From: "Brian Hill" <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: TO OUR CREDIT Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1990 22:17:24 -0800 -----Original Message----- From: Roberta Laverty <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• <•••@••.•••> Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 10:29 Subject: TO OUR CREDIT >TO OUR CREDIT, a two-part documentary for public television, >will air on PBS on Thursday, September 10 and 17 at 10 PM - check local >listings as times vary. > >Part I, Bootstrap Banking and the World, presents stories of women in >Bangladesh, South Africa, Bolivia and India who have received microloans >and who have established successful businesses. Worldwide, microcredit >has reached over 13 million people during the past decade. Four out of >five borrowers have been women. > >Part II, Bootstrap Banking in America, profiles microentrpreneurs in New >Hampshire, North Dakota, Chicago, and Arkansas. Microenterprise >development is a strategy which is particularly focused on those whom >the booming American economy has left behind. For them, self-employment >is often the best, or only, option. Over 300 organizations in the United >States work to provide these micro-entrepreneurs with loans, training >and support. > >For Tool Kits, Viewer's Guides, preview tapes, Press Kit, contact ><<http://www.toourcredit.org>> or > >Roberta Laverty >TO OUR CREDIT OUTREACH CAMPAIGN >•••@••.••• > From: "Brian Hill" <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: PBS programs on microcredit, microenterprise Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1990 22:12:40 -0800 Richard The microcredit movement promises local financial sustainability even though the multinationals and WB/IMF/US Congress are already trying to find ways of co-opting it. The conference below will have many references for you regarding local financial sustainabilty. I have been saying that until each community owns its own money sustainability will be impossible. And, I ideally look for the day when there will be a Peoples World Bank which will consist of expanded networks of CDFIs (community development financial institutions) which are owned and controlled by the communities they reside in. Networks of local credit unions, revolving funds, mutual funds should look toward setting up their own insurance, health care and mortgage facilities. The Grameen Bank my have just sold out to Monsanto, but it did help lots of small sustainable industries get started and has served as a good model for microcredit. Brian Hill *************************************************************** From: "Angela Denise Lemos" <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: write for environmental protection/human rights Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:33:44 -0300 Dear friend Jan: Today I've heard in a radio station that President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has decided to change the moratorium for three years. I believe that the letters have made the difference! As soon as I have the confirmation of this information I will let you know. Best wishes, Angela
