The Lakota fund, based in South Dakota, helps Native Americans. Working Capital provides loans to inner-city Boston residents. All are helping to eradicate poverty at the grassroots level and provide entrepreneurial opportunities to the poor. Statements of purpose, profiles of Muhammad Yunus, articles from around the world, case studies, and a bibliography are featured. The Grameen Bank Support Group exists to support the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and its replications throughout the world by making it known to the public, media, and policy makers.
Membership is open to all.
The Microcredit Summit was held in Washington, D.C. on February 2-4, 1997. It launched a nine-year campaign to offer credit to 100 million of the world's poorest families. Governmental agencies, educational institutions, philanthropic groups, United Nations agencies, religious groups, financial institutions, and other corporations participated. Reports on progress toward their goal will be posted on this Web site. A forum for discussion of programs that assist micro entrpreneurs.