MEDA is on the front lines of a new $21 million project in Tanzania to get young children sleeping under life-protecting malaria nets over the next two years. With an estimated six lives spared for every 1,000 nets sold, Hati Punguzo and MEDA have already saved more than 27,000 young lives – and are protecting countless more. Read more about MEDA's nets.
MiCrédito offers sustainable financial services to micro, small producers and urban businesses that have limited or no access to credit through Nicaragua's formal financial system. MiCrédito has disbursed loans valued at more than $12 million since its inception in 2004. Currently, its six branches have almost 3,000 clients, with 4,000 outstanding loans. The average loan size is $1,175.
Audrey Quinn recently spent five months in Nicaragua as MEDA’s MEDA Trust interns. Watch her video, where she shares some stories from MiCredito clients who are finding that a small loan can make a big world of difference in their lives. Then go to medatrust.org, where you, too, can help provide a loan to an enterprising man or woman living in poverty. Even the poor can use a little credit!
Did you know that MEDA has 22 videos on YouTube? Visit our channel to view them.
Michelle Horning of Goshen, Indiana is drawn to MEDA's strategy of tackling poverty issues with business, an attraction that's taken her to Nicaragua and Uganda. Meet Michelle.
This month on MEDA's World, Brenda Burkholder of member relations talks about her recent trip to Afghanistan, how she came to MEDA, and how economic development marries with peace building: "It seems to me that where there is economic satisfaction and where there is education available, it makes it possible for people to make different choices other than violence." Click here to listen (~5MB - If there are problems, please right click and select Save As.)
