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Why support Purple Shoots – some common objections part 2
Posted on 24th February 2021 | Uncategorized
Purple Shoots creates long term, sustainable change for the people we support. Our loans enable our borrowers to create businesses which provide a pathway for them out of debt and the benefits system and the hopelessness of unemployment. The economic and social impacts are huge both for them and for …
Why not support Purple Shoots? Some common objections (part 1)
Posted on 11th February 2021 | Uncategorized
Purple Shoots creates long term, sustainable change for the people we support. Our loans enable our borrowers to create businesses which provide a pathway for them out of debt and the benefits system and the hopelessness of unemployment. The economic and social impacts are huge both for them and for …
Why Self-reliant Groups
Posted on 26th January 2021 | Uncategorized
I was preparing recently for a talk about Self-reliant groups around the world and I thought it was worth a short article on why they are such a good thing – especially right now.
I had the privilege of visiting groups in India 7 years ago and in Uganda 4 years …
The Case for Microfinance in the UK
Posted on 3rd December 2020 | Uncategorized
Microfinance is a third world term. It began there, in Bangladesh, and became spectacularly successful as a means of breaking cycles of poverty and debt in poor communities and enabling people to build their own futures, rather than remain dependent on predatory lenders or well-meaning programmes of help.
In the UK …