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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this webinar on November 18th at 5:00 PM EDT
  to look into Microfinance and how we can easily come together to help to 
 empower people around the globe to lift them out of povery by providing th
 em with small loans to support them in buying chickens\, buying a sewing m
 achine\, fabrics\, seeds\, and many other things that enable them to be mo
 re productive members of their societies. We will look\, in particular\, a
 t the non-profit organization Kiva that provides a platform to connect bo
 rrowers around the globe - via field partners in their home countries - wi
 th lenders in the US and Europe who come togehter to support those loans v
 ia crowd-funding. Microfinance is an important topic for Rotary's area of 
 focus concerning "Growing Local Economies" and\, in particular\, is a larg
 e focus for the Rotary Action Group for Community Economic Development.  
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SUMMARY:Microfinance - Empowering people across the globe
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Please join us for this webinar on November
  18th at 5:00 PM EDT to look into <em><strong>Microfinance </strong></em>a
 nd how we can easily come together to help to empower people around the gl
 obe to lift them out of povery by providing them with small loans to suppo
 rt them in buying chickens\, buying a sewing machine\, fabrics\, seeds\, a
 nd many other things that enable them to be more productive members of the
 ir societies.</p>\n\n<p>We will look\, in particular\, at the non-profit o
 rganization <a href="https://www.kiva.org/"><strong>Kiva</strong></a>&nbsp
 \;that provides a platform to connect borrowers around the globe - via fie
 ld partners in their home countries - with lenders in the US and Europe wh
 o come togehter to support those loans via crowd-funding.</p>\n\n<p>Microf
 inance is an important topic for Rotary&#39\;s area of focus concerning &q
 uot\;<a href="https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/growing-local-economies
 ">Growing Local Economies</a>&quot\; and\, in particular\, is a large focu
 s for the Rotary Action Group for <a href="http://ragm.org/">Community Eco
 nomic Development</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n
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