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Based on the principles of self-help and free enterprise, microfinance is a proven methodology for empowering people living in poverty by granting them small loans to help them develop businesses and thus become self-sufficient and improve their standard of living. Attend this conference to learn more about microfinance initiatives throughout the world and how you can get involved.
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Program
Welcome and Introduction
- Gord Crann, Crann Law Firm
- Delilah Panio, ACCESS
Microfinance 101 - what is it, how does it work
- Jennifer Sundsten, Rotaractor
- Doug Byers, Rotary District 7070
Microfinance in Africa Workshop
Bill Gray (Rotary Reach Out To Africa)
Margaret Zondo (Oikocredit)
Barry Pinsky (Rooftops Canada)
Microfinance in Latin America Workshop
Jeremy Pallant (Scotiabank)
Linda Wolfond (FINCA Canada)
Jannalee Anderson (Opportunity International)
Marilyn Fitzgerald (UTOPIA Foundation)
Thierry Zomahoun (GEMS of Hope)
Microfinance in North America Workshop
Delilah Panio (ACCESS)
Jean Barrett (Alterna Savings)
Katherine Roos (Enterprise Toronto)
George Brown (Ottawa Community Loan Fund)
Deborah Lindholm (Foundation for Women)
Microfinance in Asia & Middle East Workshop
Javed Sakhawat (Safesave)
Sal Pappalardo (Grameen Foundation)
Jacquie Green (FINCA Canada)
Shelby French (Rotary Foundation)
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Past Rotary International President Wilf Wilkinson
Grameen Chief Operations Officer Sal Pappalardo
RAGM President Steve Rickard
FINCA International Director Mike Green
First Oikocredit Canada President Edgar Hielema
Foundation for Women Executive Director Deborah Lindholm
Opportunity International Jannalee Anderson
Plus:
Continental breakfast
Lunch
Exhibit tables from participating organizations
Opportunities for networking
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Registration
Cost to attend: $45 $20 Students
Register:
By Fax: 416-964-8516
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Foundation for Women and Rotarian Action Group on Microcredit
"I met a woman who borrowed $4 - she had never seen $4 in her life. She bought a comb, a pair of scissors and a mirror and she put her husband in business as a barber. Now she has a home and her children are in school. All because of $4."
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FINCA
 "FINCA provides financial service to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets, and improve their quality of life. We believe in providing a hand up, not a handout!"
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Access Community Capital Fund
 "The success of microfinance is well known internationally, but there is also a great need locally. Microloans are a powerful tool to help alleviate poverty in our own communities."
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Grameen Foundation
 "Microfinance - a powerful poverty fighting tool: Microfinance helps people to escape povert by giving them collateral-free loans and other financial services to support income-generating businesses. As each loan is repaid, the money is redistributed as loans to others, thereby multiplying its impact."
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