Microfinancing Partners in Africa works with organizations in Africa in five categories of microfinancing programming: Financial Loan Program, Cow Living Loan Program, Clean Water Program, Education Program, and Safe Woman Program. At the center of each of these programs is the opportunity for a hand up from poverty to possibility available to all no matter their race or religion. Each of our projects at the core are grassroots microfinancing organizations offer training, support, and a reliable method of saving, borrowing, and growing a business. Through strategic steps with each microfinance project individuals and communities come together to develop and advance business opportunities centered around microfinancing to help lift themselves out of extreme poverty.Microfinancing looks different for each of our projects – while some are animal-based and the loan is structured around the repayment with a "living loan", others are structured around a community of individuals working together to create products for sale. At the center of each of our projects is one thing: the opportunity for a hand up from poverty to possibilityOur mission is to provide grants for the strengthening and expansion of microfinancing programs to empower Africa's most destitute individuals to lift themselves out of poverty with dignity through access to financial services and education.