives of fisherman who came up with the idea and received a "micro-loan" to set up the business. The food was outstanding and so was the view.

The Mavuno Micro Enterprise Project was created to give individuals who had the desire to break free of the bonds of poverty, but lacked the means to do so. It is a cooperative of entrepreneurs, who through a self replenishing fund are able to take small loans and start a business. The group holds meetings and share.... more

Opportunity International, a microfinance organization since 1971 provides small loans to poor entrepreneurs to sustainably help the poor work their way out of poverty.

A parade held on the main streets of Apia, Samoa on Saturday, November 3, 2007 to celebrate the women entrepreneurs who participate in the micro-loan programs of the South Pacific Business Development