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	<title>The MATT Foundation &#187; Micro Loans</title>
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		<title>Donate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MATT Foundation invites you to help a deserving entrepreneur by supporting our Micro Lending Initiatives:

To support an entrepreneur in Mexico, please visit KIVA.org
          
To support an entrepreneur in the United States, please visit Acción Texas
          

Questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micro Lending in the U.S.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MATT Foundation’s Micro-Lending Assistance Program is designed to aid people living in the United States interested in starting their own small businesses. We’ve partnered with micro-lending leader Acción Texas to help identify potential beneficiaries nation-wide, and will offer loan recipients business administration support and technical assistance to help ensure that their small enterprises launch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micro Lending in Mexico</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MATT Foundation’s micro lending initiatives in Mexico gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to establish roots and build successful businesses in their native communities through strategic partners. According to the Micro Finance Information Exchange in 2007 62% of micro loan recipients in Mexico lived in rural areas and 80% were women. With access to micro loans, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About MATT Micro Loan Initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons those living in poverty often stay poor is that they are trapped.  Because they lack collateral, steady employment and credit, it is nearly impossible for them to gain access to traditional financing. Without the basic resources that so many of us take for granted, they remain caught in a vicious [...]]]></description>
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