Unitus Shows Leadership

We love Unitus.  Their recent press release underscores their great leadership in Microfinance.  We actively support the efforts of Unitus and have partnered with them to help alleviate world poverty.  You can do something to help.  1) A portion of your press release distribution fees are contributed to Unitus on a monthly basis.  2) You can contribute directly.  3)  Do both.  Actually that is not a bad idea.

Unitus is a global microfinance accelerator that acts as a social venture capital investor for the microfinance industry. Unitus identifies the highest-potential microfinance institutions (MFIs) in developing countries and helps accelerate their growth through capital investments and capacity-building consulting, thus empowering them to help exponentially more poor people worldwide. In doing so, Unitus aims to demonstrate that MFIs can be run as profitable, large-scale, poverty-focused businesses with links to local capital markets.

Why do I favor Unitus so much?  It's simple.  Microfinance helps people help themselves.  And it  works.  (I have seen this first hand on a recent trip to India.)  It seems to be one of the few ways to help people while bolstering their self-worth while offering assistance.  The value of Microfinace reaches far beyond financial assistance.  It is changing the lives of millions worldwide.