Pay it Forward
Community-based micro credit loans
Community Based Organizations
Africa
Sustainable Villages began in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania in 1988 when a village pharmacy received a pay-forward loan of $300. The pharmacy struggled at first but eventually succeeded and has spawned 200 Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in seven Sub-Saharan countries. The CBOs have created countless micro-enterprise business, and numerous collective farms, schools & clinics.
Asia
Expansion plans for the Sustainable Villages Initiative have already begun in Vietnam and Pakistan and new opportunities are presenting themselves in India and the Philippines. The application of sustainable villages changes with each local culture but the spirit of sharing is universal.
Central/South America
New sustainable villages participants in Guatemala, El Salvador and Brazil are ready and willing to develop CBOs and pay forward in their own social groups.
"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."
Nelson Mandela
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