GiftShares to Help Break the Cycle of Poverty

A small gift or loan can change the life of an individual, family or community. Your gift supports the Calvert Foundation in making revolving microloans available to women in India, giving the hand-up they needs to start their own business and lift their families out of poverty.

Microcredit received worldwide recognition when Muhammad Yunus, the “father of microcredit”, received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Microloans are a cutting-edge strategy for directly supporting industrious individuals in poor communities, enabling them to permanently break the cycle of poverty, and for many women, the cycle of abuse.

The Calvert Foundation’s GiftShare program increases the availability of microloans to women in rural India, enabling them to start small but profitable micro-businesses as artisans, traders and other home-based entrepreneurs.

When one woman repays a loan, another woman is able to borrow the money, so your gift will have a profound and lasting impact on generations of women and their families.

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