The Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF) is a microfinance organization in Limpopo Province, South Africa, dedicated to providing poor rural communities, particularly women, with microfinance loans toward improving their small businesses and realizing other financial goals. SEF's program IMAGE (Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity) will be featured in ICRW's forthcoming compendium on gender and HIV. IMAGE is a community-based intervention in South Africa that combines a microfinance program with a gender and HIV curriculum. The compendium was commissioned by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and is part of the USAID-funded AIDSTAR-One project. SEF and IMAGE were awarded the International Center for Research on Women's (ICRW) Investing in Women award for innovation at the March 4, 2009, Champions for Change gala in Washington, D.C.
Link to this comment:
All Comments (0)