Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 00:07:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: DesignbyMH@cs.com
Subject: Re:I have found the ultimate lending group for you! From Melis
To: artcamp@prodigy.net.mx
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Dear Ladies

Put this lead at the top of your list of leads:

Opportunity International - U.S. which operates the Women's Opportunity Fund not only loans money, they loan it to women's craft groups. The Women Opportunity Fund enables extremely poor women in developing countries to break out of the cycle of poverty. Small loans are made to poor entrepreneurs (primarily women) in groups of 15-40 called Trust Banks. Trust Bank members receive loans, training, and a support network to help them and their families become self-reliant with dignity. The web site is:
http://www.womensopportunityfund.org/Pages/main_who.html

Not only do they loan money, they showcase the crafts through something they call Pueblo Esperenza. The web site for Pueblo Esperenza is:
http://www.peartsandcrafts.com/

Women’s Opportunity Fund
2122 York Road, Suite 340
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Toll-free phone: 800-7WE-WILL, ext. 215
(800-793-9455, ext. 215)
Phone: 630-645-4100, ext. 215
Fax: 630-645-1458
E-mail: wof@opportunity.org
Web site: www.womensopportunityfund.org
Director: Beth Houle

(Note: Beth graduated with her M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. I am currently working from a grant SMHA won through the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to increase civic participation in local government.

All the Best

Melis