MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Farz Foundation Hosts First National Islamic Microfinance Conference 2011, Lahore, Pakistan, January 29, 2011

Event Name: First National Islamic Microfinance Conference 2011

Event Date: January 29, 2011

Event Location: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Lahore, Pakistan

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Cost: USD 1500 including conference registration fee, four-night hotel stay and local transportation

Summary of Events: The conference will cover alleviating poverty using Islamic microfinance.

Event Themes and Topics:
– Opportunities and challenges for Islamic microfinance
– Farz methodology
– Microenterprise development and Islamic microfinance
– Marketing Islamic microfinance

Event Website: http://www.farzfoundation.org/conference.html

For additional information, you may contact: Farhat Abbas Shah at conference@farzfoundation.org or +92 321 446 8216

Submit your event at: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events

By Witt Gatchell, Research Associate

About Farz Foundation:
Farz Foundation is an Islamic microfinance institution based in Pakistan, which provides the facility of Qarz e Hasna (interest-free loans) to the poor. This money helps people enter into a contract of Murabaha (Islamic trading) or Ijara (Islamic leasing), allowing them to begin an income- generating activity. Farz Foundation also provides health and education assistance to clients at no cost in deference to Sadqae Jariah (social responsibility). Farz Foundation does not report financial data to the Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Market.

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