A small member tour to Nicaragua in March witnessed the progress of MiCredito clients and the dividends of hope that their donations and investments have made. The group included Bev and Jane DeKay of London, ON, Emily and Bruce Burgetz, Toronto, ON, and Marty Friesen of Arborg, MB. Read more here.

This month on MEDA's World, Jennifer Denomy shares the hopes and dreams that children in Egypt can now realize with the educational opportunities and safer working environments created through MEDA's work there. Click here to listen (~13.7MB - If there are problems, please right click and select Save As.)

Darlene Ashe says that, "In my dreams, I always owned a bookstore." Darlene's dream has come to fruition thanks to her hard work and the Waterloo Regional ASSETS Program (WRAP). Click here for more.

MEDA is pleased to announce that you can now fund partial loans on MEDA Trust in $25 increments! Read more here or go to medatrust.org.

Retired family practice physician and MEDA board member Daniel "Doc" Miller says that creating business mechanisms to help the poor through MEDA is "where it's at." Click here for more.

Lowell Herr enjoys helping poor entrepreneurs around the world through MEDA Trust – so much so that he blogged about it! Read more here.