One of the growing global trends in developing and underdeveloped countries is micro-financing. Micro-financing deals with providing access to small, short-term loans so that individuals, business groups and families can create or expand businesses, obtain basic needs and services and more.

Micro-financing also helps with education and providing access to basic banking and money services that have previously been unavailable. Altogether it’s a system that when deployed effectively can help local business thrive and can help entire communities get on their own feet with a boost in the right direction.

Amend Foundation works in conjunction with local partners in regions across the world to help initiate micro-financing projects and provide individuals access to them. Not only is that about economic improvement, but it’s about improving the social fabric of communities that work together with these loans. It also helps to empower people to improve their own situations and build their own businesses, instilling valuable ethics and skills into future generations as well.