3/4/10: ACCION Launches Microfinance Operations in Inner Mongolia: ACCION announced today that it has inaugurated ACCION Microcredit China (AMC) in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, to deliver financial services to the region’s working poor. AMC is the first microfinance institution in which ACCION has taken a majority share. Click here for the full press release 
3/2/10: Empower Women, Fight Poverty - Support the GROWTH Act: March 8th is International Women’s Day – a global day to celebrate the past achievements of women and seize opportunities for future change. Join us in celebrating this important day by urging Congress to pass the GROWTH Act. This innovative bill would give millions of women worldwide the microfinance tools to lift themselves and their children out of poverty. Our goal is to flood Congress with 10,000 letters by March 8th.
2/20/10: Update on Haiti: Thank you to all of you who donated to our Support Haiti Fund. We are sending all fund donations directly to SOGESOL, ACCION’s microfinance partner in Haiti. In the coming weeks and months, SOGESOL, with ACCION’s assistance, will be extending financial support in the form of grants and other microfinance solutions to the thousands of Haitians they serve, enabling them to start rebuilding their homes and livelihoods. Click here to donate to ACCION’s Support Haiti Fund
1/25/10: ACCION Comes Full Circle in Brazil: ACCION has received the green light from the Brazilian government to establish ACCION Microfinanças, a new microfinance organization in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It was in Brazil where ACCION first pioneered microfinance in 1973. The MFI will apply new approaches and innovations in microfinance to best serve the area's poor. Learn more
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