by Bill | Oct 28, 2015 | microcredit, microfinance
Nancy Montoya, from Arizona Public Media, attended our presentation at St. Philip’s In The Hills Episcopal Church. Bill Holliday presented about the work of ProMex Group (charitable microfinance) in northern Mexico. You can see the coverage here: Tucson Nonprofit...
by Bill | Aug 21, 2015 | charity, Mexico, microcredit, microfinance
In addition to supporting Cimarron and EnComun, ProMex Group is now supporting FinReg. All three are microfinance (microcredit) organizations work to support small business development in the northern Mexican state of Sonora (bordering with the US). We are glad to...
by Bill | Feb 24, 2015 | borrower profile
Soledad Jiménez is been a member of a borrowing group for 3 years. She is from Sinaloa but has lived in Nogales, Sonora for 19 years. She used to buy clothing and small appliances at large stores in the US and sell them at a swap meet in Nogales that is open...
by Bill | Jan 16, 2015 | charity, microcredit
I watched the movie ‘Living on One Dollar’ (which is on Netflix) this weekend. It follows four college kids as they live on an average of $1 a day for two months in rural Guatemala. They learn first hand about the struggles with getting enough calories,...
by Bill | Nov 28, 2014 | charity, Mexico, microcredit, microfinance
The results of a randomized impact study done in Nogales, Agua Prieta and Caborca are in and they can help us determine how to best serve our clients. Win Some Lose Some? Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco Manuela...
