Micro-lending Aids Women of West Africa

KPBS | By KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published May 24, 2007 at 8:58 AM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

A local micro-lending organization has dedicated itself to aiding the women of Ghana, West Africa. We speak with WomensTrust about how the micro-lending program works and how their program has positiv

Alison St John (Guest Host): International aid is usually in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but as it turns out, those enormous loans are sometimes not as effective as small loans. Micro loans of $50 or $100, are allowing individuals in a community to use their own entrepreneurial energy. WomensTrust is a good example of a micro-loan organization that has begun to make significant changes, using small loans to groups of women in a village in Ghana.

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Guests

Dana Dakin, founder of the WomensTrust.
Gertrude Ankruh, Pokuase Village Director.
Marina Marrelli, a WomensTrust board member, and the CEO of GlobeFlex Capital. GlobeFlex recently donated funds to underwrite the construction of the WomensTrust Resource Center in Pokuase.