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23.08.2006 ACCION International is backing lending organizations in new markets, as it announced Tuesday it will extend loan guarantees to help spur small business opportunities in Poland and the Republic of Georgia.

23.08.2006 ACCION International is backing lending organizations in new markets, as it announced Tuesday it will extend loan guarantees to help spur small business opportunities in Poland and the Republic of Georgia.

25.05.2006 ACCION International recently received a grant of $5.8 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The four-year gift is the largest single donation received by ACCION in its 45-year history and will be used to extend ACCION’s microfinance programs for the poor in Africa and India.

16.12.2005 ACCION International is among the 25 winners of the 2006 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards, marking the third consecutive year that ACCION has received the prestigious award. The program honors non-profits, or “social entrepreneurs,” across the nation who combine creativity and ingenuity with business solutions to address the most challenging social problems today, ranging from poor healthcare in developing nations to unequal education access, substance abuse, homelessness, unemployment and global poverty.

28.10.2005

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ACCION President and CEO María Otero was featured in the Oct. 24 edition of Newsweek, “How Women Lead.” In her interview, María shares how and why she became the leader she is today, and how being a woman has made a difference.