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World Health Day: Spreading Global Health Awareness

WEBWe celebrate World Health Day every year on April 7th to promote health and honor the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO).The day was instated at the …

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Access to Healthcare FINCA

WEBThrough a multitude of partners, FINCA is working to provide access to quality healthcare and health services for underserved communities around the world. Get our emails of …

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FINCA Launches the FINCA Ventures Prize for Social …

WEBThe top winners in the categories of environment and health will receive grant funding from the juried prize competition. WASHINGTON, D.C., November 13, …

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FINCA Ventures: Impact Investing in the Healthcare Sector

WEBAccess to affordable, quality healthcare is a recurring issue around the globe, but especially in Africa. FINCA recognizes that when customers have access to …

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Increasing Access to Medical Care for Children FINCA

WEBAround the world, FINCA International works to make life-changing resources more widely available to low-income communities. One of the ways we do this …

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Access to Water and Sanitation FINCA

WEBFINCA Improves Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Access to water that is clean and safe is a basic precondition for personal and public health. A single person needs …

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5 Facts You Should Know About Energy Poverty

WEB1. International Energy Agency. 2. Lighting Africa. 3. World Bank. 4. World Health Organization. For millions of poor people across the globe, their livelihoods, well …

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Taking a Pulse on Health Care Social Enterprise in Nigeria

WEBThroughout the trip, while Michael was busy interviewing people, a photographer that he brought along was busy capturing photos. Photography in a health …

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Access to Clean Energy FINCA

WEBPoverty and lack of access to modern forms energy often go hand-in-hand. The use of candles or kerosene for lighting and wood or charcoal for cooking has significant …

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Emergency Medical Care Covered FINCA

WEBI really thank FINCA for giving us such excellent health services, and we hope that FINCA continues providing these benefits which help us enormously.

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FINCA Launches Medical Insurance for Women and Children in …

WEBFor many of the entrepreneurs FINCA supports, saving for medical expenses is an important goal for the family. But what happens when accessing basic …

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About FINCA International

WEBFINCA’s Mission to. End Poverty. FINCA International is a non-profit organization with a mission to end poverty through sustainable and scalable solutions that are driven by the insights and needs of people in the communities where they live and work.

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Women's Empowerment FINCA

WEBEmpowerment means to have agency over one’s life and equal opportunity to participate in society. Women’s empowerment, or female empowerment, is the process by which …

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World Poverty FINCA

WEBOver 1 billion people live on $2.50 per day or less, including 280 million people in extreme poverty who live on less than $1.25 per day. More than 75 percent of the world’s poor …

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Bringing Affordable Health Care to Kenya FINCA

WEBThree years ago, Lilian Nyambane quit her job as a clinician at a local hospital to join Penda Health, a FINCA Ventures partner providing affordable health …

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5 Reasons Why Everyone Needs a Toilet

WEBHere are 5 reasons why everyone needs access to an adequate toilet. 1. Poor sanitation is deadly. In fact, every day, over 750 children under the age of five die from a diarrheal …

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World Population Day: 7.8 Billion People and Counting FINCA

WEBThe United Nations sanctioned World Population Day in 1989 to raise awareness about population and its effects on development and the environment. …

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What Is Financial Exclusion

WEBJane Nakintu’s life changed forever when her daughter and son-in-law tragically died, leaving Jane as the sole provider for her four grandchildren. In this new …

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Sanivation: Fueling the Waste-to-Revenue Cycle

WEBFINCA International partner, Sanivation, is a social enterprise working in Kenya to address waste management, while also creating an environmentally friendly …

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