Microfinance providers for the poor -with integrity

We spoke recently about organisations who provide loans for the poor to give them a hand up !
As mentioned there are those who have a really good reputation as they provide loans at a affordable interest rate.
Then there are those that dont .Often these have middle men asking for 100%+ interest back on the money causing more poverty for the recipients.

One of our members suggested starting a list to go to for those organisations who have integrity and are putting the poor first.

I would say ;
1)Opportunity International
For information on their background and character go to;
Break the Poverty Cycle

 

I love OI as stated before. Another organisation, while not a charity as such is Thankyou (www.thankyou.co) who donate 100% of profits to fund projects in developing countries. Awesome company. If you have babies, you should try their nappies

 

What about:
Loans that change lives | Kiva

 

Yes Terry - the original conversation was actually about Kiva, and how some of the NGO's, aggregators or subcontractors (I don't know the correct term) of loans are better than others - some charge high interest to the individual business owners despite taking it interest free from Kiva. I asked about whether people in the know can actually suggest preferred NGO's to deal with inside of Kiva.

 

Having said that re the other option mentioned, I have heard only good reports about OI for many yrs.