Original sentence: --> into the field for action research projects, and has made 47 grants in the meantime.ACCION offered an alternative to the under-served population that were ineligible for traditional loans and wanted to avoid the exploitive lending practices of loan sharks.Additionally, SEEP opened up a competitive<--.In El Salvador the program focused on women, as many of the other micro credit programs have.Since this beginning ACCION has expanded its microlending operation to countries throughout South and Central America, the United States, Africa and India.Small loans ranging from USD 25 to USD 500 helped poor families lift themselves out of poverty with dignity.Their plan first appeared in Recife, Brazil in 1973 when ACCION staff began to offer microloans to poor people eager to start small businesses.To ensure repayment, the bank uses a system of "solidarity groups": small informal groups, nearly all of them exclusively female, that meet weekly in their villages to conduct business with representatives of the bank, and who support each other's efforts at economic self-advancement.clarify --> grant-making process that reaches deep<-- how deep.ru:МикрокредитованиеThis article is specific to small loans
Edited sentence: ACCION offered an exciting alternative to the under-served population that were ineligible for traditional loans and wanted to avoid the exploitive lending practices of loan sharks.Additionally, SEEP opened up a competitive grant-making process that reaches deep into the field for action research projects, and has made 47 grants in the meantime.In El Salvador the program focused on women, as many of the other micro credit programs have, presumably because of the reduced credit risk.Since this modest beginning ACCION has expanded its microlending operation to countries throughout South and Central America, the United States, Africa and India.Small loans ranging from $25 to $500 helped poor families lift themselves out of poverty with dignity.Their plan first appeared in Recife, Brazil in  1973 when ACCION staff began to offer microloans to poor people eager to start small businesses.This article is specific to small loans.To ensure repayment, the bank uses a system of "solidarity groups": small informal groups, nearly all of them exclusively female, that meet weekly in their villages to conduct business with representatives of the bank, and who support one another's efforts at economic self-advancement.ru:Микрокредитование