UPLift--Poverty Alleviation For The Ultra-Poor

UPLift is a program designed to empower communities on the Thai/Burmese border that lack food security, opportunities for income, and education. Through the use of small grants and skills trainings, these families receive the opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty without having to rely on external aid indefinitely.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Microfinance beyond credit: the human side of borrowing and lending

Microfinance Beyond Credit -- BRAC

The link above is an excellent description of why microfinance for ultra-poor families is helpful for families without exisiting options for having regular income. We here at UPLift use ideas such as these as inspiration, not only in locating the poorest families and communities here in Northern Thailand, but making lasting relationships with them as well.

As recently published on the BRAC blog.