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BANKING AND SAVING
FOR THE POOR
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Micro-loans, micro-industry, low-tech mushrooms, chickens and goats
create employment, income and hope in the developing world. This is a
guidance page for project leaders but if you are a visitor looking for
capital, funds or loans to start - you are
also welcome. You will find a list of funding sources at the end of the
page.
For the Goat Bank that gives a future to orphans click here
For a beautiful showcase of different projects click here
Where does DCI Banking for the Poor come from?
During the last 15 years micro-loans for micro-business have been our
means of helping a lot of poor people in Africa and India to move
towards self-sufficiency and the ability to help others in their family
and in their churches.
The inspiration for such a loan granting "Bank"
came originally from Deuteronomy 15, 7-11 in the Bible.
"But if there are any poor people in your towns when you arrive in the
land the Lord your God is giving to you, do not be hard-hearted or
tight-fisted towards them. Instead be generous and
lend them whatever they need. Do not be mean spirited and
refuse someone a loan because the year of release is at hand.
If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the
Lord , you will considered guilty of sin. Give freely without
begrudging it, and the Lord your God will bless you in everything you
do."
How do you do open a Bank for the Poor or Community Bank ?
1. With a team of interested people you study the issue and then raise start-up capital for your bank, say $500 to begin with, from
friends, supporters, investors and partners some of whom might be
overseas, but only if that is really necessary. There is a list of
agencies that you can approach at the end of this page. Jesus said to
some of his servants to whom he
had entrusted money, "Put this money to work until I come back." (Luke
19.13)
For the Goat Bank that gives a future to orphans click here
For a beautiful showcase of different projects click here
Major sources of micro-finance and advice are:
See also: Five Talents and this page Micro credit Funds lists many providers of capital for micro-finance worldwide.
Micro-credit banks funded by Triodos Bank
Shared Interest: Funding for Food Production and Fair Trade
Grameen
Opportunity International Medic International
Links International Global Giving
Kiva
Farms
International
Micro
Finance Gateway Micro Credit Summit
CGAP
If you are a leader with proven integrity and experience and known to
DCI, or if you are a student or a graduate from our of our many DCI
Schools of Mission around the world and you wish to make an application
to open a new Banking for the Poor or Community Banking project please see this
page to apply.
11th May, 2010, replacing all earlier editions
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