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Zafèn
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Zafen: Redefining "Interest" in the Changing World of Microfinance
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Microfinance has taken a beating lately for shifting far afield from its humanitarian origins, originally funding tiny businesses run by poor women…
Zafèn Haitian Microfinance Effort Engages Haitians to Forge a New Future
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitians like Jean-Patrick Lucien are one reason Zafèn , a new online microfinance program targeting small- and medium-sized businesses in Haiti, h…
Zafèn Microloan Program for Haitian Businesses Announced
Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop Guy Sansaricq, the only Haitian-born U.S. bishop, encouraged members of the New York Haitian Diaspora to use the website as a means to help Hait…
Zafèn: New Interest-Free Microloan Initiative Launched for Haiti
Creations Blaise in Jacmel makes functional products such as trays, under-plates and bookends in wood, glass and papier mache. Its long-term business plan is to establish…