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<title>Site Updates - Microcredit Summit Campaign</title>
<link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org</link>
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  <title>Jobs &amp; Internships</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/jobs-internships.html</link>
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	Hiring Now!&amp;nbsp;

	Executive Assistant/Development Associate

	The Executive Assistant/Development Associate will have a dual role of providing both administrative/financial support, as well as development assistance to the MCS Director, particularly as pertains to the Campaign&amp;rsquo;s budgeting, financial tracking, vendor interactions, grant reporting and management, and fundraising. Download the full job description here.

	Qualifications:

	
		At least 2 years...</description>
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  <title>Muhammad Yunus and Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines attending the 2013 Microcredit Summit. Registration is now open. </title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/news/36/muhammad-yunus-and-governor-of.html</link>
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	Washington, DC (April 22) &amp;ndash; Today, the Microcredit Summit Campaign, a project of RESULTS Educational Fund, launched registration for the upcoming 2013 Microcredit Summit: Partnerships against Poverty, to be held in the Philippines from October 9 to October 11.

	The event, organized in collaboration with the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc. (MCPI), will explore Partnerships against Poverty: Finance, Government, Business and Civil Society. Government mi...</description>
  <lastBuildDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:22:42 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Conchita&apos;s Story from Alalay Sa Kaunlaran Sa Gitnang Luzon Inc. (ASKI) - Philippines</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/resource/132/conchita-s-story-from-alalay.html</link>
  <description>
	This video was graciously provided by ASKI and Opportunity International Australia. Growing up in Central Luzon, Philippines, Conchita Quintero was not able to complete her schooling. Working all day at home doing laundry, Conchita vowed that she would help her children.

	When she first met with employees of Alalay Sa Kaunlaran, Inc. (ASKI), a Filipino microfinance provider, Conchita and her children were living on less than US$1.25 a day. She received loans from ASKI, ...</description>
  <lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:29:28 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Resources</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/resources.html</link>
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	Check out these great resources on health integration in microfinance here and in our Resource Library

	State of the Field of Integrated Health and Microfinance in the Andes, 2012 (Read More)

	The Microcredit Summit Campaign, Freedom from Hunger, and the Center for Health Market Innovations released a new report in January 2013 titled Integrated Health and Microfinance: Harnessing the Strengths of Two Sectors to Improve Health and Alleviate Poverty in the Andes -- St...</description>
  <lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:28:07 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Ways You Can Commit</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/ways-to-commit-to-100-million.html</link>
  <description>
	Looking for ways you can commit to helping 100 million families lift themselves out of severe poverty?

	Below is a list of commitment suggestions the Campaign has received. The ideas below are organized by Council and within each Council by the Campaign&amp;#39;s four core themes. One of the suggestions below might fit within your institution&amp;rsquo;s strategy, or if something on the list inspires a new idea &amp;ndash; share it with the Campaign!

	Council of PRACTITIONERS
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  <lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:46:08 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Commit to Help 100 Million</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/commit-to-help-100-million.html</link>
  <description>
	At the re-launch of the Microcredit Summit Campaign during the 2006 Global Microcredit Summit in Halifax, Canada, Summit delegates established two goals for the Campaign to pursue through 2015:&amp;nbsp; 1) to reach 175 million of the world&amp;rsquo;s poorest with microfinance and 2) to help 100 million families lift themselves out of severe poverty. Since the founding of the Campaign in 1997, we have been committed to tracking progress towards our goals, and until recently, we h...</description>
  <lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:46:00 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Campaign Councils</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/honorary-council-co-chairs.html</link>
  <description>
	
		
			
				
					Council Activities
				
					
						Educate their staffs, their members, and their
						communities about microfinance&amp;nbsp;and the
						Campaign&amp;#39;s goals.
					
						Recruit new Campaign members.
					
						Promote a learning agenda and the exchange of
						best practices among Council members.
					
						Submit a commitment outlining their
						contribution to the fulfillment of the Campaign&amp;#39;s goals
				
			
		
	


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  <lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:45:54 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>What it means to Join the Campaign</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/what-it-means-to-join-the-campaign.html</link>
  <description>
	A Campaign is defined by the actions of its members and the Microcredit Summit Campaign is no exception. Members of the Campaign include a wide array of industry actors and stakeholders all devoted to making progress on the Campaign&amp;rsquo;s two goals of reaching 175 million of the world&amp;rsquo;s poorest with microfinance and helping 100 million families lift themselves out of extreme poverty.

	Joining the Campaign means you are ready to commit yourself or your organizati...</description>
  <lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:45:47 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>About the Campaign</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/about-the-campaign.html</link>
  <description>
	The Microcredit Summit Campaign brings together microfinance practitioners, advocates, educational institutions, donor agencies, international financial institutions, non-governmental organizations and others involved with microfinance to promote best practices in the field, to stimulate the interchanging of knowledge and to work towards reaching our goals.

	In 1997, the first Microcredit Summit launched a nine-year campaign to reach 100 million of the world&amp;rsquo;s poo...</description>
  <lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:45:29 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>The Latest Data</title>
  <link>http://stateofthecampaign.org/data/2011-data/</link>
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  <lastBuildDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:11:39 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>About the Report</title>
  <link>http://stateofthecampaign.org/</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:06:42 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Donate</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.orghttps://donate.towercare.com/donate_to_microcredit_summit_campaign</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:45:33 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Jobs &amp; Internships</title>
  <link>http://microcredit.momentumitgroup.com/jobs-internships.html</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:46:38 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Resource Library</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/resources.php</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:17:01 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Press Archive</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/news-archive.php</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:56:02 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Press Room</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/news.php</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:42:39 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>The Soul of Finance Blog Series</title>
  <link>http://100millionideas.org/category/soul-of-finance/</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:41:32 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Members of the Campaign</title>
  <link>http://microcredit.momentumitgroup.com/map.html</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:14:45 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Our Blog - 100 Million Ideas</title>
  <link>http://www.100millionideas.org</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:00:44 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Seal of Excellence Blog</title>
  <link>http://sealofexcellence.wordpress.com/</link>
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  <lastBuildDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:58:19 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Contact Us</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/contact-us.html</link>
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	&amp;nbsp;

	Microcredit Summit Campaign
	A Project of Results Educational Fund&amp;nbsp;
	1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Suite 400
	Washington DC 20036&amp;nbsp;
	Phone:&amp;nbsp;+1 (202) 637-9600
	Fax:&amp;nbsp;+1 (202) 466-1396&amp;nbsp;
	E-mail:&amp;nbsp;info@microcreditsummit.org

	
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  <lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:54:04 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Campaign Staff</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/staff.html</link>
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				Larry Reed,
				Director
			
				Lisa Laegreid,
				Deputy Director
			
				John D. Bergeron,
				Director,
				Seal of Excellence
			
				DSK Rao,
				Asia Regional Director
			
				Alicia Tito,
				Executive Assistant
			
				Fabiola Diaz,
				Program Manager, Events
			
				Bridget Dougherty, Program Associate...</description>
  <lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:05:14 AST</lastBuildDate>
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  <title>Attend the Summits</title>
  <link>http://www.microcreditsummit.org/attend-the-summits.html</link>
  <description></description>
  <lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:41:52 AST</lastBuildDate>
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