http://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-story-a-kiva-like-internet-microfinance-brokerage-lend-for-peace-is-founded-for-palestine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microcapital-story-a-kiva-like-internet-microfinance-brokerage-lend-for-peace-is-founded-for-palestine Tue, 24 May 2011 15:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-story-a-kiva-like-internet-microfinance-brokerage-lend-for-peace-is-founded-for-palestine/comment-page-1/#comment-692 MICROCAPITAL STORY: A Kiva-like Internet Microfinance Brokerage “Lend-for-Peace” is Founded for Palestine… | The MiFi Report Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:33:24 +0000 http://www.microcapital.org/?p=2983#comment-692 [...] Two Jews and two Palestinians joined together at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania to launch a non-profit internet microfinance brokerage called “Lendfor Peace.org” (LFP).  Like Kiva.org, LFP facilitates microloans from individuals around the world to partner microfinance institutions (MFIs) who on-loan the funds to women living in poverty that want to start small businesses.  LFP, however, focuses exclusively on the Palestinian territories.  During the most recent escalation of violence in Gaza, LFP cofounders released a blog explaining their common motivation in launching the microfinance support platform: “The current crisis will increase the number of people who are financially and emotionally strained and has the potential to result in echoes of desperation and violence in the future. We believe that support systems in these regions are more crucial than ever and that an infrastructure for rebuilding the economies of the affected areas will be important for the success of any accord.”… [click here to read the rest of this article...] [...] [...] Two Jews and two Palestinians joined together at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania to launch a non-profit internet microfinance brokerage called “Lendfor Peace.org” (LFP).  Like Kiva.org, LFP facilitates microloans from individuals around the world to partner microfinance institutions (MFIs) who on-loan the funds to women living in poverty that want to start small businesses.  LFP, however, focuses exclusively on the Palestinian territories.  During the most recent escalation of violence in Gaza, LFP cofounders released a blog explaining their common motivation in launching the microfinance support platform: “The current crisis will increase the number of people who are financially and emotionally strained and has the potential to result in echoes of desperation and violence in the future. We believe that support systems in these regions are more crucial than ever and that an infrastructure for rebuilding the economies of the affected areas will be important for the success of any accord.”… [click here to read the rest of this article...] [...]

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