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Mennonite Economic Development Associates

MEDA is an international economic development organization whose mission is to create business solutions to poverty. Founded in 1953 by a group of Mennonite business professionals, they partner with the poor to start or grow small and medium-sized businesses in developing regions around the world. Their expertise includes a full range of economic development tools: financial services, improved technology, business training, better access to markets and equity investment. Their work most often focuses on women, youth and the rural poor. They believe that all people deserve the opportunity to earn a livelihood and that unleashing entrepreneurship is a powerful way to alleviate poverty.

Country based in
Canada
Country worked in
Ghana
Haiti
Jordan
Kenya
Libya
Morocco
Myanmar
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Tanzania, United Republic of
Uganda
Ukraine
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
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