Best micro-finance organisation?

I'll get back to you on this.
What I do know is that finance is mostly provided to women and there is a 95 % success rate ie 5% default on payback.

Locally we have helped with several projects in vennilallae (east timor).

If you want some really good coffee let me know.

http://muhammadyunus.org./

Yes. I know.


That is one of the reasons I am choosing this sort of donation...that and it appears to be the best way of ensuring that money has maximum positive effect.

I looked at the site you linked to, BBB, and I have no idea how you think it answers my questions.

Can you enlighten me?

Here's the most famous one, don't know if it's the best: http://www.kiva.org/

Hmmmm...I have registered with them...but was seekingmore information about options and how good various organisations are.

That one has you donate to individual people...but I was kind of distressed by that. It was sort of weird.

Or I am weird.

I was under the impression that this is what drives micro-finance. Direct loans from donors to the people who need it.

Sure.

But I found it kind of awful looking at people pitching for loans...it felt weird. Kind of like people selling themselves. I know that happens in job interviews and such, but at this remove I was uncomfortable.

I sort of assume that, if organisations have people on the ground, then they have better and hopefully fairer mechanisms for picking where money is to go.

Of course, if I don't get some sort of informed data soon, I will choose myself and get cracking on donating, rather than procrastinating.

But I was hoping that someone/s with real knowledge might come along.

I donate to Project Concern. They have a local chapter in my town with yearly
fundraisers and auctions to aid the project.

http://www.projectconcern.org

On what basis did you decide they were a good organisation?

A friend of mine was heavily involved in that charity and he's put many
man hours into that organization as well as financial aid. He's died a few
years ago, but his family is still donating time and money to Project Concern.
I also feel that most of my donated dollar will be used to help as opposed
for administrative purposes.

Thankee.

My dad has been been doing micro finance for a couple of years now.

I just checked with him and he says he uses Kiva; he likes it because he gets an update when a payment is made.

Thankee. Well, I have used both the ones I mentioned.

But I am still no forrarder in knowing anything about which are the good ones!!!