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Why Fundraising Forces You to Lie About Development Work

My donors want to hear success stories about microfinance but the reality is messy and slow and most of the time I don't know if we're actually helping anyone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The need for simple narratives to secure funding conflicts with the complex reality of social change.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Microfinance — small loans and global poverty?”

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