Friendship Bridge (non-profit)
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Friendship Bridge is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Lakewood, Colorado, distributing microcredit to women and children in rural Guatemala since 2000.[1] From 1994 to 2000, the organization distributed loans in Vietnam.[1]
Founded in 1989, Friendship Bridge was the vision of Dr. Theodore C. Ning, a urologic surgeon and clinical professor of urology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and his wife Connie Ning, a psychotherapist.[1]
Operations
In Guatemala, Friendship Bridge has seven branch agencies providing microfinance to different provincial areas.[2]
Programs
As of 2007, Friendship Bridge had provided nearly $8 million in loans to women, and more than 21,000 scholarships to their children, in Vietnam and Guatemala.[1]
