ACCION International

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.

24.09.2005 ACCION International and Unitus, a microfinance accelerator acting as a social venture capitalist, have created the Unitus-ACCION Alliance for India. This strategic partnership is designed to catalyze the creation of a large-scale and profitable microfinance industry in India. The alliance has established as its goal the delivery of microfinance services to 15 million of India’s under-privileged within the next 10 years.

12.08.2005 There are millions of people who, if given the right financial tools—business training, tiny loans, and savings accounts—are able to work themselves and their families out of poverty. Microfinance is a unique solution to poverty that taps into the entrepreneurial spirit, says ACCION International.