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Black Swan to White Dove, Natalie Portman Honored by FINCA

Posted in Featured News on Nov 20th, 2010

20 November 2010 [Examiner] Fitting in name, CAPITALE was the hot locale on Thursday night for microfinance organization FINCA’s 25th Anniversary Event honoring Academy Award nominee Natalie Portman and Philanthropist/Activist Soledad Hurst.  Portman and Hurst, members of FINCA’s board, were recognized for their continuous and visible public advocacy efforts on behalf of the foundation’s core [...]

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Can Microlending Save Haiti?

Posted in Featured Articles on Nov 13th, 2010

By Daniel Costello Léogâne, Haiti 13 November 2010 [NYTimes] VENANTE LINO, a small-business owner who lost nearly everything in the devastating earthquake in January, stood in line here along with dozens of other impeccably dressed women, all waiting to pay the latest monthly installment on the emergency loans they received to rebuild their businesses. Mrs. [...]

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