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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.
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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.
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In Guatemala, Friendship Bridge has seven branch agencies providing microfinance to different provincial areas.
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This article about a philanthropic or charitable organization in the United States is a
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Colom, Marcela; Austad, Kirsten; Sacuj, Neftali; Larson, Karen; Rohloff, Peter (2018).
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since 2000. From 1994 to 2000, the organization distributed loans in
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"The Peasant and the Professor: On Trust, Microcredit, and World Poverty"
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10.1016/j.explore.2007.07.001
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17905351
"Expanding access to primary healthcare for women through a microfinance institution: A case study from rural Guatemala"
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