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  <title>3-16-14 How HPUMC Does Microfinance</title>
  <description>Globally, over 3 billion people&amp;amp;nbsp;live on less than $2.50 a day. One of the leading causes of poverty is high unemployment, causing many people to turn to homegrown businesses to make ends meet. &amp;amp;nbsp;Although the capital requirements are relatively small, extremely high interest rates on business loans prohibit profitability for these cottage industries. &amp;amp;nbsp;This traps fledgling entrepreneurs in the cycle of poverty. &amp;amp;nbsp;A lack of basic business education keeps them from seeing other options.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
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But what if poor entrepreneurs could get financial support through small loans at reasonable rates? &amp;amp;nbsp;What if they could get ethical, proven business training? &amp;amp;nbsp;This is how HPUMC Community Loans Program helps.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;Working in the Philippines, Malawi, The Dominican Republic, Haiti and Mexico, we enable people to start their own businesses.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;They receive entrepreneurial training, small loans and enrichment programs that teach them to save money, improve literacy and health so they can sustain and expand their businesses.&#13;
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&amp;amp;nbsp;Learn how&amp;amp;nbsp;HPUMC leads pioneering efforts with the United Methodist Church to share God&amp;amp;rsquo;s love through microfinance.&amp;amp;nbsp;</description>
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