JANUARY 2009

 

A mother's wish

Mothers in many countries around the world pray for help as they watch their children suffer. With MEDA's help, mothers and fathers can earn enough to feed their families and send their children to school.

A simple gift this Christmas affects many lives. Go to the MEDA Store to learn how you can help transform the life of a family.

MEDA Trust

Share the excitement of helping the working poor with your family and friends – give a special MEDA Trust gift-certificate! Give a gift with meaning and hope for an entrepreneur's future.

Visit Egypt with Bob and Ed in 2009

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MEDA: Inspiring, energizing

Across the ocean, women to womenAcross the ocean, women to women

"Stand alongside women in Afghanistan and Pakistan who are building their business solutions to poverty."

Give to see change. Link arms with women across the ocean through: the MEDA Store. Read more.

Celebrations in AfghanistanCelebrations in Afghanistan

Afghan women participating in MEDA's Through the Garden Gate (TTGG) project had much to celebrate recently at a ceremony to open one of two new underground vegetable storage facilities in villages in Parwan province north of Kabul. Read more.

Underestimation: Incontrovertible truthUnderestimation: Incontrovertible truth

One day, David Hayes of North Carolina was fishing in the pond behind his house with his granddaughter, Alyssa. After fishing for a while Alyssa asked him to hold her fishing pole while she went back to the house for a bathroom break. Read more.


MEDA's board in profileMEDA's board in profile

Lorna Goertz, Richmond, B.C., MEDA board, chair of audit committee. Read more.


Mozambique rural finance manager named

Mozambique rural finance manager named Jonathan Muradzicua has joined MEDA as rural finance manager, Mozambique, for MEDA’s new two-year project funded by the European Commission. Read More.

MEDA's board in profileSarona goes Green on MEDA's World

MEDA's new Sarona Green adds a third dimension to MEDA's traditional work of bringing business solutions to poverty by also focusing on care creation. This month on MEDA's World, Ian Howard talks about how Sarona Green invests in triple-bottom-line projects and companies in developing countries. Sarona Green includes a carbon offset program, a donation program and an investment fund – so anyone can participate. Click here to listen (~4.9MB - If there are problems, please right click and select Save As.)

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