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Microfinance is an important way help entrepreneurs escape the traps of extreme poverty.  The poor often have excellent ideas, but they may lack access to capital to start or expand a business.  Here are three organizations that work to connect individual donors with the capital needs of the poor.

• MEDA has a program called MEDA Trust
      
   
• OneWorld Community Investment Program, accessible from:
       - MMA, www.mma-online.org
       - MicroVest, www.microvestfund.com
       - Calvert Foundation, www.calvertfoundation.org
  
   
• MicroPlace, www.microplace.com