Frontier Finance International (FFI) helps build sustainable financial institutions that provide socially responsible banking products for micro, small and medium enterprises, underserved households and farmers. FFI and its banking partners reach millions of enterprises in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. Our focus is on increasing access to finance by creating targeted products and building permanent capacity in the financial sector.
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Green Finance: FFI is creating and applying new methodologies and financial tools to a number of critical areas of development, in particular energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean water, and sustainable agriculture. Our goal is to help build the market for green technologies. We do this by introducing new "green" financial products and creating capacity within financial institutions to analyze green investments. We are also greening the premises of financial institutions and occupant behavior, and building awareness among businesses, households and communities in which we work.
Linkages: In the coming year, we also anticipate expanding our linkages with manufacturers, industry associations and research institutes working on green technologies, particularly their dissemination.
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| Where We Work: the past five years |
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With the help of a series of small and
medium loans from ProCredit Bank (see our
links page) starting at $54,000, Tengiz
Gebshvili's enterprise, located in south-eastern
Georgia, was able to expand into dairy, meat
and wine production. Mr. Gebshvili has18 full
timeemployees and takes on seasonal work
during the grape harvest.
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In Nicaragua, ProCredit client Dona Reyna's
first loan of $350 came after Hurricane Mitch.
Her business has grown and diversified over
the years. She not only cultivates bananas,
she has also bought a grocery store and a
confectionary. Her most recent loan, for
$10,000 is for an irrigation system
and new equipment.
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Gheorghe Scripnic works a small parcel
of land in the village of Raciula, Moldova.
He used a $700 loan from ProCredit to
purchase materials to construct 40 new bee
hives. His latest loan, for $3,500, helped him
buy food for his bees, which now thrive in
180 hives.
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