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XAC Bank provides accessible and transparent banking services to marginalized citizens in remote rural areas, including the nomadic herders.

The principal activity of Women's World Banking Colombia de Cali, which has been in operation since June 1982, is to lend to micro and small businesses.

The First MicroFinance Bank of Tajikistan (FMFBT) provides credit to 20,170 active clients

About 3/4 of Cooperative Rural Bank of Bulacan's clients are micro-entrepreneurs in a remote are of the Philippines with many communities living off fishing.

Established in January 2003 by LifeBank Rural Bank, LifeBank Foundation Inc. is a Philippine non-governmental organization located in Iloilo, in the heart of the Philippines, providing microfinance services to enterprising women.

IMON International's mission is to promote sustainable economic development and an improved quality of life in Tajikistan by insuring reliable access to financial services for the economically active members of the population.

"BlueOrchard pioneered the financing of microfinance institutions 10 years ago. In a decade, it became a prominent global player in microfinance investments and is recognized as one of the most important and professional companies."

"Investing in BlueOrchard's Dexia Micro-Credit Fund gave us exposure to a diversified credit portfolio with low correlation to developed financial markets. In addition to the social return, the risk-return relation was fine"

"(Our investment in microfinance) makes our mission to ensure services in the long term by making profitable investments compatible with our aspiration to show solidarity with the least favored people and communities world-wide."

"For our foundation, microfinance is a means to support the sustainable development in less favoured countries by providing loans that will contribute to run income-generating activities"

"The BlueOrchard Microfinance Fund for US Investors fulfills Gray Ghost Venture’s need for a investment vehicle which achieves social impact while still managing our liquidity position effectively."

Since 13 years Rubiela Sanchez and her husband have been making and selling their famous manjar blanco and other sweets throughout Cali, notably at bus stations

Dogsom Tseden started raising cattle in 2002 with 6 cows. In 2005, he took out his first loan with XAC Bank. He now owns 45 cows.

Habiba Ehlic, 62, cultivates mushrooms in a village near Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The revenues from her little business carried the family through while her sons were looking for work during the first years that followed the war.

Jennifer L. Dalida started a children's sandal production in her home in 2001. She now employs five persons and together they are able to fabricate 240 pairs of sandals daily for sale on local markets.

Amanda Guarín buys plain local cotton items and decorates them with her designs. She employs more than 20 other women, mostly heads of households.

Tsetsgee Batsukh, 46, founded the company Edelweiss Cashmere in 2004. She now employs 6 women full time in her workshop to make clothes from the finest hair of the Gobi desert goat.

Naimajon Boboeva runs a sewing shop specialising in the rich hand-made embroidery of Tajik wedding dresses. Thanks to the benefits of her workshop, she was able to pay for the best available education for her children.

The Barbas live off fishing and employ a number of relatives in their small business. In 2002, Cristina took a first loan for the family business to buy fishing nets. She is presently paying off her thirteenth microloan.

Tumenulzi, 28, married and father of two children of 4 and 6 years started fabricating the morinkhor in 1997. He is now able to produce 50 instruments each month three times more than when he started.

Katanga fabricates drums and other traditional instruments in his workshop where he employs several artisans.