http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2816 Comments for "Accion International" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2816 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Accion International<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.accion.org/default.asp" TARGET="_blank">http://www.accion.org/default.asp</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> Accion International is a microfinance organization out of Boston, which provides small loans to 1.5 million people annually.  Its mission is to give people the tools they need to work their way out of poverty. By providing &quot;micro&quot; loans and business training to poor women and men who start their own businesses, Accion International&#39;s partner lending organizations help people work their own way up the economic ladder, with dignity and pride.<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2816">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2816#comment Financial Services Activity Microfinance Activity Global Active Consumer Government Funded Non-profit Activity Private Investment Funded Producer Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:43:11 -0400 Ethan Arpi 2816 at http://www.nextbillion.net