Winkomun / ACAF – Spain & Europe

Association for Self-Financed Communities is creating self-sustaining, immigrant-led financial groups, addressing the basic financial and networking needs of Spain’s immigrant population ensuring their full citizenship and participation in the economy.  ACAF has been involved in the expansion of this model in Spain and to Senegal, Portugal, Italy, Holland, Hungary and Belgium. Short description social enterprise ACAF develop a simple methodology…

Drishtee – India, US & Japan

Short description social enterprise Drishtee is a social organization working in villages towards sustainability and shared prosperity for over 25 years. It works with farming families and local entrepreneurs to ensure the availability of services and the development of livelihood within the village. Drishtee helps develop rural and urban linkage through a value chain approach in the field of microenterprises…

Fundefir – Latin Americas

Foundation for Rural Financing (Fundefir) is a civil nonprofit association aimed at promoting economic and social development of communities and their residents. Fundefir created a financial management model called “Bankomunals” with K, based on the exclusive use of funds from members of community groups as a source of funding. Currently, there are about 150 groups or Bankomunales, in 9 states…