Banking on Social Change – Seeking Financial Solutions for All

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Enter by: Oct 1, 2008 | Voting begins: Nov 10, 2008 | Winners Announced: Dec 1, 2008

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Changemakers and Citi are proud to announce the three winners for the "Banking on Social Change" competition. The three winners will each receive US $5000.

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Winners announced below

Winner	Country of origin
Modelo comunitario de financiamiento para provisión de servicios de infraestructura y mejoramiento habitacional en la base de la Fundación Pro Vivienda Social	Argentina
"Pragathi Bandhu" Small farmers come together to share and learn. Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project(R), SKDRDP	India
"Sampoorna suraksha" Social security for all occasions. Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project(R) SKDRDP	India

Finalist	Country of origin
Community Financing Model for infrastructure and housing improvement services. Fundación Pro Vivienda Social	Argentina
Free Social Security to Disadvantaged and Rural populations. Organisation for Awareness of Integrated Social Security (OASiS)	India
The Registered Disability Savings Plan Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network	Canada
A Virtual Trading Floor for linking poor farmers to markets KACE Kenya	Kenya
Refuge to Return: Building the Institutions for Development during Emergency Relief Liberty Finance	Liberia
Value Chain Finance for smallholder farmers: pioneer mainstreaming and mainstream pioneering Triodos Investment Management	Netherlands
"A holistic approach to micro-insurance - breaking the cycle of illnesses and debt" Healing Fields Foundation	India
EL ARCA Producers & Consummers: A sustainable system for economic integration El Arca Mendoza	Argentina
TIO - Building a network of financial services for the unbanked consumer TIO Networks	Canada
Banking: Do it yourself (Bankomunales) Fundefir (Fundación de Financiamiento Rural)	Venezuela
Pioneering Rural Finance Root Capital Inc.	United States

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