Fourth Sector Directory

ACCION International is a microfinance and microlending organization, giving people the financial tools they need to work their way out of poverty. Also, ACCION has two major initiatives pertaining to client education: (1) Financial literacy modules, to help low-income clients better manage their personal and household finances and become informed and effective consumers of financial services; (2) Business training through our Dialogue on Business program – a set of award-winning modules that focus on building the skills of microentrepreneurs.

Babyloan is the first French P2P microlending Web platform.

InVenture Fund is a global investment fund and online social network that enables everyday people to put their money to work to change the world. When “InVestors” invest with InVenture Fund, they provide capital to entrepreneurs in developing countries who are being trained in business and community leadership and are committed to reinvesting in their own communities. This combined financial and educational investment, unique among today’s social venture capital marketplace, ensures that the entrepreneurs grow viable businesses that give back—to both their InVestors and the local communities that support them.

Victoria Research Bureau, a consulting firm based in Mwanza Tanzania is specialized in research, program design-monitoring and evaluation for social sector development projects.