Message-ID: <9504200233.AA22859@cr-df.rnp.br> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 23:33:36 EST From: Companheiros das Americas <mailto:poa-bsb@CR-DF.RNP.BR> Subject: Social Bank in Brasilia project To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
As you know (from my last message, last week), we (Partners of theAmericas Brasilia/Washington DC Partner Committee), with other
local NGOs and with the Government of Distrito Federal (= Brasilia,
the Brazilian capital), are developing a pilot project in a poor satellite
city nearby.
The project (to fight the hunger and misery there, and increase the
citizenship awareness) includes a social bank, to lend money to
the "unbankable" popular entrepreneurs. About this, I have demanded
(in that message) information and am receiving, since then, many
responses, very interesting, giving me new directions to find more
information. And I am following all these advises.
But I would like to know the very address of the Grameen Bank, in
Bangladesh, to be informed about their latest achievements and
evaluations, and their present rules, criteria and orientations.
World Neighbors sent me a long interview with Muhammad Yunus,
Grameen Bank founder, very interesting, but from May 1991.
VITA also has sent important information about their projects on
micro enterprise development, another high priority matter for us.
Soon I will send to you many information about Brazilian
present culture and problems, which may help you to better
understand us, and you too.
[A [A [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [C [A [D [Dr sel f too, in a c oss-cultural phenomenon.