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Celebrate Father’s Day by honoring your Dad

June 15, 2008

Father’s Day is June 15th. Why not honor the fathers, grandfathers, brothers, sons and uncles in your life while supporting the Village Banking Campaign. Send FINCA eCards, the simple yet meaningful way to make a real difference for hard working, lowest-income families around the world. visit www.villagebanking.org/donate and share the power of microloans while making [...]

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Support Mothers Worldwide

May 11, 2008

Celebrate Mother’s Day and support the Village Banking Campaign—make a life-changing gift to FINCA in honor of the mothers in your life and send them one of our beautiful eCards to share your love. From Afghanistan to Malawi, from Haiti to Tajikistan—in 21 countries around the world—FINCA loans help women build profitable businesses so they [...]

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The Elders

January 8, 2008

Richard Branson along with Peter Gabriel started The Elders. A great idea. They are people the world trust and are free from politica, military and economic pressures.
We are moving to a global village and yet we don’t have our global elders. The Elders could be a group who have the trust of [...]

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Virgins Unite

December 12, 2007

 Richard Branson’s Virgin has a foundation that I thought my readers would like to know about during these holidays.
Virgin Unite is the entrepreneurial foundation of the Virgin Group. We work with great partners all over the world to develop new approaches to social and environmental issues.
We’re fortunate that Richard and the Virgin group pick up [...]

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Richard Branson to Help Build Elephant Corridor

June 13, 2007

This is the type of charity work that I find inspiring. Give where you do business.

Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, announced that Virgin would help to create a vital new elephant corridor, north of Mount Kenya, which would provide a lifeline for local communities and the dwindling elephant population in the region.

Around 2 000 elephants, part of the Laikipia-Samburu elephant population, will benefit from the Virgin Mount Kenya Elephant Corridor, which will cost up to $1mn to build and maintain over the next ten years. Sir Richard is donating $250 000 to the project. It will be created between the Ngare Ndare Forest Reserve and the Mount Kenya National Reserve, enabling elephants to benefit from the diverse resources offered by each habitat. Mount Kenya is a World Heritage site and one of the most impressive landscapes in Eastern Africa.

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